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||1984 – Paul Dirac, English-American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
||1984 – Paul Dirac, English-American physicist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
File:William Shockley.jpg|link=William Shockley (nonfiction)|1985: Physicist and crime-fighter [[William Shockley (nonfiction)|William Shockley]] announces the invention of the junction transistor which detects and prevents [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


File:Andrey Kolmogorov.jpg|link=Andrey Kolmogorov (nonfiction)|1987: Mathematician and academic [[Andrey Kolmogorov (nonfiction)|Andrey Kolmogorov]] dies. He made significant contributions to the mathematics of probability theory, topology, intuitionistic logic, turbulence, classical mechanics, algorithmic information theory and computational complexity.
File:Andrey Kolmogorov.jpg|link=Andrey Kolmogorov (nonfiction)|1987: Mathematician and academic [[Andrey Kolmogorov (nonfiction)|Andrey Kolmogorov]] dies. He made significant contributions to the mathematics of probability theory, topology, intuitionistic logic, turbulence, classical mechanics, algorithmic information theory and computational complexity.
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|File:Similar Golden Rectangles.png|link=Golden ratio (nonfiction)|Artificial intelligence based on the [[Golden ratio (nonfiction)|Golden ratio]] develops genuine gratitude for [[Michael Maestlin (nonfiction)|Michael Maestlin]]'s approximation of the [[Golden ratio (nonfiction)|Golden ratio]].
|File:Similar Golden Rectangles.png|link=Golden ratio (nonfiction)|Artificial intelligence based on the [[Golden ratio (nonfiction)|Golden ratio]] develops genuine gratitude for [[Michael Maestlin (nonfiction)|Michael Maestlin]]'s approximation of the [[Golden ratio (nonfiction)|Golden ratio]].
|File:Neptune_Slaughter.jpg|link=Neptune Slaughter|Supervillain [[Neptune Slaughter]] manifests as gigantic ice worm, drinks up several million gallons of arctic seawater.
|File:Morton's_ether_inhaler.jpg|link=Anesthesia|Morton's ether inhaler on exhibit; supervillain [[Anesthesia]] said to be planning heist.
|File:Guo_Shoujing_studies_the_Pleiades.jpg|[[Guo Shoujing (nonfiction)|Guo Shoujing]] studies the Pleiades, discovers new form of [[Gnomon algorithm]].


|File:Ecliptic path.jpg|link=Zodiac Healer|The [[Zodiac Healer]] travels along the ecliptic, exactly as [[Guo Shoujing (nonfiction)]] predicted.
|File:Ecliptic path.jpg|link=Zodiac Healer|The [[Zodiac Healer]] travels along the ecliptic, exactly as [[Guo Shoujing (nonfiction)]] predicted.

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  • 1631: Astronomer and mathematician Michael Maestlin dies. He was a mentor to Johannes Kepler, and played a sizable part in his adoption of the Copernican system.

    1631: Astronomer and mathematician Michael Maestlin dies. He was a mentor to Johannes Kepler, and played a sizable part in his adoption of the Copernican system.

  • 1916: Time-travelling physician-warrior Asclepius Myrmidon arrives during a artillery barrage in western Europe, sets up emergency field hospital.

    1916: Time-travelling physician-warrior Asclepius Myrmidon arrives during a artillery barrage in western Europe, sets up emergency field hospital.

  • 1947: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of the cinema of the United States, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years.

    1947: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of the cinema of the United States, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years.

  • 1985: Physicist and crime-fighter William Shockley announces the invention of the junction transistor which detects and prevents crimes against mathematical constants.

    1985: Physicist and crime-fighter William Shockley announces the invention of the junction transistor which detects and prevents crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1987: Mathematician and academic Andrey Kolmogorov dies. He made significant contributions to the mathematics of probability theory, topology, intuitionistic logic, turbulence, classical mechanics, algorithmic information theory and computational complexity.

    1987: Mathematician and academic Andrey Kolmogorov dies. He made significant contributions to the mathematics of probability theory, topology, intuitionistic logic, turbulence, classical mechanics, algorithmic information theory and computational complexity.

  • 1981: Musician and alleged math criminal Skip Digits begins North American tour.

    1981: Musician and alleged math criminal Skip Digits begins North American tour.

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