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|File:Li Shizhen.jpg|link=Li Shizhen (nonfiction)|1558: Physician and scientist [[Li Shizhen (nonfiction)|Li Shizhen]] publishes new family of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] derived from the classification of herb components and medications to be used for treating diseases. | |File:Li Shizhen.jpg|link=Li Shizhen (nonfiction)|1558: Physician and scientist [[Li Shizhen (nonfiction)|Li Shizhen]] publishes new family of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] derived from the classification of herb components and medications to be used for treating diseases. | ||
File:Cesare Cremonini.jpg|link=Cesare Cremonini (nonfiction)|1525: Philosopher and crime-fighter [[Cesare Cremonini (nonfiction)|Cesare Cremonini]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] based on rationalism and Aristotelian materialism, which he will soon use to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | |||
||1711 – Lorenz Christoph Mizler, German physician, mathematician, and historian (d. 1778) | |||
||1775 – The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress. | |||
||1844 – Stefan Drzewiecki, Ukrainian-Polish engineer and journalist (d. 1938) - submarines | |||
||1894 – Aldous Huxley, English novelist and philosopher (d. 1963) | |||
||1904 – Edwin Albert Link, American industrialist and entrepreneur, invented the flight simulator (d. 1981) | |||
File:Igor Sikorsky 1914.jpg|link=Igor Sikorsky (nonfiction)|1923: Aircraft designer [[Igor Sikorsky (nonfiction)|Igor Sikorsky]] demonstrates experimental helicopter which is capable of performing simple [[Time travel (nonfiction)|time travel]] maneuvers, significantly reducing fuel costs for helicopter flight. | File:Igor Sikorsky 1914.jpg|link=Igor Sikorsky (nonfiction)|1923: Aircraft designer [[Igor Sikorsky (nonfiction)|Igor Sikorsky]] demonstrates experimental helicopter which is capable of performing simple [[Time travel (nonfiction)|time travel]] maneuvers, significantly reducing fuel costs for helicopter flight. | ||
|File:John von Neumann.gif|link=John von Neumann (nonfiction)|1924: Mathematician, physicist, and computer scientist [[John von Neumann (nonfiction)|John von Neumann]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which anticipate digital computers. | |File:John von Neumann.gif|link=John von Neumann (nonfiction)|1924: Mathematician, physicist, and computer scientist [[John von Neumann (nonfiction)|John von Neumann]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which anticipate digital computers. | ||
||1925 – Gottlob Frege, German mathematician and philosopher (b. 1848) | |||
||1934 – Winsor McCay, American cartoonist, animator, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1871) | |||
File:Henri Lebesgue.jpg|link=Henri Lebesgue (nonfiction)|1941: Mathematician and academic [[Henri Lebesgue (nonfiction)|Henri Lebesgue]] dies. He developed a theory of integration which generalizes the 17th century concept of integration (summing the area between an axis and the curve of a function defined for that axis). | File:Henri Lebesgue.jpg|link=Henri Lebesgue (nonfiction)|1941: Mathematician and academic [[Henri Lebesgue (nonfiction)|Henri Lebesgue]] dies. He developed a theory of integration which generalizes the 17th century concept of integration (summing the area between an axis and the curve of a function defined for that axis). | ||
File:WAC Corporal rocket at White Sands.jpg|link=WAC Corporal (nonfiction)| | ||1945 – The United States Navy cruiser USS Indianapolis arrives at Tinian with parts of the warhead for the Hiroshima atomic bomb. | ||
||1947 – Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council. | |||
File:WAC Corporal rocket at White Sands.jpg|link=WAC Corporal (nonfiction)|1948: The [[WAC Corporal (nonfiction)|WAC Corporal]] becomes the first US rocket which detects and prevents [[crimes against mathematical constants]] in the ionosphere. | |||
||1958 – Explorer program: Explorer 4 is launched. | |||
||1960 – Maud Menten, Canadian physician and biochemist (b. 1879) | |||
||1963 – Syncom 2, the world's first geosynchronous satellite, is launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta B booster. | |||
||1971 – Apollo program: Launch of Apollo 15 on the first Apollo "J-Mission", and first use of a Lunar Roving Vehicle. | |||
||1984 – George Gallup, American mathematician and statistician, founded the Gallup Company (b. 1901) | |||
||1989 – A federal grand jury indicts Cornell University student Robert T. Morris, Jr. for releasing the Morris worm, thus becoming the first person to be prosecuted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. | |||
John_Tukey.jpg|link=John Tukey (nonfiction)|2000: Mathematician and academic [[John Tukey (nonfiction)|John Tukey (nonfiction)]] dies. He made important contributions to statistical analysis, including the box plot. | John_Tukey.jpg|link=John Tukey (nonfiction)|2000: Mathematician and academic [[John Tukey (nonfiction)|John Tukey (nonfiction)]] dies. He made important contributions to statistical analysis, including the box plot. | ||
File:Skip Digits, Conductor.jpg|link=Skip Digits, Conductor|2001: Signed first edition of ''[[Skip Digits, Conductor]]'' sells for five million dollars; US Treasury investigators say money trail leads to [[Baron Zersetzung]]. | File:Skip Digits, Conductor.jpg|link=Skip Digits, Conductor|2001: Signed first edition of ''[[Skip Digits, Conductor]]'' sells for five million dollars; US Treasury investigators say money trail leads to [[Baron Zersetzung]]. | ||
||2004 – William A. Mitchell, American chemist, created Pop Rocks and Cool Whip (b. 1911) | |||
||2013 – Harley Flanders, American mathematician and academic (b. 1925) | |||
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1502: Christian Egenolff born. He will be the first important printer and publisher operating from Frankfurt-am-Main.
1525: Philosopher and crime-fighter Cesare Cremonini publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions based on rationalism and Aristotelian materialism, which he will soon use to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1923: Aircraft designer Igor Sikorsky demonstrates experimental helicopter which is capable of performing simple time travel maneuvers, significantly reducing fuel costs for helicopter flight.
1941: Mathematician and academic Henri Lebesgue dies. He developed a theory of integration which generalizes the 17th century concept of integration (summing the area between an axis and the curve of a function defined for that axis).
1948: The WAC Corporal becomes the first US rocket which detects and prevents crimes against mathematical constants in the ionosphere.
2000: Mathematician and academic John Tukey (nonfiction) dies. He made important contributions to statistical analysis, including the box plot.
2001: Signed first edition of Skip Digits, Conductor sells for five million dollars; US Treasury investigators say money trail leads to Baron Zersetzung.