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||1521: Ferdinand Magellan reaches the island of Homonhon in the Philippines.
||1521: Ferdinand Magellan reaches the island of Homonhon in the Philippines.
File:Emilie Chatelet portrait by Latour.jpg|link=Émilie du Châtelet (nonfiction)|1732: Mathematician and physicist [[Émilie du Châtelet (nonfiction)|Émilie du Châtelet]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1740: Johann Jacob Schweppe born ... watchmaker and amateur scientist who developed the first practical process to manufacture bottled carbonated mineral water, based on a process discovered by Joseph Priestley in 1767.  Pic.
||1740: Johann Jacob Schweppe born ... watchmaker and amateur scientist who developed the first practical process to manufacture bottled carbonated mineral water, based on a process discovered by Joseph Priestley in 1767.  Pic.


||1741: Carlo Amoretti born ... scientist. Pic.
||1741: Carlo Amoretti born ... scientist. Pic.
File:Daniel Bernoulli.jpg|link=Daniel Bernoulli (nonfiction)|1749: Mathematician, physicist, and crime-fighter [[Daniel Bernoulli (nonfiction)|Daniel Bernoulli]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] based on applications of mathematics to mechanics to detect and prevent both [[crimes against mathematics]] and [[crimes against physics]].


File:Caroline_Herschel_1829.jpg|link=Caroline Herschel (nonfiction)|1750: Astronomer [[Caroline Herschel (nonfiction)|Caroline Herschel]] born. Herschel will discover several comets, including the periodic comet 35P/Herschel-Rigollet, which bears her name.
File:Caroline_Herschel_1829.jpg|link=Caroline Herschel (nonfiction)|1750: Astronomer [[Caroline Herschel (nonfiction)|Caroline Herschel]] born. Herschel will discover several comets, including the periodic comet 35P/Herschel-Rigollet, which bears her name.
File:Laura Bassi.jpg|link=Laura Bassi (nonfiction)|1751: Physicist and crime-fighter [[Laura Bassi (nonfiction)|Laura Bassi]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1774: Matthew Flinders born ... navigator and cartographer. Pic.
||1774: Matthew Flinders born ... navigator and cartographer. Pic.
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||1966: Launch of Gemini 8, the 12th manned American space flight and first space docking with the Agena target vehicle.
||1966: Launch of Gemini 8, the 12th manned American space flight and first space docking with the Agena target vehicle.
File:Palomares H-Bomb Incident.jpg|link=1966 Palomares B-52 crash (nonfiction)|1966: After-effects of [[1966 Palomares B-52 crash (nonfiction)|1966 Palomares B-52 crash]] reveal new class of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1978J: Amoco Cadiz oil spill - supertanker owned by Amoco Transport Corp and transporting crude oil for Shell Oil. Operating under the Liberian flag of convenience, she ran aground on 16 March 1978 on Portsall Rocks, 2 km (1 mi) from the coast of Brittany, France. Ultimately she split in three and sank, resulting in the largest oil spill of its kind in history to that date. Pic.
||1978J: Amoco Cadiz oil spill - supertanker owned by Amoco Transport Corp and transporting crude oil for Shell Oil. Operating under the Liberian flag of convenience, she ran aground on 16 March 1978 on Portsall Rocks, 2 km (1 mi) from the coast of Brittany, France. Ultimately she split in three and sank, resulting in the largest oil spill of its kind in history to that date. Pic.
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||1998: Derek Barton dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic search.
||1998: Derek Barton dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic search.
File:John Backus.jpg|link=John Backus (nonfiction)|2006: Mathematician and computer scientist [[John Backus (nonfiction)|John Backus]] defines formal language syntax for detecting and preventing [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||2001: Johannes Benzing dies ... Turkic specialist and Diplomat in the era of National Socialism and in the Federal Republic of Germany. Benzing worked as a Linguist in Pers Z S, the signals intelligence agency of the German Foreign Office (German: Auswärtiges Amt). He was the youngest senior official (German:Beamter) and headed the section from October 1939 until September 1944. Pic.
||2001: Johannes Benzing dies ... Turkic specialist and Diplomat in the era of National Socialism and in the Federal Republic of Germany. Benzing worked as a Linguist in Pers Z S, the signals intelligence agency of the German Foreign Office (German: Auswärtiges Amt). He was the youngest senior official (German:Beamter) and headed the section from October 1939 until September 1944. Pic.
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||2013: Jamal Nazrul Islam dies ... physicist and cosmologist. Pic.
||2013: Jamal Nazrul Islam dies ... physicist and cosmologist. Pic.
File:Do_Not_Tease_Monster_by_Karl_Jones_800x600.jpg|link=Do Not Tease Monster (nonfiction)|2016: Routine steganographic analysis of ''[[Do Not Tease Monster]]'' unexpectedly reveals signed first edition of  Nathaniel Bowditch's classic handbook ''The New American Practical Navigator''.


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  • 1520: Mapmaker Martin Waldseemüller dies. Waldseemüller produced a globular world map and a large 12-panel world wall map using the information from Columbus and Vespucci's travels (Universalis Cosmographia), both bearing the first use of the name "America".

    1520: Mapmaker Martin Waldseemüller dies. Waldseemüller produced a globular world map and a large 12-panel world wall map using the information from Columbus and Vespucci's travels (Universalis Cosmographia), both bearing the first use of the name "America".

  • 1750: Astronomer Caroline Herschel born. Herschel will discover several comets, including the periodic comet 35P/Herschel-Rigollet, which bears her name.

    1750: Astronomer Caroline Herschel born. Herschel will discover several comets, including the periodic comet 35P/Herschel-Rigollet, which bears her name.

  • 1838: American captain and mathematician Nathaniel Bowditch dies. Bowditch was a founder of modern maritime navigation; his book The New American Practical Navigator, first published in 1802, is still carried on board every commissioned U.S. Naval vessel.

    1838: American captain and mathematician Nathaniel Bowditch dies. Bowditch was a founder of modern maritime navigation; his book The New American Practical Navigator, first published in 1802, is still carried on board every commissioned U.S. Naval vessel.

  • 1859: Physicist and academic Alexander Stepanovich Popov born. Popov will make pioneering contributions to the study of high frequency electrical phenomenoa; in Russia and some eastern European, he will be acclaimed as the inventor of radio.

    1859: Physicist and academic Alexander Stepanovich Popov born. Popov will make pioneering contributions to the study of high frequency electrical phenomenoa; in Russia and some eastern European, he will be acclaimed as the inventor of radio.

  • 1915: Mathematician and academic Kunihiko Kodaira born. Kodaira will make distinguished contributions algebraic geometry and the theory of complex manifolds, winning the Fields medal in 1954.

    1915: Mathematician and academic Kunihiko Kodaira born. Kodaira will make distinguished contributions algebraic geometry and the theory of complex manifolds, winning the Fields medal in 1954.

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