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||1610: Stefano della Bella born ... engraver and etcher. Pic.
||1610: Stefano della Bella born ... engraver and etcher. Pic.
File:William Oughtred.jpg|link=William Oughtred (nonfiction)|1661: Mathematician [[William Oughtred (nonfiction)|William Oughtred]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] to detect [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1675: Stanisław Lubieniecki dies ... astronomer, historian, and theologian. Pic.
||1675: Stanisław Lubieniecki dies ... astronomer, historian, and theologian. Pic.
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||1808: Elijah Craig dies ... minister, inventor, and educator, invented Bourbon whiskey. No DOB. Pic.
||1808: Elijah Craig dies ... minister, inventor, and educator, invented Bourbon whiskey. No DOB. Pic.


||1815: James Bicheno Francis born ... civil engineer, who invented the Francis turbine. Pic.
||||James B. Francis|link=James B. Francis (nonfiction)|1815: Civil engineer [[James B. Francis (nonfiction)|James B. Francis]] born. He will invent the Francis turbine.


File:Mathew Brady 1875.jpg|link=Mathew Brady (nonfiction)|1822: Photographer and journalist [[Mathew Brady (nonfiction)|Mathew Brady]] born. He will be one of the first American photographers, best known for his scenes of the Civil War.
File:Mathew Brady 1875.jpg|link=Mathew Brady (nonfiction)|1822: Photographer and journalist [[Mathew Brady (nonfiction)|Mathew Brady]] born. He will be one of the first American photographers, best known for his scenes of the Civil War.


File:Oliver Heaviside.jpg|link=Oliver Heaviside (nonfiction)|1850: Self-taught electrical engineer, mathematician, and physicist [[Oliver Heaviside (nonfiction)|Oliver Heaviside]] born.  Heaviside will make major breakthroughs in the applied mathematics of electrical engineering; although he will be at odds with the scientific establishment for most of his life, Heaviside will change the face of telecommunications, mathematics, and science for years to come.
File:Oliver Heaviside.jpg|link=Oliver Heaviside (nonfiction)|1850: Self-taught electrical engineer, mathematician, and physicist [[Oliver Heaviside (nonfiction)|Oliver Heaviside]] born.  Heaviside will make major breakthroughs in the applied mathematics of electrical engineering; although he will be at odds with the scientific establishment for most of his life, Heaviside will change the face of telecommunications, mathematics, and science for years to come.
File:Egon Rhodomunde.jpg|link=Egon Rhodomunde|1871: Gem detective and arms dealer [[Egon Rhodomunde]] accuses [[Niles Cartouchian]] of manufacturing illegal [[Time crystal (nonfiction)|time crystals (nonfiction)]].


File:Bertrand Russell transparent bg.png|link=Bertrand Russell (nonfiction)|1872: Philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic and political activist [[Bertrand Russell (nonfiction)|Bertrand Russell]] born.
File:Bertrand Russell transparent bg.png|link=Bertrand Russell (nonfiction)|1872: Philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic and political activist [[Bertrand Russell (nonfiction)|Bertrand Russell]] born.
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||1975: Christopher Strachey dies ... computer scientist. He was one of the founders of denotational semantics, and a pioneer in programming language design. Pic.
||1975: Christopher Strachey dies ... computer scientist. He was one of the founders of denotational semantics, and a pioneer in programming language design. Pic.
File:Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov.jpg|link=Stanislav Petrov (nonfiction)|1983: Newly discovered [[Gnomon algorithm]] functions prove that Soviet Air Defense office [[Stanislav Petrov (nonfiction)|Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov]] is "completely unaware" of the upcoming 1983 Soviet nuclear false alarm incident, according to a [[APTO]] emeritus [[Alice Beta]].


||1995: Brinsley Le Poer Trench born ... ufologist and historian.
||1995: Brinsley Le Poer Trench born ... ufologist and historian.
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||2015: Raymond Gosling dies ... physicist and academic.
||2015: Raymond Gosling dies ... physicist and academic.


||2017: Jacque Fresco dies ... engineer and academic. Pic.
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File:Cowries.jpg|link=Cowries (nonfiction)|2016: ''[[Cowries (nonfiction)|Cowries]]'' voted Image of the Day by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]].
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  • 1048: Polymath, scholar, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet Omar Khayyám born. He wrote one of the most important treatises on algebra written before modern times, the Treatise on Demonstration of Problems of Algebra (1070), which includes a geometric method for solving cubic equations by intersecting a hyperbola with a circle. As an astronomer, he designed the Jalali calendar, a solar calendar with a very precise 33-year intercalation cycle.

    1048: Polymath, scholar, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet Omar Khayyám born. He wrote one of the most important treatises on algebra written before modern times, the Treatise on Demonstration of Problems of Algebra (1070), which includes a geometric method for solving cubic equations by intersecting a hyperbola with a circle. As an astronomer, he designed the Jalali calendar, a solar calendar with a very precise 33-year intercalation cycle.

  • 1711: Polymath Roger Joseph Boscovich born. He will be a physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, poet, theologian, and Jesuit priest.

    1711: Polymath Roger Joseph Boscovich born. He will be a physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, poet, theologian, and Jesuit priest.

  • 1822: Photographer and journalist Mathew Brady born. He will be one of the first American photographers, best known for his scenes of the Civil War.

    1822: Photographer and journalist Mathew Brady born. He will be one of the first American photographers, best known for his scenes of the Civil War.

  • 1850: Self-taught electrical engineer, mathematician, and physicist Oliver Heaviside born. Heaviside will make major breakthroughs in the applied mathematics of electrical engineering; although he will be at odds with the scientific establishment for most of his life, Heaviside will change the face of telecommunications, mathematics, and science for years to come.

    1850: Self-taught electrical engineer, mathematician, and physicist Oliver Heaviside born. Heaviside will make major breakthroughs in the applied mathematics of electrical engineering; although he will be at odds with the scientific establishment for most of his life, Heaviside will change the face of telecommunications, mathematics, and science for years to come.

  • 1872: Philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic and political activist Bertrand Russell born.

    1872: Philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic and political activist Bertrand Russell born.

  • 1902: "Fightin'" Bert Russell defeats Baron Zersetzung with knockout punch in the third round of bare-knuckled boxing at the World Peace Conference.

    1902: "Fightin'" Bert Russell defeats Baron Zersetzung with knockout punch in the third round of bare-knuckled boxing at the World Peace Conference.

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