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||1974: Fritz Zwicky dies ... astronomer. He worked most of his life at the California Institute of Technology in the United States of America, where he made many important contributions in theoretical and observational astronomy. In 1933, Zwicky was the first to use the virial theorem to infer the existence of unseen dark matter, describing it as "dunkle Materie". Pic.
||1974: Fritz Zwicky dies ... astronomer. He worked most of his life at the California Institute of Technology in the United States of America, where he made many important contributions in theoretical and observational astronomy. In 1933, Zwicky was the first to use the virial theorem to infer the existence of unseen dark matter, describing it as "dunkle Materie". Pic.


||1975: Robert Robinson dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.
||1975: Robert Robinson dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic.


||1990: Ernest William Titterton dies ... nuclear physicist. Pic.
||1990: Ernest William Titterton dies ... nuclear physicist. Pic.


||2015: Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde dies ... physician and parapsychologist.
||2008: Robert Jastrow dies ... astronomer and planetary physicist. He was a NASA scientist, popular author, and futurist. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=robert+jastrow
 
||2015: Rauni-Leena Luukanen-Kilde dies ... physician and parapsychologist. She said that there was a secret exchange program between humans and aliens that was being deliberately suppressed by "powerful Western governments", particularly the United States. Pic.


File:Triumph.jpg|link=Triumph (nonfiction)|2016: Steganographic analysis of ''[[Triumph (nonfiction)|Triumph]]'' reveals "at least four thousand and ninety-six kilobytes" of previously unknown [[Gnomon algorithm]] functions.
File:Triumph.jpg|link=Triumph (nonfiction)|2016: Steganographic analysis of ''[[Triumph (nonfiction)|Triumph]]'' reveals "at least four thousand and ninety-six kilobytes" of previously unknown [[Gnomon algorithm]] functions.


||2017: Peter Mansfield dies ... physicist, Nobel laureate.
||2017: Peter Mansfield dies ... physicist, Nobel laureate. Pic.


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  • 1550: Printer, publisher, and APTO Artist-Engineer Christian Egenolff publishes his monumental Field Guide to Gnomon Algorithm Functions.

    1550: Printer, publisher, and APTO Artist-Engineer Christian Egenolff publishes his monumental Field Guide to Gnomon Algorithm Functions.

  • 1700: Mathematician and physicist Daniel Bernoulli born. He will be particularly remembered for his applications of mathematics to mechanics, especially fluid mechanics, and for his pioneering work in probability and statistics.

    1700: Mathematician and physicist Daniel Bernoulli born. He will be particularly remembered for his applications of mathematics to mechanics, especially fluid mechanics, and for his pioneering work in probability and statistics.

  • 1866: Chemist Moses Gomberg born. He will identify the triphenylmethyl radical, the first persistent radical to be discovered, and will thus be known as the founder of radical chemistry.

    1866: Chemist Moses Gomberg born. He will identify the triphenylmethyl radical, the first persistent radical to be discovered, and will thus be known as the founder of radical chemistry.

  • 1867: Didacus automaton develops self-awareness, invents new class of Gnomon algorithm functions.

    1867: Didacus automaton develops self-awareness, invents new class of Gnomon algorithm functions.

  • 1879: Engineer and inventor Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.

    1879: Engineer and inventor Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.

  • 1933: Carnivorous dirigibles found responsible for recent wave of cattle mutilations.

    1933: Carnivorous dirigibles found responsible for recent wave of cattle mutilations.

  • 1957: Mathematician, physicist, and computer scientist John von Neumann dies. He was a key figure in the development of the digital computer, and developed mathematical models of both nuclear and thermonuclear weapons.

    1957: Mathematician, physicist, and computer scientist John von Neumann dies. He was a key figure in the development of the digital computer, and developed mathematical models of both nuclear and thermonuclear weapons.

  • 1973: Physicist, engineer, and Gnomon algorithm theorist Dennis Gabor invents new form of holography which detects and prevents crimes against light.

    1973: Physicist, engineer, and Gnomon algorithm theorist Dennis Gabor invents new form of holography which detects and prevents crimes against light.

  • 2016: Steganographic analysis of Triumph reveals "at least four thousand and ninety-six kilobytes" of previously unknown Gnomon algorithm functions.

    2016: Steganographic analysis of Triumph reveals "at least four thousand and ninety-six kilobytes" of previously unknown Gnomon algorithm functions.

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