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File:Vera Rubin.jpg|link=Vera Rubin (nonfiction)|2016: Astronomer and academic [[Vera Rubin (nonfiction)|Vera Rubin]] dies. She discovered the discrepancy between the predicted angular motion of galaxies and the observed motion, by studying galactic rotation curves.
File:Vera Rubin.jpg|link=Vera Rubin (nonfiction)|2016: Astronomer and academic [[Vera Rubin (nonfiction)|Vera Rubin]] dies. She discovered the discrepancy between the predicted angular motion of galaxies and the observed motion, by studying galactic rotation curves.


File:Swirl.jpg|link=Swirl (nonfiction)|2017: ''[[Swirl (nonfiction)|Swirl]]'' is voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]].
File:Wreath.jpg|link=Wreath|'''''[[Wreath]]''''' voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.


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  • 1642: Isaac Newton born. He will be widely recognized as one of the most influential scientists of all time and a key figure in the scientific revolution.

    1642: Isaac Newton born. He will be widely recognized as one of the most influential scientists of all time and a key figure in the scientific revolution.

  • 1730: Physician and activist Filippo Mazzei born. Mazzei will act as an agent to purchase arms for Virginia during the American Revolutionary War.

    1730: Physician and activist Filippo Mazzei born. Mazzei will act as an agent to purchase arms for Virginia during the American Revolutionary War.

  • 1763: Inventor Claude Chappe born. Chappe will invent and develop a practical semaphore system that will span all of France -- the first practical telecommunications system of the industrial age.

    1763: Inventor Claude Chappe born. Chappe will invent and develop a practical semaphore system that will span all of France -- the first practical telecommunications system of the industrial age.

  • 1881: Physician, physiologist, and APTO field engineer Emil du Bois-Reymond uses experimental electrophysiology techniques to demonstrate a physiological basis for the energy exerted by Gnomon algorithm functions.

    1881: Physician, physiologist, and APTO field engineer Emil du Bois-Reymond uses experimental electrophysiology techniques to demonstrate a physiological basis for the energy exerted by Gnomon algorithm functions.

  • 1932: Enrico Fermi computes probability set for path Santa Claus will travel.

    1932: Enrico Fermi computes probability set for path Santa Claus will travel.

  • 2006: Physicist, mathematician, and crime-fighter Martin David Kruskal uses theory of solitons to defeat the criminal mathematical function Killer Poke in single combat.

    2006: Physicist, mathematician, and crime-fighter Martin David Kruskal uses theory of solitons to defeat the criminal mathematical function Killer Poke in single combat.

  • 2016: Astronomer and academic Vera Rubin dies. She discovered the discrepancy between the predicted angular motion of galaxies and the observed motion, by studying galactic rotation curves.

    2016: Astronomer and academic Vera Rubin dies. She discovered the discrepancy between the predicted angular motion of galaxies and the observed motion, by studying galactic rotation curves.

  • Wreath voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

    Wreath voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

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