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||1521: Battle of Mactan: Explorer Ferdinand Magellan is killed by natives in the Philippines led by chief Lapu-Lapu. | ||1521: Battle of Mactan: Explorer Ferdinand Magellan is killed by natives in the Philippines led by chief Lapu-Lapu. | ||
||1755: Marc-Antoine Parseval born ... mathematician and theorist. | ||1755: Marc-Antoine Parseval born ... mathematician and theorist. No pic online. | ||
||1788: Charles Robert Cockerell born ... architect, archaeologist, and writer. | ||1788: Charles Robert Cockerell born ... architect, archaeologist, smuggler, and writer. Pic. | ||
File:Samuel_Morse_1840.jpg|link=Samuel Morse (nonfiction)|1791: Painter and inventor [[Samuel Morse (nonfiction)|Samuel Morse]] born. He will co-invent the Morse code. | File:Samuel_Morse_1840.jpg|link=Samuel Morse (nonfiction)|1791: Painter and inventor [[Samuel Morse (nonfiction)|Samuel Morse]] born. He will co-invent the Morse code. | ||
||1797: Andrew Talcott born ... civil engineer and close friend of Civil War General Robert E. Lee. | ||1797: Andrew Talcott born ... civil engineer and close friend of Civil War General Robert E. Lee. Pic. | ||
||1820: Herbert Spencer born ... biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher. | ||1820: Herbert Spencer born ... biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and philosopher. Pic. | ||
||1837: Paul Albert Gordan born ... mathematician. He was known as "the king of invariant theory". Pic. | ||1837: Paul Albert Gordan born ... mathematician. He was known as "the king of invariant theory". Pic. | ||
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||1891: Loftus Perkins dies ... engineer, particularly involved in developing the practical technologies of central heating and refrigeration. Pic. | ||1891: Loftus Perkins dies ... engineer, particularly involved in developing the practical technologies of central heating and refrigeration. Pic. | ||
||1896: Wallace Carothers born ... chemist and inventor of nylon. | ||1896: Wallace Carothers born ... chemist and inventor of nylon. Pic (tech). | ||
||1913: Philip Abelson born ... physicist and author. | ||1913: Philip Abelson born ... physicist and author. Pic. | ||
File:Irving Adler age 75.jpg|link=Irving Adler (nonfiction)|1913: Mathematician, author, activist, and academic [[Irving Adler (nonfiction)|Irving Adler]] born. He will be a plaintiff in the McCarthy-era case ''Adler vs. Board of Education''. | File:Irving Adler age 75.jpg|link=Irving Adler (nonfiction)|1913: Mathematician, author, activist, and academic [[Irving Adler (nonfiction)|Irving Adler]] born. He will be a plaintiff in the McCarthy-era case ''Adler vs. Board of Education''. | ||
||1920: Mark Krasnosel'skii born ... mathematician and academic. | ||1920: Mark Krasnosel'skii born ... mathematician and academic. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=Mark+Krasnosel%27skii | ||
||1932: Gian-Carlo Rota born ... mathematician and philosopher. | ||1932: Gian-Carlo Rota born ... mathematician and philosopher. Pic (blackboard pose). | ||
||1936: Karl Pearson dies ... mathematician and academic. | ||1936: Karl Pearson dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic. | ||
File:Myoglobin John Kendrew.jpg|link=John Kendrew (nonfiction)|1937: Biochemist and crime-fighter [[John Kendrew (nonfiction)|John Kendrew]] uses data from X-ray crystallography experiments to predict and prevent [[crimes against physical constants]]. | File:Myoglobin John Kendrew.jpg|link=John Kendrew (nonfiction)|1937: Biochemist and crime-fighter [[John Kendrew (nonfiction)|John Kendrew]] uses data from X-ray crystallography experiments to predict and prevent [[crimes against physical constants]]. | ||
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File:Gerard_O'Neill.gif|link=Gerard K. O'Neill (nonfiction)|1992: Physicist and space activist [[Gerard K. O'Neill (nonfiction)|Gerard Kitchen O'Neill]] dies. He invented particle storage rings and mass drivers; in the 1970s he developed a plan to build human settlements in outer space. | File:Gerard_O'Neill.gif|link=Gerard K. O'Neill (nonfiction)|1992: Physicist and space activist [[Gerard K. O'Neill (nonfiction)|Gerard Kitchen O'Neill]] dies. He invented particle storage rings and mass drivers; in the 1970s he developed a plan to build human settlements in outer space. | ||
