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File:Hans Hermes.jpg|link=Hans Hermes (nonfiction)|1912: Mathematician and logician [[Hans Hermes (nonfiction)|Hans Hermes]] born.  Hermes will contribute to the foundations of mathematical logic, and pioneer the concept of the Turing machine as a measure of predictability.
File:Hans Hermes.jpg|link=Hans Hermes (nonfiction)|1912: Mathematician and logician [[Hans Hermes (nonfiction)|Hans Hermes]] born.  Hermes will contribute to the foundations of mathematical logic, and pioneer the concept of the Turing machine as a measure of predictability.


File:Hanna Neumann.jpg|link=Hanna Neumann (nonfiction)|1914: Mathematician and academic [[Hanna Neumann (nonfiction)|Hanna Neumann]] born. She will contribute to [[Group theory (nonfiction)|group theory]], co-authoring the important paper ''Wreath products and varieties of groups'' (with her husband Bernhard and eldest son Peter), and authoring the influential book ''Varieties of Groups'' (1967).
File:Hanna Neumann.jpg|link=Hanna Neumann (nonfiction)|1914: Mathematician and academic [[Hanna Neumann (nonfiction)|Hanna Neumann]] born. Neumann will contribute to [[Group theory (nonfiction)|group theory]], co-authoring the important paper ''Wreath products and varieties of groups'' (with her husband Bernhard and eldest son Peter), and authoring the influential book ''Varieties of Groups'' (1967).


File:Richard Dedekind.jpg|link=Richard Dedekind (nonfiction)|1916: Mathematician, philosopher, and academic [[Richard Dedekind (nonfiction)|Richard Dedekind]] dies. He made important contributions to abstract algebra (particularly ring theory), algebraic number theory and the definition of the real numbers.
File:Richard Dedekind.jpg|link=Richard Dedekind (nonfiction)|1916: Mathematician, philosopher, and academic [[Richard Dedekind (nonfiction)|Richard Dedekind]] dies. Dedekind made important contributions to abstract algebra (particularly ring theory), algebraic number theory and the definition of the real numbers.


||1918: Julian Schwinger, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate born ... best known for his work on the theory of quantum electrodynamics (QED), in particular for developing a relativistically invariant perturbation theory, and for renormalizing QED to one loop order.  Pic.
||1918: Julian Schwinger, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate born ... best known for his work on the theory of quantum electrodynamics (QED), in particular for developing a relativistically invariant perturbation theory, and for renormalizing QED to one loop order.  Pic.
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||1947: The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.
||1947: The largest observed iron meteorite until that time creates an impact crater in Sikhote-Alin, in the Soviet Union.


File:Moses Gomberg.jpg|link=Moses Gomberg (nonfiction)|1947: Chemist and academic [[Moses Gomberg (nonfiction)|Moses Gomberg]] dies. He  identified the triphenylmethyl radical, the first persistent radical to be discovered, and is thus known as the founder of radical chemistry.
File:Moses Gomberg.jpg|link=Moses Gomberg (nonfiction)|1947: Chemist and academic [[Moses Gomberg (nonfiction)|Moses Gomberg]] dies. Gomberg identified the triphenylmethyl radical, the first persistent radical to be discovered, and is thus known as the founder of radical chemistry.


||1950: Dirk Coster dies ... physicist. He is known as the co-discoverer of Hafnium (Hf) (element 72) in 1923, along with George de Hevesy, by means of X-ray spectroscopic analysis of zirconium ore. Pic.
||1950: Dirk Coster dies ... physicist. He is known as the co-discoverer of Hafnium (Hf) (element 72) in 1923, along with George de Hevesy, by means of X-ray spectroscopic analysis of zirconium ore. Pic.
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File:Skip Digits.jpg|link=Skip Digits|1959: Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and alleged criminal mastermind [[Skip Digits]] uses [[high-energy literature]] techniques to record his hit song "[[Clepsydra]]".  
File:Skip Digits.jpg|link=Skip Digits|1959: Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and alleged criminal mastermind [[Skip Digits]] uses [[high-energy literature]] techniques to record his hit song "[[Clepsydra]]".  


File:Oskar_Anderson.jpg|link=Oskar Anderson (nonfiction)|1960: Mathematician and statistician [[Oskar Anderson (nonfiction)|Oskar Anderson]] dies. He made important contributions to mathematical statistics and econometrics.
File:Oskar_Anderson.jpg|link=Oskar Anderson (nonfiction)|1960: Mathematician and statistician [[Oskar Anderson (nonfiction)|Oskar Anderson]] dies. Anderson made important contributions to mathematical statistics and econometrics.


