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||1876: Jakob Meisenheimer born ... chemist. He made numerous contributions to organic chemistry, the most famous being his proposed structure for a group of compounds now named Meisenheimer complex. Pic.
||1876: Jakob Meisenheimer born ... chemist. He made numerous contributions to organic chemistry, the most famous being his proposed structure for a group of compounds now named Meisenheimer complex. Pic.
File:Birkeland terrella spiral nebula.jpg|link=Terrella (nonfiction)|1902: Aurora researcher and [[Gnomon algorithm]] theorist Kristian Birkeland uses his experimental [[Terrella (nonfiction)|Terrella]] to communicate with [[AESOP]] (Artificial Expert System of Philosophy) for the first time.


File:Alonzo Church.jpg|link=Alonzo Church (nonfiction)|1903: Mathematician and logician [[Alonzo Church (nonfiction)|Alonzo Church]] born. He will make major contributions to mathematical logic and the foundations of theoretical computer science.  
File:Alonzo Church.jpg|link=Alonzo Church (nonfiction)|1903: Mathematician and logician [[Alonzo Church (nonfiction)|Alonzo Church]] born. He will make major contributions to mathematical logic and the foundations of theoretical computer science.  
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||1967: China tests its first hydrogen bomb.
||1967: China tests its first hydrogen bomb.
File:Edward Lorenz.jpg|link=Edward Lorenz (nonfiction)|1966: Mathematician [[Edward Lorenz (nonfiction)|Edward Lorenz]] uses [[scrying engine]] to reveal previously unknown [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1968: Asteroid 1566 Icarus ... came as close as 0.042482 AU (6,355,200 km), or 16 LD. During this approach, Icarus became the first minor planet to be observed using radar, with measurements obtained at the Haystack Observatory and the Goldstone Tracking Station. Pic.
||1968: Asteroid 1566 Icarus ... came as close as 0.042482 AU (6,355,200 km), or 16 LD. During this approach, Icarus became the first minor planet to be observed using radar, with measurements obtained at the Haystack Observatory and the Goldstone Tracking Station. Pic.


File:Jorge Luis Borges.jpg|link=Jorge Luis Borges (nonfiction)|1986: Short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator [[Jorge Luis Borges (nonfiction)|Jorge Luis Borges]] dies. His best-known books, ''Ficciones'' (''Fictions'') and ''El Aleph'' (''The Aleph''), published in the 1940s, are compilations of short stories interconnected by common themes, including dreams, labyrinths, libraries, mirrors, fictional writers, philosophy, and religion.
File:Jorge Luis Borges.jpg|link=Jorge Luis Borges (nonfiction)|1986: Short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator [[Jorge Luis Borges (nonfiction)|Jorge Luis Borges]] dies. His best-known books, ''Ficciones'' (''Fictions'') and ''El Aleph'' (''The Aleph''), published in the 1940s, are compilations of short stories interconnected by common themes, including dreams, labyrinths, libraries, mirrors, fictional writers, philosophy, and religion.
File:John Atanasov.gif|link=John Vincent Atanasoff (nonfiction)|1994: Physicist and crime-fighter [[John Vincent Atanasoff (nonfiction)|John Vincent Atanasoff]] uses the Atanasoff-Berry computer to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


File:Roger Zelazny 1988.jpg|link=Roger Zelazny (nonfiction)|1995: Writer [[Roger Zelazny (nonfiction)|Roger Zelazny]] dies. He won the Nebula award three times, and the Hugo award six times.
File:Roger Zelazny 1988.jpg|link=Roger Zelazny (nonfiction)|1995: Writer [[Roger Zelazny (nonfiction)|Roger Zelazny]] dies. He won the Nebula award three times, and the Hugo award six times.
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||2014: María Josefa Wonenburger Planells dies ... mathematician who did research in the United States and Canada. She is known for her work on group theory. Pic.
||2014: María Josefa Wonenburger Planells dies ... mathematician who did research in the United States and Canada. She is known for her work on group theory. Pic.
File:Three Kings 3.jpg|link=Three Kings 3 (nonfiction)|2016: Steganographic analysis of ''[[Three Kings 3 (nonfiction)|Three Kings 3]]'' unexpectedly reveals "Four hundred, maybe five hundred kilobytes" of previously unknown [[Gnomon algorithm]] functions.


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