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File:Red Eyes Fighting.jpg|link=Red Eyes|1736: Philosopher and crime-fighter ''[[Red Eyes]]'' prevents gang of [[Crimes against mathematical constants|math criminals]] from kidnapping [[Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (nonfiction)|Leibniz]] and [[Isaac Newton (nonfiction)|Newton]].
File:Red Eyes Fighting.jpg|link=Red Eyes|1736: Philosopher and crime-fighter ''[[Red Eyes]]'' prevents gang of [[Crimes against mathematical constants|math criminals]] from kidnapping [[Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (nonfiction)|Leibniz]] and [[Isaac Newton (nonfiction)|Newton]].


||1682 – John Hadley, English mathematician, invented the octant (d. 1744)
||1682: John Hadley born ... mathematician, invented the octant.


File:Sir Isaac Newton by Sir Godfrey Kneller.jpg|link=Isaac Newton (nonfiction)|1705: Physicist and mathematician [[Isaac Newton (nonfiction)|Isaac Newton]] knighted by Queen Anne at Trinity College.  
File:Sir Isaac Newton by Sir Godfrey Kneller.jpg|link=Isaac Newton (nonfiction)|1705: Physicist and mathematician [[Isaac Newton (nonfiction)|Isaac Newton]] knighted by Queen Anne at Trinity College.  


||1728 – Joseph Black, French-Scottish physician and chemist (d. 1799)
||1728: Joseph Black born ... physician and chemist.


||1756 – Jacques Cassini, French astronomer (b. 1677)
||1756: Jacques Cassini dies ... astronomer.


||1783 – Christian Mayer, Czech astronomer and educator (b. 1719)
||1783: Christian Mayer dies ... astronomer and educator.


||1788 – Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French mathematician, cosmologist, and author (b. 1707)
||1788: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon dies ... mathematician, cosmologist, and author.


||1816L: Benjamin Jesty dies ... was a farmer at Yetminster in Dorset, England, notable for his early experiment in inducing immunity against smallpox using cowpox. Pic.
||1816: Benjamin Jesty dies ... was a farmer at Yetminster in Dorset, England, notable for his early experiment in inducing immunity against smallpox using cowpox. Pic.


||Victor Alexandre Puiseux (b. 16 April 1820) was a French mathematician and astronomer. Puiseux series are named after him, as is in part the Bertrand–Diquet–Puiseux theorem.  
||1820: Victor Alexandre Puiseux born ... mathematician and astronomer. Puiseux series are named after him, as is in part the Bertrand–Diquet–Puiseux theorem.  


||1823 – Gotthold Eisenstein, German mathematician and academic (d. 1852) Ferdinand Gotthold Max Eisenstein (16 April 1823 – 11 October 1852) was a German mathematician. He specialized in number theory and analysis, and proved several results that eluded even Gauss.
||1823: Gotthold Eisenstein born ... mathematician and academic ... specialized in number theory and analysis, and proved several results that eluded even Gauss.


||William Lofland Dudley (b. April 16, 1859) was an American chemistry professor. Pic.
||1859: William Lofland Dudley born ... chemistry professor. Pic.


||1867 – Wilbur Wright, American inventor (d. 1912)
||1867: Wilbur Wright born ... inventor.


||1881 – In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.
||1881: In Dodge City, Kansas, Bat Masterson fights his last gun battle.


||1888 – Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski, Polish physicist and chemist (b. 1845)
||1888: Zygmunt Florenty Wróblewski dies ... physicist and chemist.


||Jerzy Neyman (b. April 16, 1894), born Jerzy Spława-Neyman, was a Polish mathematician and statistician  
||1894: Jerzy Neyman born ... mathematician and statistician  


||1895 – Ove Arup, English-Danish engineer and businessman, founded Arup (d. 1988) Sydney Opera House
||1895: Ove Arup born ... engineer and businessman, founded Arup (d. 1988) Sydney Opera House.


||Hellmuth Kneser (b. 16 April 1898) was a Baltic German mathematician, who made notable contributions to group theory and topology. His most famous result may be his theorem on the existence of a prime decomposition for 3-manifolds. His proof originated the concept of normal surface, a fundamental cornerstone of the theory of 3-manifolds.
||1898: Hellmuth Kneser born ... mathematician, who made notable contributions to group theory and topology. His most famous result may be his theorem on the existence of a prime decomposition for 3-manifolds. His proof originated the concept of normal surface, a fundamental cornerstone of the theory of 3-manifolds.


||1899: Osman Achmatowicz born ... chemist and academic.
||1899: Osman Achmatowicz born ... chemist and academic.
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File:Mk15 nuclear bomb.jpg|link=1958 Tybee Island mid-air collision (nonfiction)|1958: The United States military announces that the search for [[1958 Tybee Island mid-air collision (nonfiction)|hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb was unsuccessful]].
File:Mk15 nuclear bomb.jpg|link=1958 Tybee Island mid-air collision (nonfiction)|1958: The United States military announces that the search for [[1958 Tybee Island mid-air collision (nonfiction)|hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb was unsuccessful]].
||1958: With mining and processing plants still operational, a combination of poor design, neglect, heavy rainfall and a reported earthquake caused the #7 tailings dam at Mailuu-Suu to fail. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958_Mailuu-Suu_tailings_dam_failure


