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File:Richard Sharpe Shaver.jpg|link=Richard Sharpe Shaver (nonfiction)|1975: Author and illustrator [[Richard Sharpe Shaver (nonfiction)|Richard Sharpe Shaver]] dies. He wrote stories in which he claims that he had personal experience of a sinister, ancient civilization that harbors fantastic technology in caverns under the earth.  
File:Richard Sharpe Shaver.jpg|link=Richard Sharpe Shaver (nonfiction)|1975: Author and illustrator [[Richard Sharpe Shaver (nonfiction)|Richard Sharpe Shaver]] dies. He wrote stories in which he claims that he had personal experience of a sinister, ancient civilization that harbors fantastic technology in caverns under the earth.  


File:Alice Beta.jpg|link=Alice Beta|1978: In an interview published in Omni magazine, mathematician and crime-fighter [[Alice Beta]] says that the [[Gnomon Chronicles]] is "analogous to [author and illustrator Richard Sharp] [[Richard Sharpe Shaver (nonfiction)|Shaver]]'s work: a revealed private cosmos of unpredictable menace and wonder."


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  • 1780: Army officer, trader, and lecturer John Cleves Symmes, Jr. born. He will invent a variant of the (now-discredited) Hollow Earth Theory, with openings to the inner world at the poles.

    1780: Army officer, trader, and lecturer John Cleves Symmes, Jr. born. He will invent a variant of the (now-discredited) Hollow Earth Theory, with openings to the inner world at the poles.

  • 1800: Mathematician, astronomical and scientific instrument maker Jesse Ramsden dies. His reputation was built on the engraving and design of dividing engines which allowed high accuracy measurements of angles and lengths in instruments. He produced instruments for astronomy that were especially well-known for maritime use where they were needed for the measurement of latitudes and for his surveying instruments which were widely used for cartography and land survey.

    1800: Mathematician, astronomical and scientific instrument maker Jesse Ramsden dies. His reputation was built on the engraving and design of dividing engines which allowed high accuracy measurements of angles and lengths in instruments. He produced instruments for astronomy that were especially well-known for maritime use where they were needed for the measurement of latitudes and for his surveying instruments which were widely used for cartography and land survey.

  • 1849: Polymath, diplomat, jurist, and politician Rui Barbosa born. He will authorize the destruction of most government records relating to slavery, "erasing the stain" of slavery on Brazilian history, yet preventing any possible indemnization of the former slave-owners.

    1849: Polymath, diplomat, jurist, and politician Rui Barbosa born. He will authorize the destruction of most government records relating to slavery, "erasing the stain" of slavery on Brazilian history, yet preventing any possible indemnization of the former slave-owners.

  • 1879: Physicist and mathematician James Clerk Maxwell dies. His discoveries helped usher in the era of modern physics, laying the foundation for such fields as special relativity and quantum mechanics.

    1879: Physicist and mathematician James Clerk Maxwell dies. His discoveries helped usher in the era of modern physics, laying the foundation for such fields as special relativity and quantum mechanics.

  • 1975: Author and illustrator Richard Sharpe Shaver dies. He wrote stories in which he claims that he had personal experience of a sinister, ancient civilization that harbors fantastic technology in caverns under the earth.

    1975: Author and illustrator Richard Sharpe Shaver dies. He wrote stories in which he claims that he had personal experience of a sinister, ancient civilization that harbors fantastic technology in caverns under the earth.

  • 1978: In an interview published in Omni magazine, mathematician and crime-fighter Alice Beta says that the Gnomon Chronicles is "analogous to [author and illustrator Richard Sharp] Shaver's work: a revealed private cosmos of unpredictable menace and wonder."

    1978: In an interview published in Omni magazine, mathematician and crime-fighter Alice Beta says that the Gnomon Chronicles is "analogous to [author and illustrator Richard Sharp] Shaver's work: a revealed private cosmos of unpredictable menace and wonder."

  • 2015: NASA announced that data from the MAVEN probe shows that the deterioration of Mars’ atmosphere increases significantly during solar storms.

    2015: NASA announced that data from the MAVEN probe shows that the deterioration of Mars’ atmosphere increases significantly during solar storms.

  • 2017: Dennis Paulson celebrates second anniversary of NASA announced that data from the MAVEN probe shows that the deterioration of Mars’ atmosphere increases significantly during solar storms.

    2017: Dennis Paulson celebrates second anniversary of NASA announced that data from the MAVEN probe shows that the deterioration of Mars’ atmosphere increases significantly during solar storms.

  • 2018: Creature 3 sells for an undisclosed amount in charity auction to benefit victims of crimes against mathematical constants.

    2018: Creature 3 sells for an undisclosed amount in charity auction to benefit victims of crimes against mathematical constants.

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