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||1811: Ludwig Otto Hesse born ... mathematician. Hesse was born in Königsberg, Prussia, and died in Munich, Bavaria. He worked mainly on algebraic invariants, and geometry. The Hessian matrix, the Hesse normal form, the Hesse configuration, the Hessian group, Hessian pairs, Hesse's theorem, Hesse pencil, and the Hesse transfer principle are named after him. Pic.
||1811: Ludwig Otto Hesse born ... mathematician. Hesse was born in Königsberg, Prussia, and died in Munich, Bavaria. He worked mainly on algebraic invariants, and geometry. The Hessian matrix, the Hesse normal form, the Hesse configuration, the Hessian group, Hessian pairs, Hesse's theorem, Hesse pencil, and the Hesse transfer principle are named after him. Pic.
||1830: Thomas Archer Hirst born ... mathematician, specialising in geometry, particularly the Cremona transformations. Pic.


File:Richard_Trevithick.jpg|link=Richard Trevithick (nonfiction)|1833: Engineer and explorer [[Richard Trevithick (nonfiction)|Richard Trevithick]] dies. He was an early pioneer of steam-powered road and rail transport, developing the first high-pressure steam engine, and building the first full-scale working railway steam locomotive.
File:Richard_Trevithick.jpg|link=Richard Trevithick (nonfiction)|1833: Engineer and explorer [[Richard Trevithick (nonfiction)|Richard Trevithick]] dies. He was an early pioneer of steam-powered road and rail transport, developing the first high-pressure steam engine, and building the first full-scale working railway steam locomotive.
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File:Niles Cartouchian 2.jpg|link=Niles Cartouchian (1900s)|1880: Actor, cryptographer, and alleged time-traveller [[Niles Cartouchian (1900s)|Niles Cartouchian]] uses [[Time crystal (nonfiction)|time crystals]] to track down and decompute the [[Forbidden Ratio]].
File:Niles Cartouchian 2.jpg|link=Niles Cartouchian (1900s)|1880: Actor, cryptographer, and alleged time-traveller [[Niles Cartouchian (1900s)|Niles Cartouchian]] uses [[Time crystal (nonfiction)|time crystals]] to track down and decompute the [[Forbidden Ratio]].


||Andrew Talcott (b. 1883) was an American civil engineer and close friend of Civil War General Robert E. Lee.  
||1883: Andrew Talcott born ... civil engineer and close friend of Civil War General Robert E. Lee.  


||Harald August Bohr (b. 22 April 1887) was a Danish mathematician and soccer player. After receiving his doctorate in 1910, Bohr became an eminent mathematician, founding the field of almost periodic functions.  
||Harald August Bohr (b. 22 April 1887) was a Danish mathematician and soccer player. After receiving his doctorate in 1910, Bohr became an eminent mathematician, founding the field of almost periodic functions.  
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File:Earth Day Flag.png|link=Earth Day (nonfiction)|1970: The first [[Earth Day (nonfiction)|Earth Day]] is celebrated.
File:Earth Day Flag.png|link=Earth Day (nonfiction)|1970: The first [[Earth Day (nonfiction)|Earth Day]] is celebrated.


||1972 – Vietnam War: Increased American bombing in Vietnam prompts anti-war protests in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco.
||1972: Vietnam War: Increased American bombing in Vietnam prompts anti-war protests in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco.


Optical_fibers.jpg|link=Optical fiber (nonfiction)|1978: [[Optical fiber (nonfiction)|Optical fiber]] is first used to carry live [[Telephone (nonfiction)|telephone]] traffic.
Optical_fibers.jpg|link=Optical fiber (nonfiction)|1978: [[Optical fiber (nonfiction)|Optical fiber]] is first used to carry live [[Telephone (nonfiction)|telephone]] traffic.
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File:The_Eel.jpg|link=The Eel|1978: Mathematician, art critic, and alleged time-traveller [[The Eel]] escapes from the [[Nacreum]], a high-security [[transdimensional prison]], by transmitting himself over the new [[Optical fiber (nonfiction)|optical fiber]] [[Telephone (nonfiction)|telephone network]].
File:The_Eel.jpg|link=The Eel|1978: Mathematician, art critic, and alleged time-traveller [[The Eel]] escapes from the [[Nacreum]], a high-security [[transdimensional prison]], by transmitting himself over the new [[Optical fiber (nonfiction)|optical fiber]] [[Telephone (nonfiction)|telephone network]].


