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525 BC: Heracles defends himself after sneak attack by supervillain Gnotilus.
1786: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer Jacques Philippe Marie Binet born. He will make significant contributions to number theory, and the mathematical foundations of matrix algebra.
$1876: Mathematician Thomas Joannes Stieltjes uses Gnomon algorithm to discover new class of continued fractions.$

1876: Mathematician Thomas Joannes Stieltjes uses Gnomon algorithm to discover new class of continued fractions.
1905: Writer and philosopher Ayn Rand born.
1969: New evidence suggests that The Eel Escapes Hydrolab is based on actual events.
1970: Philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic and political activist Bertrand Russell dies.

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 File:Ayn Rand signature 1949.svg|link=Ayn Rand (nonfiction)|1905: Writer and philosopher [[Ayn Rand (nonfiction)|Ayn Rand]] born.
-File:Scrimshaw_Edward_Burdett.jpg|link=Scrimshaw (nonfiction)|[[Cinnamon Jack (pirate)|Cinnamon Jack]] announces plan to make daring raid on priceless [[Scrimshaw (nonfiction)|Scrimshaw collection]] .
+File:The Eel Escapes Hydrolab.jpg|link=The Eel Escapes Hydrolab|1969: New evidence suggests that ''[[The Eel Escapes Hydrolab]]'' is based on actual events.
 File:Bertrand Russell transparent bg.png|link=Bertrand Russell (nonfiction)|1970: Philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic and political activist [[Bertrand Russell (nonfiction)|Bertrand Russell]] dies.
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