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File:Brownian ratchet.png|link=Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)|1888: New form of [[Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)|Brownian ratchet]] discovered.
File:Brownian ratchet.png|link=Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)|1888: New form of [[Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)|Brownian ratchet]] discovered.
File:Vandal Savage solar eclipse.jpg|link=Vandal Savage (nonfiction)|1888: [[Vandal Savage (nonfiction)|Vandal Savage]] uses solar eclipse to seize control of [[Brownian racket]].
File:Vandal Savage solar eclipse.jpg|link=Vandal Savage (nonfiction)|1888: [[Vandal Savage (nonfiction)|Vandal Savage]] uses solar eclipse to seize control of [[Brownian racket]].
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File:Reddy Kilowatt US patent picture 1933.jpg|link=Reddy Kilowatt (nonfiction)|1933: [[Reddy Kilowatt (nonfiction)|Ready Kilowatt]] performs in off-Broadway adaption of ''[[Reddy Kilowatt Versus the Travelling Salesman Problem]]''.
File:Reddy Kilowatt US patent picture 1933.jpg|link=Reddy Kilowatt (nonfiction)|1933: [[Reddy Kilowatt (nonfiction)|Ready Kilowatt]] performs in off-Broadway adaption of ''[[Reddy Kilowatt Versus the Travelling Salesman Problem]]''.
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1679 – Peder Horrebow, Danish astronomer and mathematician (d. 1764)
1701 – William Emerson, English mathematician and academic (d. 1782)
1832 – Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician and academic (d. 1903)
1863 – John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (d. 1932)
1761 – Thomas Simpson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1710)
1893 – Ernst Kummer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1810)
1973 – Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.

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1679 – Peder Horrebow, Danish astronomer and mathematician (d. 1764)

1701 – William Emerson, English mathematician and academic (d. 1782)

1832 – Rudolf Lipschitz, German mathematician and academic (d. 1903)

1863 – John Charles Fields, Canadian mathematician, founder of the Fields Medal (d. 1932)

1761 – Thomas Simpson, English mathematician and academic (b. 1710)

1893 – Ernst Kummer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1810)

1973 – Skylab, the United States' first space station, is launched.