||1995: Peter Maurice Wright dies ... principal scientific officer for MI5, the British counter-intelligence agency. His book Spycatcher became an international bestseller with sales of over two million copies. Spycatcher was part memoir, part exposé of what Wright claimed were serious institutional failings in MI5 and his subsequent investigations into those. | ||1995: Peter Maurice Wright dies ... principal scientific officer for MI5, the British counter-intelligence agency. His book Spycatcher became an international bestseller with sales of over two million copies. Spycatcher was part memoir, part exposé of what Wright claimed were serious institutional failings in MI5 and his subsequent investigations into those. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=Peter+Maurice+Wright | ||
||2002: Felix Villars dies ... professor of physics at MIT. He is best known for the Pauli–Villars regularization, an important principle in quantum field theory Pic: http://news.mit.edu/2002/villars | ||2002: Felix Villars dies ... professor of physics at MIT. He is best known for the Pauli–Villars regularization, an important principle in quantum field theory Pic: http://news.mit.edu/2002/villars | ||
||2007: Jean Morlet dies ... geophysicist who pioneered work in the field of wavelet analysis around the year 1975. He invented the term wavelet to describe the functions he was using. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=jean+morlet | |||
||2011: Cyrus Derman dies ... mathematician and amateur musician who did research in Markov decision process, stochastic processes, operations research, statistics and a variety of other fields. Pic. | ||2011: Cyrus Derman dies ... mathematician and amateur musician who did research in Markov decision process, stochastic processes, operations research, statistics and a variety of other fields. Pic. | ||
||2015: Alexander Rich dies ... biologist, biophysicist, and academic. | ||2015: Alexander Rich dies ... biologist, biophysicist, and academic. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=Alexander+Rich | ||
File:Creature_4.jpg|link=Creature 4 (nonfiction)|2018: Signed first edition of ''[[Creature 4 (nonfiction)|Creature 4]]'' sells for $500,000 USD in charity auction to benefit victims of [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Creature_4.jpg|link=Creature 4 (nonfiction)|2018: Signed first edition of ''[[Creature 4 (nonfiction)|Creature 4]]'' sells for $500,000 USD in charity auction to benefit victims of [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
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1791: Painter and inventor Samuel Morse born. He will co-invent the Morse code.
1869: Only known copy of Interview with Wallace War-Heels is stolen by Baron Zersetzung. Twain and War-Heels will soon team up to recover the illustration.
1913: Mathematician, author, activist, and academic Irving Adler born. He will be a plaintiff in the McCarthy-era case Adler vs. Board of Education.
1937: Biochemist and crime-fighter John Kendrew uses data from X-ray crystallography experiments to predict and prevent crimes against physical constants.
1938: Mathematician and philosopher Edmund Husserl dies. He argued that transcendental consciousness sets the limits of all possible knowledge.
1953: In a landmark criminal mathematics trial, an undercover Nomogram gives testimony against criminal mathematical functions Gnotilus and Forbidden Ratio.
1978: Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.
1979: Orbital artificial intelligence AESOP makes contact with space activist and detective Gerard K. O'Neill.
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1992: Physicist and space activist Gerard Kitchen O'Neill dies. He invented particle storage rings and mass drivers; in the 1970s he developed a plan to build human settlements in outer space.
2018: Signed first edition of Creature 4 sells for $500,000 USD in charity auction to benefit victims of crimes against mathematical constants.