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File:Marsilio Ficino from a fresco by Domenico Ghirlandaio.jpg|link=Marsilio Ficino (nonfiction)|1489: Priest, humanist philosopher, and [[APTO]] field agent [[Marsilio Ficino (nonfiction)|Marsilio Ficino]] publicly accuses the [[House of Malevecchio]] of corrupting [[Gnomon algorithm]] configuration files, a felony violation of the [[APTO]] Accords.


||1530: Girolamo Mercuriale born ... physician and philologist. His studies of the attitudes of the ancients toward diet, exercise, and hygiene and the use of natural methods for the cure of disease culminated in the publication of his ''De Arte Gymnastica'' (Venice, 1569). With its explanations concerning the principles of physical therapy, it is considered the first book on sports medicine. Pic.
||1530: Girolamo Mercuriale born ... physician and philologist. His studies of the attitudes of the ancients toward diet, exercise, and hygiene and the use of natural methods for the cure of disease culminated in the publication of his ''De Arte Gymnastica'' (Venice, 1569). With its explanations concerning the principles of physical therapy, it is considered the first book on sports medicine. Pic.
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||1813: John Rae born ... physician and arctic explorer ... surgeon who explored parts of northern Canada, found the final portion of the Northwest Passage (Rae Strait) and reported the fate of Sir John Franklin's lost expedition. In 1846–47 he explored the Gulf of Boothia northwest of Hudson Bay. In 1848–51 he explored the Arctic coast near Victoria Island. In 1854 he went from Boothia to the Arctic coast and learned the fate of Franklin. He was noted for physical stamina, skill at hunting and boat handling, use of native methods and the ability to travel long distances with little equipment while living off the land. Pic.
||1813: John Rae born ... physician and arctic explorer ... surgeon who explored parts of northern Canada, found the final portion of the Northwest Passage (Rae Strait) and reported the fate of Sir John Franklin's lost expedition. In 1846–47 he explored the Gulf of Boothia northwest of Hudson Bay. In 1848–51 he explored the Arctic coast near Victoria Island. In 1854 he went from Boothia to the Arctic coast and learned the fate of Franklin. He was noted for physical stamina, skill at hunting and boat handling, use of native methods and the ability to travel long distances with little equipment while living off the land. Pic.
||1829: Franz Reuleaux born ... mechanical engineer and a lecturer of the Berlin Royal Technical Academy, later appointed as the President of the Academy. He was often called the father of kinematics.... Reuleaux triangle, a curve of constant width that he helped develop as a useful mechanical form.


||1870: Jean Baptiste Perrin born ... physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate ... for his studies of the Brownian motion of minute particles suspended in liquids, verified Albert Einstein’s explanation of this phenomenon and thereby confirmed the atomic nature of matter (sedimentation equilibrium). Pic.
||1870: Jean Baptiste Perrin born ... physicist and chemist, Nobel Prize laureate ... for his studies of the Brownian motion of minute particles suspended in liquids, verified Albert Einstein’s explanation of this phenomenon and thereby confirmed the atomic nature of matter (sedimentation equilibrium). Pic.
File:Euclid's algorithm.svg|link=Algorithm (nonfiction)|1881: Council of [[Algorithm (nonfiction)|algorithms]] announces plans to fund and build a Museum of Algorithms.


||1882: Johannes Wilhelm "Hans" Geiger born ... physicist. He is best known as the co-inventor of the detector component of the Geiger counter and for the Geiger–Marsden experiment which discovered the atomic nucleus. Pic.
||1882: Johannes Wilhelm "Hans" Geiger born ... physicist. He is best known as the co-inventor of the detector component of the Geiger counter and for the Geiger–Marsden experiment which discovered the atomic nucleus. Pic.
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||1925: Arkady Ostashev born ... engineer and educator. Pic.
||1925: Arkady Ostashev born ... engineer and educator. Pic.
File:Chiungtze C. Tsen 1932.jpg|link=Chiungtze C. Tsen (nonfiction)|1930: Mathematician and [[Gnomon algorithm]] theorist [[Chiungtze C. Tsen (nonfiction)|Chiungtze C. Tsen]] uses Tsen's theorem, which states that a function field K of an algebraic curve over an algebraically closed field is quasi-algebraically closed, to prevent the [[Forbidden Ratio]] gang from [[Crimes against mathematical constants|stealing the function field K]].