File:Brainiac Explains Lecture Series (Dominic Yeso).jpg|link=Brainiac Explains|1962: [[Brainiac Explains]] lecture series explains why [[Colonel Zersetzung]] failed to detonate the [[1958 Tybee Island mid-air collision (nonfiction)|Tybee Bomb]].
File:Brainiac Explains Lecture Series (Dominic Yeso).jpg|link=Brainiac Explains|1962: [[Brainiac Explains]] lecture series explains why [[Colonel Zersetzung]] failed to detonate the [[1958 Tybee Island mid-air collision (nonfiction)|Tybee Bomb]].

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  • April 16, 1178 BC: A solar eclipse occurs. Homer's Odyssey contains a passage which may reference the eclipse: "The Sun has been obliterated from the sky, and an unlucky darkness invades the world."

    April 16, 1178 BC: A solar eclipse occurs. Homer's Odyssey contains a passage which may reference the eclipse: "The Sun has been obliterated from the sky, and an unlucky darkness invades the world."

  • 1491: Polymath Leonardo da Vinci designs a mechanical soldier. The first working prototype will take over a decade to complete, after which da Vinci will lose all funding for the project.

    1491: Polymath Leonardo da Vinci designs a mechanical soldier. The first working prototype will take over a decade to complete, after which da Vinci will lose all funding for the project.

  • 1495: Mathematician and astronomer Petrus Apianus born. His works on cosmography, Astronomicum Caesareum (1540) and Cosmographicus liber (1524), will be extremely influential in his time.

    1495: Mathematician and astronomer Petrus Apianus born. His works on cosmography, Astronomicum Caesareum (1540) and Cosmographicus liber (1524), will be extremely influential in his time.

  • 1673: Leibniz wrote to Oldenburg about series: "I conjecture that Mr. Collins himself does not speak of these summations of infinite series because he brings forward the example of the series 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, ... which if it is continued to infinity cannot be summed because the sum is not finite, like the sum of the triangular numbers, but infinite. But now I am cramped by the space of my paper."

    1673: Leibniz wrote to Oldenburg about series: "I conjecture that Mr. Collins himself does not speak of these summations of infinite series because he brings forward the example of the series 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, 1/6, ... which if it is continued to infinity cannot be summed because the sum is not finite, like the sum of the triangular numbers, but infinite. But now I am cramped by the space of my paper."

  • 1736: Philosopher and crime-fighter Red Eyes prevents gang of math criminals from kidnapping Leibniz and Newton.

    1736: Philosopher and crime-fighter Red Eyes prevents gang of math criminals from kidnapping Leibniz and Newton.

  • 1705: Physicist and mathematician Isaac Newton knighted by Queen Anne at Trinity College.

    1705: Physicist and mathematician Isaac Newton knighted by Queen Anne at Trinity College.

  • 1958: Chemist and X-ray crystallographer Rosalind Franklin dies. She made contributions to the discovery of the molecular structure of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid).

    1958: Chemist and X-ray crystallographer Rosalind Franklin dies. She made contributions to the discovery of the molecular structure of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid).

  • 1958: Combat physician and alleged time-traveller Asclepius Myrmidon prevents Colonel Zersetzung from detonating the Tybee Bomb.

    1958: Combat physician and alleged time-traveller Asclepius Myrmidon prevents Colonel Zersetzung from detonating the Tybee Bomb.

  • 1958: The United States military announces that the search for hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb was unsuccessful.

    1958: The United States military announces that the search for hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb was unsuccessful.

  • 1962: Brainiac Explains lecture series explains why Colonel Zersetzung failed to detonate the Tybee Bomb.

    1962: Brainiac Explains lecture series explains why Colonel Zersetzung failed to detonate the Tybee Bomb.

  • 2008: Mathematician Edward Lorenz dies. He introduced the strange attractor notion, and coined the term butterfly effect.

    2008: Mathematician Edward Lorenz dies. He introduced the strange attractor notion, and coined the term butterfly effect.

  • 2008: Lorenz system diagram says it "owes everything to Papa Lorenz."

    2008: Lorenz system diagram says it "owes everything to Papa Lorenz."

  • 2017: Math photographer Cantor Parabola attends Minicon 52, taking a series of photographs with temporal superimpositions from Minicons 51 and 53.

    2017: Math photographer Cantor Parabola attends Minicon 52, taking a series of photographs with temporal superimpositions from Minicons 51 and 53.

  • 2018: Signed first edition of Red Spiral 3 sells for $150,000 in charity auction to benefit victims of crimes against mathematical constants.

    2018: Signed first edition of Red Spiral 3 sells for $150,000 in charity auction to benefit victims of crimes against mathematical constants.

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