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File:Superimposed Fraunhofer.jpg|link=Superimposed Fraunhofer|2009: Priceless block of four [[Superimposed Fraunhofer]] stamps, stolen the year before by the [[Forbidden Ratio]] gang, recovered by [[APTO]] field agents. | File:Superimposed Fraunhofer.jpg|link=Superimposed Fraunhofer|2009: Priceless block of four [[Superimposed Fraunhofer]] stamps, stolen the year before by the [[Forbidden Ratio]] gang, recovered by [[APTO]] field agents. | ||
||2013: W. Wallace Cleland dies ... biochemist and educator ... research was concerned with enzyme reaction mechanism and enzyme kinetics, especially multiple-substrate enzymes. Pic. | |||
File:Dawn spacecraft model.png|link=Dawn (spacecraft) (nonfiction)|2015: The ''[[Dawn (spacecraft) (nonfiction)|Dawn]]'' space probe, having left Vesta, enters Ceres' orbit. ''[[Dawn (spacecraft) (nonfiction)|Dawn]]'' will study Vesta and Ceres, two of the three known protoplanets of the asteroid belt. | File:Dawn spacecraft model.png|link=Dawn (spacecraft) (nonfiction)|2015: The ''[[Dawn (spacecraft) (nonfiction)|Dawn]]'' space probe, having left Vesta, enters Ceres' orbit. ''[[Dawn (spacecraft) (nonfiction)|Dawn]]'' will study Vesta and Ceres, two of the three known protoplanets of the asteroid belt. | ||
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1665: The first joint Secretary of the Royal Society, Henry Oldenburg, publishes the first issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
1846: Social activist and alleged superhero The Governess warns the United States of America not to begin its upcoming Civil War ahead of schedule.
1847: Mathematician Cesare Arzelà born. He will contribute to the theory of functions, notably his characterization of sequences of continuous functions.
1876: Mathematician Thomas Joannes Stieltjes uses continued fraction theory to fight crimes against mathematical constants.
1921: Physicist, mathematician, statistician, and meteorologist Akiva Yaglom born. He will contribute to statistical turbulence theory and random processes theory.
1939: Mathematician and academic Ferdinand von Lindemann dies. He proved (1882) that π (pi) is a transcendental number.
1981: Modern dance company Rhizolith Group debuts new work based on the life of Ayn Rand.
1982: Writer and philosopher Ayn Rand dies.
2009: Priceless block of four Superimposed Fraunhofer stamps, stolen the year before by the Forbidden Ratio gang, recovered by APTO field agents.
2017: The Eel and Radium Jane Arm Wrestling awarded Pulitzer Prize, declared "the most entertaining illustration of the year."
2018: Signed first edition of Green Sprouts used in high-energy literature experiments spontaneously develops artificial intelligence.