||1935: The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.
||1935: The Hoover Dam, astride the border between the U.S. states of Arizona and Nevada, is dedicated.
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||1959: Ross Granville Harrison dies ... biologist and anatomist credited as the first to work successfully with artificial tissue culture. Pic.
||1959: Ross Granville Harrison dies ... biologist and anatomist credited as the first to work successfully with artificial tissue culture. Pic.
File:Euglena Junction.jpg|link=Euglena Junction|1973:  First broadcast episode of ''[[Euglena Junction]]''. A highly experimental program, even for ABC, ''[[Euglena Junction]]'' will later inspire a generation of [[Reality television (nonfiction)|reality television]] producers.


||1977: Because of US budget cuts and dwindling power reserves, the Apollo program's ALSEP experiment packages left on the Moon are shut down.
||1977: Because of US budget cuts and dwindling power reserves, the Apollo program's ALSEP experiment packages left on the Moon are shut down.
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||2015: Stanisław Świerczkowski dies ... mathematician famous for his solutions to two iconic problems posed by Hugo Steinhaus: the three-gap theorem and the Non-Tetratorus Theorem. Pic: https://www.amazon.com/Sets-Numbers-Library-Mathematics-Swierczkowski/dp/071007137X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1535988419&sr=1-1
||2015: Stanisław Świerczkowski dies ... mathematician famous for his solutions to two iconic problems posed by Hugo Steinhaus: the three-gap theorem and the Non-Tetratorus Theorem. Pic: https://www.amazon.com/Sets-Numbers-Library-Mathematics-Swierczkowski/dp/071007137X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1535988419&sr=1-1
File:Ursa Nano.jpg|link=Ursa Nano (nonfiction)|2017: Transluminal analysis of ''[[Ursa Nano (nonfiction)|Ursa Nano]]'' unexpectedly generates a previously unknown shade of the color [[Blue (nonfiction)|blue]].  [[APTO]] researchers call it "an important breakthrough in applications of [[Gnomon algorithm]] principles to the detection and prevention of [[crimes against light]]."


||2016: Bjarni Jónsson dies ... mathematician and logician working in universal algebra, lattice theory, model theory and set theory. Pic.
||2016: Bjarni Jónsson dies ... mathematician and logician working in universal algebra, lattice theory, model theory and set theory. Pic.
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||2017: Vladimir Alexandrovich Voevodsky dies ... mathematician. His work in developing a homotopy theory for algebraic varieties and formulating motivic cohomology led to the award of a Fields Medal in 2002.  Pic.
||2017: Vladimir Alexandrovich Voevodsky dies ... mathematician. His work in developing a homotopy theory for algebraic varieties and formulating motivic cohomology led to the award of a Fields Medal in 2002.  Pic.


File:Dard Hunter, Glyph Warden.jpg|link=Dard Hunter, Glyph Warden|2018: ''[[Dard Hunter, Glyph Warden]]'' wins three Retroactive Academy Awards for Lifetime Achievement.


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  • 1550: Astronomer and mathematician Michael Maestlin born. He will be a mentor to Johannes Kepler, and play a sizable part in his adoption of the Copernican system.

    1550: Astronomer and mathematician Michael Maestlin born. He will be a mentor to Johannes Kepler, and play a sizable part in his adoption of the Copernican system.

  • 1882: Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation on the Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States.

    1882: Thomas Edison's first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) begins operation on the Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin, United States.

  • 1913: Mathematician Samuel Eilenberg born. He will co-found category theory with Saunders Mac Lane, and propose the Eilenberg swindle (a construction applying the telescoping cancellation idea to projective modules).

    1913: Mathematician Samuel Eilenberg born. He will co-found category theory with Saunders Mac Lane, and propose the Eilenberg swindle (a construction applying the telescoping cancellation idea to projective modules).

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