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||1986: Norman Hilberry dies ... physicist, best known as the director of the Argonne National Laboratory from 1956 to 1961. In December 1942 he was the man who stood ready with an axe to cut the scram line during the start up of Chicago Pile-1, the world's first nuclear reactor to achieve criticality. Pic. | ||1986: Norman Hilberry dies ... physicist, best known as the director of the Argonne National Laboratory from 1956 to 1961. In December 1942 he was the man who stood ready with an axe to cut the scram line during the start up of Chicago Pile-1, the world's first nuclear reactor to achieve criticality. Pic. | ||
File:John_D._Strong.jpg|link=John D. Strong (nonfiction)|1992: Physicist and academic [[John D. Strong (nonfiction)|John D. Strong]] dies. Strong made contributions to optical physics: he was the first to detect water vapor in the atmosphere of Venus, and he optical devices including improved telescope mirrors and anti-reflective coatings. | |||
File:George E P Box.jpg|link=George E. P. Box (nonfiction)|2013: Statistician and educator [[George E. P. Box (nonfiction)|George E. P. Box]] dies. Box has been called "one of the great statistical minds of the 20th century". | File:George E P Box.jpg|link=George E. P. Box (nonfiction)|2013: Statistician and educator [[George E. P. Box (nonfiction)|George E. P. Box]] dies. Box has been called "one of the great statistical minds of the 20th century". | ||
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1794: Philosopher, mathematician, and early political scientist Marie Jean Antoine Nicolas de Caritat, Marquis of Condorcet dies. His ideas and writings were said to embody the ideals of the Age of Enlightenment and rationalism, and remain influential to this day.
1849: Physicist and priest Francesco Zantedeschi discovers new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which uses the magnetic action on steel needles by ultraviolet light to detect and prevent crimes against light.
1928: Mathematician and theorist Alexander Grothendieck born. He will become the leading figure in the creation of modern algebraic geometry.
1933: The Imperial Airways biplane City of Liverpool crashes after a fire break out. Sabotage will be suspected due the suspicious behaviors of a passenger who seemingly jumped from the aircraft before it crashed.
1935: Mathematician and Gnomon algorithm theorist Grace Chisholm Young uses the Denjoy–Young–Saks theorem to track down the Forbidden Ratio gang, arrest the gang's agents, and recover all of the stolen Dini derivatives.
1979: A coolant leak in the Unit 2 nuclear reactor of the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station leads to core overheating and a partial core meltdown.
1992: Physicist and academic John D. Strong dies. Strong made contributions to optical physics: he was the first to detect water vapor in the atmosphere of Venus, and he optical devices including improved telescope mirrors and anti-reflective coatings.
2013: Statistician and educator George E. P. Box dies. Box has been called "one of the great statistical minds of the 20th century".
2018: Signed first edition of Electrical Storm stolen from the Nested Radical coffeehouse in New Minneapolis, Canada by agents of the Forbidden Ratio gang.