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File:Mary Celeste map.jpg|link=Mary Celeste (nonfiction)|1872: The crewless American ship ''[[Mary Celeste (nonfiction)|Mary Celeste]]'' is found by the Canadian brig ''Dei Gratia''. The ship had been abandoned for nine days but was only slightly damaged. | File:Mary Celeste map.jpg|link=Mary Celeste (nonfiction)|1872: The crewless American ship ''[[Mary Celeste (nonfiction)|Mary Celeste]]'' is found by the Canadian brig ''Dei Gratia''. The ship had been abandoned for nine days but was only slightly damaged. | ||
File:Exponential-growth-diagram.svg|link=Crimes against mathematical constants|1871: | File:Exponential-growth-diagram.svg|link=Crimes against mathematical constants|1871: New class of [[crimes against mathematical constants]] exploits uncertainty about the fate of ''[[Mary Celeste (nonfiction)|Mary Celeste]]''. | ||
||1891 – Paul Kogerman, Estonian chemist and academic (d. 1951) | ||1891 – Paul Kogerman, Estonian chemist and academic (d. 1951) | ||
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||1995 – Clair Cameron Patterson, American scientist (b. 1922), earth age data, lead poisoning | ||1995 – Clair Cameron Patterson, American scientist (b. 1922), earth age data, lead poisoning | ||
File:Fluorescence chemistry.jpg|link=Chromo-Pee Olympics|1973: Former [[Chromo-Pee Olympics]] champion joins [[Color commentator (nonfiction)|Color commentators]] union. | |File:Fluorescence chemistry.jpg|link=Chromo-Pee Olympics|1973: Former [[Chromo-Pee Olympics]] champion joins [[Color commentator (nonfiction)|Color commentators]] union. | ||
||2001 – Franco Rasetti, Italian-American physicist and academic (b. 1901) | ||2001 – Franco Rasetti, Italian-American physicist and academic (b. 1901) | ||
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1872: The crewless American ship Mary Celeste is found by the Canadian brig Dei Gratia. The ship had been abandoned for nine days but was only slightly damaged.
1871: New class of crimes against mathematical constants exploits uncertainty about the fate of Mary Celeste.
1901: Physicist and academic Werner Heisenberg born. He will introduce the uncertainty principle -- in quantum mechanics, any of a variety of mathematical inequalities asserting a fundamental limit to the precision with which certain pairs of physical properties of a particle can be known.
1923: Photograph says it captured moment of Evil bit release.
1932: German-born Swiss physicist Albert Einstein is granted an American visa.
1964: Color commentators announce formation of Color Commentator's Union.
1966: George Plimpton embeds himself within Color Commentator's Union as participatory journalist.