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File:Forbidden Ratio and Gnotilus crime team symbol.jpg|link=Forbidden Ratio and Gnotilus (crime team)|[[Turkish delight (nonfiction)|Turkish delight]] found at scene of [[crime against mathematical constants]], crime team of [[Forbidden Ratio and Gnotilus (crime team)|Forbidden Ratio and Gnotilus]] suspected.
File:Johann_Joachim_Becher.jpg|link=Johann Joachim Becher (nonfiction)|1635: Physician, alchemist, scholar, and adventurer [[Johann Joachim Becher (nonfiction)|Johann Joachim Becher]] born. Becher will propose [[Phlogiston theory (nonfiction)|Phlogiston theory]] in an attempt to explain processes such as combustion and rusting, which are now collectively known as oxidation.
File:Egg Tooth Neighborhood Association logo.jpg|link=Egg Tooth (neighborhood)|[[Egg Tooth (neighborhood)|Egg Tooth Neighborhood Association]] votes to prohibit both [[Forbidden Ratio]] and [[Gnotilus]] from conducting business (including [[Crime (nonfiction)|crime]]) in [[New Minneapolis, Canada|New Minneapolis]].
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File:Charles Messier.jpg|link=Charles Messier (nonfiction)|1730: Astronomer [[Charles Messier (nonfiction)|Charles Messier]] observes the Mercury transit, his first documented observation.


1769 – Jean Nicolas Pierre Hachette, French mathematician and academic (d. 1834)
File:Penny Black.jpg|link=Penny Black (nonfiction)|1840: The [[Penny Black (nonfiction)|Penny Black postage stamp]] becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.


1872 – Willem de Sitter, Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomer (d. 1934)
File:Hindenburg disaster.jpg|link=Hindenburg disaster (nonfiction)|1937: [[Hindenburg disaster (nonfiction)|Hindenburg disaster]]: The German zeppelin ''Hindenburg'' catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.


1895 – Júlio César de Mello e Souza, Brazilian mathematician and author (d. 1974)
File:Six Seconds to Hell.jpg|link=Six Seconds to Hell|1938: Steganographic analysis of the well-known illustration ''[[Six Seconds to Hell]]'' "almost certainly depicts the [[The Eel]] punching [[Colonel Zersetzung]] as they fall from the [[Hindenburg disaster (nonfiction)|Hindenburg]]."


1906 – André Weil, French mathematician and academic (d. 1998)
File:EDSAC.jpg|link=Electronic delay storage automatic calculator (nonfiction)|1949: [[Electronic delay storage automatic calculator (nonfiction)|EDSAC]], the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation, calculating a table of squares and a list of prime numbers.


1951 – Élie Cartan, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1869)
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1963 – Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1881)
 
1949 – EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation.
 
1840 – The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland


1844 – The Glaciarium, the world's first mechanically frozen ice rink, opens.
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  • 1635: Physician, alchemist, scholar, and adventurer Johann Joachim Becher born. Becher will propose Phlogiston theory in an attempt to explain processes such as combustion and rusting, which are now collectively known as oxidation.

    1635: Physician, alchemist, scholar, and adventurer Johann Joachim Becher born. Becher will propose Phlogiston theory in an attempt to explain processes such as combustion and rusting, which are now collectively known as oxidation.

  • 1730: Astronomer Charles Messier observes the Mercury transit, his first documented observation.

    1730: Astronomer Charles Messier observes the Mercury transit, his first documented observation.

  • 1840: The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

    1840: The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

  • 1937: Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.

    1937: Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.

  • 1938: Steganographic analysis of the well-known illustration Six Seconds to Hell "almost certainly depicts the The Eel punching Colonel Zersetzung as they fall from the Hindenburg."

    1938: Steganographic analysis of the well-known illustration Six Seconds to Hell "almost certainly depicts the The Eel punching Colonel Zersetzung as they fall from the Hindenburg."

  • 1949: EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation, calculating a table of squares and a list of prime numbers.

    1949: EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation, calculating a table of squares and a list of prime numbers.

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