File:Venera 1.jpg|link=Venera 1 (nonfiction)|1961: Spacecraft [[Venera 1 (nonfiction)|Venera 1]] launched. It will become the first man-made object to fly-by another planet by passing Venus (although it will lose contact with Earth and not send back any data).
File:Venera 1.jpg|link=Venera 1 (nonfiction)|1961: Spacecraft [[Venera 1 (nonfiction)|Venera 1]] launched. It will become the first man-made object to fly-by another planet by passing Venus (although it will lose contact with Earth and not send back any data).

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  • 1767: Polymath Roger Joseph Boscovich publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent a cross-linked set of crimes against physics, astronomy, and mathematics.

    1767: Polymath Roger Joseph Boscovich publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent a cross-linked set of crimes against physics, astronomy, and mathematics.

  • 1912: Mathematician and logician Hans Hermes born. Hermes will contribute to the foundations of mathematical logic, and pioneer the concept of the Turing machine as a measure of predictability.

    1912: Mathematician and logician Hans Hermes born. Hermes will contribute to the foundations of mathematical logic, and pioneer the concept of the Turing machine as a measure of predictability.

  • 1914: Mathematician and academic Hanna Neumann born. Neumann will contribute to group theory, co-authoring the important paper Wreath products and varieties of groups (with her husband Bernhard and eldest son Peter), and authoring the influential book Varieties of Groups (1967).

    1914: Mathematician and academic Hanna Neumann born. Neumann will contribute to group theory, co-authoring the important paper Wreath products and varieties of groups (with her husband Bernhard and eldest son Peter), and authoring the influential book Varieties of Groups (1967).

  • 1916: Mathematician, philosopher, and academic Richard Dedekind dies. Dedekind made important contributions to abstract algebra (particularly ring theory), algebraic number theory and the definition of the real numbers.

    1916: Mathematician, philosopher, and academic Richard Dedekind dies. Dedekind made important contributions to abstract algebra (particularly ring theory), algebraic number theory and the definition of the real numbers.

  • 1934: Mathematician, philosopher, and private detective Jan Łukasiewicz uses the principle of non-contradiction and the law of excluded middle to defeat the Forbidden Ratio in single combat.

    1934: Mathematician, philosopher, and private detective Jan Łukasiewicz uses the principle of non-contradiction and the law of excluded middle to defeat the Forbidden Ratio in single combat.

  • 1935: Physicist and engineer Robert Jemison Van de Graaff receives a patent for his Electrostatic Generator design (U.S. No. 1,991,236), able to generate direct-current voltages much higher than the 700,000-V which was the state of the art at the time using other methods.

    1935: Physicist and engineer Robert Jemison Van de Graaff receives a patent for his Electrostatic Generator design (U.S. No. 1,991,236), able to generate direct-current voltages much higher than the 700,000-V which was the state of the art at the time using other methods.

  • 1946: Tunguska Event Preservation Society pledge drive meet goal, raises enough computational power to re-create the original event.

    1946: Tunguska Event Preservation Society pledge drive meet goal, raises enough computational power to re-create the original event.

  • 1947: Chemist and academic Moses Gomberg dies. Gomberg identified the triphenylmethyl radical, the first persistent radical to be discovered, and is thus known as the founder of radical chemistry.

    1947: Chemist and academic Moses Gomberg dies. Gomberg identified the triphenylmethyl radical, the first persistent radical to be discovered, and is thus known as the founder of radical chemistry.

  • 1959: Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and alleged criminal mastermind Skip Digits uses high-energy literature techniques to record his hit song "Clepsydra".

    1959: Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and alleged criminal mastermind Skip Digits uses high-energy literature techniques to record his hit song "Clepsydra".

  • 1960: Mathematician and statistician Oskar Anderson dies. Anderson made important contributions to mathematical statistics and econometrics.

    1960: Mathematician and statistician Oskar Anderson dies. Anderson made important contributions to mathematical statistics and econometrics.

  • 1961: Spacecraft Venera 1 launched. It will become the first man-made object to fly-by another planet by passing Venus (although it will lose contact with Earth and not send back any data).

    1961: Spacecraft Venera 1 launched. It will become the first man-made object to fly-by another planet by passing Venus (although it will lose contact with Earth and not send back any data).

  • 1983: High-energy literature research project accidentally releases new class of crimes against mathematical constants.

    1983: High-energy literature research project accidentally releases new class of crimes against mathematical constants.

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    1994: Mathematical physicist Charles Critchfield dies. He worked on the Manhattan Project, designing and testing the "Urchin" neutron initiator which provided the burst of neutrons that kick-started the nuclear detonation of the Fat Man weapon.

  • 2016: Steganographic analysis of Green Tangle reveals "at least a megabyte" of previously unknown Gnomon algorithm functions.

    2016: Steganographic analysis of Green Tangle reveals "at least a megabyte" of previously unknown Gnomon algorithm functions.

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