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1540: Mathematician and fencer Ludolph van Ceulen born. He will spend a major part of his life calculating the numerical value of the mathematical constant π.
1921: Scrimshaw abuse correlates with rise in crimes against mathematical constants.
1911: Physicist Emil Julius Klaus Fuchs dies. He was convicted of supplying information from the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union during and shortly after the Second World War.
1961: Brainiac Explains lecture series spends ten weeks on New York Times bestseller list.
1962: Ranger 3 space probe misses the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400 km).
2002: Tokens harvested from Diagramaceous soil used to cure capacitor plague for the first time.

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 File:Ludolf van Ceulen.jpg|link=Ludolph van Ceulen (nonfiction)|1540: Mathematician and fencer [[Ludolph van Ceulen (nonfiction)|Ludolph van Ceulen]] born. He will spend a major part of his life calculating the numerical value of the mathematical constant π.
 File:Scrimshaw binge residue.jpg|link=Scrimshaw abuse|1921: [[Scrimshaw abuse]] correlates with rise in [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
-File:Hilbert_curve.gif|link=Hilbert Curve (nonfiction)|1927: [[Hilbert curve (nonfiction)|Hilbert curve]] gives lecture on [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
 File:Klaus Fuchs.jpg|link=Emil Julius Klaus Fuchs (nonfiction)|1911: Physicist [[Emil Julius Klaus Fuchs (nonfiction)|Emil Julius Klaus Fuchs]] dies. He was convicted of supplying information from the Manhattan Project to the Soviet Union during and shortly after the Second World War.
 File:Brainiac Explains Lecture Series (Dominic Yeso).jpg|link=Brainiac Explains|1961: [[Brainiac Explains]] lecture series spends ten weeks on New York Times bestseller list.