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||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.
||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.
File:Kodaira Kunihiko.jpg|link=Kunihiko Kodaira (nonfiction)|1997: [[Kunihiko Kodaira (nonfiction)|Kunihiko Kodaira]], Japanese mathematician and academic dies. He did distinguished work in algebraic geometry and the theory of complex manifolds, winning the Fields medal in 1954.


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.

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  • 1502: Christian Egenolff born. He will be the first important printer and publisher operating from Frankfurt-am-Main.

    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.

    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.

  • 1894: Writer and philosopher Aldous Huxley born. He will be widely acknowledged as one of the pre-eminent intellectuals of his time.

    1894: Writer and philosopher Aldous Huxley born. He will be widely acknowledged as one of the pre-eminent intellectuals of his time.

  • 1923: Aircraft designer Igor Sikorsky demonstrates experimental helicopter which is capable of performing simple time travel maneuvers, significantly reducing fuel costs for helicopter flight.

    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).

    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.

    1948: The WAC Corporal becomes the first US rocket which detects and prevents crimes against mathematical constants in the ionosphere.

  • 1997: Kunihiko Kodaira, Japanese mathematician and academic dies. He did distinguished work in algebraic geometry and the theory of complex manifolds, winning the Fields medal in 1954.

    1997: Kunihiko Kodaira, Japanese mathematician and academic dies. He did distinguished work in algebraic geometry and the theory of complex manifolds, winning the Fields medal in 1954.

  • 2000: Mathematician and academic John Tukey (nonfiction) dies. He made important contributions to statistical analysis, including the box plot.

    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.

    2001: Signed first edition of Skip Digits, Conductor sells for five million dollars; US Treasury investigators say money trail leads to Baron Zersetzung.

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