||1980 – Fritz Strassmann, German chemist and physicist (b. 1902)
||1980: Fritz Strassmann dies ... chemist and physicist.


||1985 – Paul Hugh Emmett, American chemist and academic (b. 1900)
||1985: Paul Hugh Emmett dies ... chemist and academic.


||1988 – Grigori Kuzmin, Russian-Estonian astronomer and academic (b. 1917)
||1988: Grigori Kuzmin dies ... astronomer and academic.


||1989 – Emilio G. Segrè, Italian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1905)
||1989: Emilio G. Segrè dies ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.


||NCSA Mosaic 1.0, the first web browser to achieve popularity among the general public, was released on April 22, 1993. It was developed by a team of students at the University of Illinois' National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), and had the ability to display text and images inline, meaning you could put pictures and text on the same page together, in the same window.  
||1993: NCSA Mosaic 1.0 released, the first web browser to achieve popularity among the general public. It was developed by a team of students at the University of Illinois' National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), and had the ability to display text and images inline, meaning you could put pictures and text on the same page together, in the same window.  


||1999 – Munir Ahmad Khan, Pakistani-Austrian physicist and engineer (b. 1926)
||1999: Munir Ahmad Khan dies ... physicist and engineer.


||Victor Frederick "Viki" Weisskopf (d. April 22, 2002) was an Austrian-born American theoretical physicist. During World War II he was Group Leader of the Theoretical Division of the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, and later campaigned against the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Pic.
||2002: Victor Frederick "Viki" Weisskopf dies ... theoretical physicist. During World War II he was Group Leader of the Theoretical Division of the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, and later campaigned against the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Pic.


||2003 – James H. Critchfield, American CIA officer (b. 1917)
||2003: James H. Critchfield dies ... American CIA officer.


||Philip Morrison (d. April 22, 2005) was a professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is known for his work on the Manhattan Project during World War II, and for his later work in quantum physics, nuclear physics and high energy astrophysics. Pic.
||2005: Philip Morrison dies ... professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He is known for his work on the Manhattan Project during World War II, and for his later work in quantum physics, nuclear physics and high energy astrophysics. Pic.


File:Henriette_Avram.jpg|link=Henriette Avram (nonfiction)|2006: Computer scientist and academic [[Henriette Avram (nonfiction)|Henriette Avram]] dies. She developed the MARC (Machine Readable Cataloging) format, the international data standard for bibliographic and holdings information in libraries.  
File:Henriette_Avram.jpg|link=Henriette Avram (nonfiction)|2006: Computer scientist and academic [[Henriette Avram (nonfiction)|Henriette Avram]] dies. She developed the MARC (Machine Readable Cataloging) format, the international data standard for bibliographic and holdings information in libraries.  


||Patrick Paul Billingsley (d. April 22, 2011) was an American mathematician and stage and screen actor, noted for his books in advanced probability theory and statistics. Pic.
||2011: Patrick Paul Billingsley dies ... mathematician and stage and screen actor, noted for his books in advanced probability theory and statistics. Pic.


||2012 – George Rathmann, American chemist, biologist, and businessman (b. 1927)
||2012: George Rathmann dies ... chemist, biologist, and businessman.


File:Lend a Hand.jpg|link=Lend a Hand (nonfiction)|2018: Signed first edition of ''[[Lend a Hand (nonfiction)|Lend a Hand]]'' stolen from the Louvre by the [[Forbidden Ratio]] in a daring daytime robbery. ''[[Lend a Hand (nonfiction)|Lend a Hand]]'', which depicts an [[organic golem]], had been in the Louvre for less than twenty-four hours.
File:Lend a Hand.jpg|link=Lend a Hand (nonfiction)|2018: Signed first edition of ''[[Lend a Hand (nonfiction)|Lend a Hand]]'' stolen from the Louvre by the [[Forbidden Ratio]] in a daring daytime robbery. ''[[Lend a Hand (nonfiction)|Lend a Hand]]'', which depicts an [[organic golem]], had been in the Louvre for less than twenty-four hours.


