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1604: Johannes Kepler discovers new class of crimes against mathematical constants.
1805: Emperor Napoleon and Empress Josephine visit Lyon and viewed Joseph Marie Jacquard's new programmable loom.
1852: Mathematician and academic Ferdinand von Lindemann born. He will prove (1882) that π (pi) is a transcendental number.
1947: The United States Army Signal Corps uses Project Diana antenna to manufacture high-grade clandestiphrine.
1961: Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to travel into outer space and perform the first manned orbital flight (Vostok 1).
Math photographer Cantor Parabola wins Pulitzer Prize for series of quantum timeline photographs.

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 File:Johannes Kepler 1610.jpg|link=Johannes Kepler (nonfiction)|1604: [[Johannes Kepler (nonfiction)|Johannes Kepler]] discovers new class of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
+File:A la mémoire de J.M. Jacquard.jpg|link=Joseph Marie Jacquard (nonfiction)|1805: Emperor Napoleon and Empress Josephine visit Lyon and viewed [[Joseph Marie Jacquard (nonfiction)|Joseph Marie Jacquard]]'s new [[Jacquard loom (nonfiction)|programmable loom]].
 File:Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann.jpg|link=Ferdinand von Lindemann (nonfiction)|1852: Mathematician and academic [[Ferdinand von Lindemann (nonfiction)|Ferdinand von Lindemann]] born. He will prove (1882) that π (pi) is a transcendental number.
 File:Project Diana antenna.jpg|link=Project Diana (nonfiction)|1947: The United States Army Signal Corps uses [[Project Diana (nonfiction)|Project Diana]] antenna to manufacture high-grade [[clandestiphrine]].