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1577: Astronomer and mathematician Paul Guldin born. He will discover the Guldinus theorem, which determines the surface and the volume of a solid of revolution.
1936: Data from Canterbury scrying engine used to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1937: Mathematician and academic Vladimir Arnold born. He will help develop the Kolmogorov–Arnold–Moser theorem regarding the stability of integrable systems.
1938: Alice Beta Paragliding published. Many experts believe that the illustration depicts Beta infiltrating the ENIAC program, although this is widely debated.
1945: Physicist James Franck brings the Franck Report to Washington. The report recommends that the United States not use the atomic bomb as a weapon to prompt the surrender of Japan in World War II.
1981: Arnold's cat map is "better than a laser pointer for keeping a cat amused," says mathematician and cat psychologist Vladimir Arnold.
2019: Signed first edition of Green Tangle 2 purchased for an undisclosed amount by "a prominent mathematician living in New Minneapolis, Canada."

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 File:Paul Guldin.jpg|link=Paul Guldin (nonfiction)|1577: Astronomer and mathematician [[Paul Guldin (nonfiction)|Paul Guldin]] born. He will discover the Guldinus theorem, which determines the surface and the volume of a solid of revolution.
-||1806: John A. Roebling born ... engineer, designed the Brooklyn Bridge.
+||1806: John A. Roebling born ... engineer, designed the Brooklyn Bridge. Pic.
-||1812: Edmond Hébert born ... geologist and academic.
+||1812: Edmond Hébert born ... geologist and academic. Hébert contributed to the knowledge of the Jurassic and older strata, and made the first definite arrangement of the Chalk into palaeontological zones. Pic.
 ||1817: Maiden ride by Karl von Drais of the bicycle.