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  • 1592: Minister, scholar, astronomer, mathematician, cartographer, and inventor Wilhelm Schickard born. He will design and build calculating machines, and invent techniques for producing improved maps.

    1592: Minister, scholar, astronomer, mathematician, cartographer, and inventor Wilhelm Schickard born. He will design and build calculating machines, and invent techniques for producing improved maps.

  • 1779: Steganographic analysis of The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters unexpectedly releases the Forbidden Ratio, which immediately begins to recruit a criminal gang made up of degenerate cases.

    1779: Steganographic analysis of The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters unexpectedly releases the Forbidden Ratio, which immediately begins to recruit a criminal gang made up of degenerate cases.

  • 1833: Engineer and explorer Richard Trevithick dies. He was an early pioneer of steam-powered road and rail transport, developing the first high-pressure steam engine, and building the first full-scale working railway steam locomotive.

    1833: Engineer and explorer Richard Trevithick dies. He was an early pioneer of steam-powered road and rail transport, developing the first high-pressure steam engine, and building the first full-scale working railway steam locomotive.

  • 1880: Actor, cryptographer, and alleged time-traveller Niles Cartouchian uses time crystals to track down and decompute the Forbidden Ratio.

    1880: Actor, cryptographer, and alleged time-traveller Niles Cartouchian uses time crystals to track down and decompute the Forbidden Ratio.

  • 1904: American physicist and academic J. Robert Oppenheimer born. His achievements in physics will include the Born–Oppenheimer approximation for molecular wavefunctions, and the first prediction of quantum tunneling. Oppenheimer will be called the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in the Manhattan Project.

    1904: American physicist and academic J. Robert Oppenheimer born. His achievements in physics will include the Born–Oppenheimer approximation for molecular wavefunctions, and the first prediction of quantum tunneling. Oppenheimer will be called the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in the Manhattan Project.

  • 1953: Singer-physicist J. R. Oppenheimer performs his hit song "Destroyer of Worlds" at the Grand Ole Opry, leading to his being summoned before the House Un-American Activities Committee.

    1953: Singer-physicist J. R. Oppenheimer performs his hit song "Destroyer of Worlds" at the Grand Ole Opry, leading to his being summoned before the House Un-American Activities Committee.

  • 1954: Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army–McCarthy hearings begins.

    1954: Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army–McCarthy hearings begins.

  • 1954: Writer and alleged troll Culvert Origenes testifies before the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations during the Army–McCarthy hearings. Origenes adamantly refuses to name other "alleged trolls", insisting that "there is nothing 'alleged' about trolls," and denouncing the investigation as "a witch-hunt, and not in a good way."

    1954: Writer and alleged troll Culvert Origenes testifies before the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations during the Army–McCarthy hearings. Origenes adamantly refuses to name other "alleged trolls", insisting that "there is nothing 'alleged' about trolls," and denouncing the investigation as "a witch-hunt, and not in a good way."

  • 1970: The first Earth Day is celebrated.

    1970: The first Earth Day is celebrated.

  • 1978: Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic.

    1978: Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic.

  • 1978: Mathematician, art critic, and alleged time-traveller The Eel escapes from the Nacreum, a high-security transdimensional prison, by transmitting himself over the new optical fiber telephone network.

    1978: Mathematician, art critic, and alleged time-traveller The Eel escapes from the Nacreum, a high-security transdimensional prison, by transmitting himself over the new optical fiber telephone network.

  • 2006: Computer scientist and academic Henriette Avram dies. She developed the MARC (Machine Readable Cataloging) format, the international data standard for bibliographic and holdings information in libraries.

    2006: Computer scientist and academic Henriette Avram dies. She developed the MARC (Machine Readable Cataloging) format, the international data standard for bibliographic and holdings information in libraries.

  • 2018: Signed first edition of Lend a Hand stolen from the Louvre by the Forbidden Ratio in a daring daytime robbery. Lend a Hand, which depicts an organic golem, had been in the Louvre for less than twenty-four hours.

    2018: Signed first edition of Lend a Hand stolen from the Louvre by the Forbidden Ratio in a daring daytime robbery. Lend a Hand, which depicts an organic golem, had been in the Louvre for less than twenty-four hours.

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