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File:Kells genealogy of Christ.jpg|link=Uncial script (nonfiction)|639: New version of [[Uncial script (nonfiction)|Uncial script]] includes [[Gnomon algorithm]] characters. | |File:Kells genealogy of Christ.jpg|link=Uncial script (nonfiction)|639: New version of [[Uncial script (nonfiction)|Uncial script]] includes [[Gnomon algorithm]] characters. | ||
||1474 – Ali Qushji, Uzbek astronomer, mathematician, and physicist (b. 1403) | |||
File:Oliver Cromwell by Samuel Cooper.jpg|link=Oliver Cromwell (nonfiction)|1653: [[Oliver Cromwell (nonfiction)|Oliver Cromwell]] becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland. | File:Oliver Cromwell by Samuel Cooper.jpg|link=Oliver Cromwell (nonfiction)|1653: [[Oliver Cromwell (nonfiction)|Oliver Cromwell]] becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland. | ||
||1774 – François Quesnay, French economist, physician, and philosopher (b. 1694) | |||
||1776 – Johann Wilhelm Ritter, German chemist, physicist, and philosopher (d. 1810) | |||
||1804 – Viktor Bunyakovsky, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 1889) | |||
||1809 – Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, French chemist and entomologist (b. 1755) | |||
||1869 – Bertha Lamme Feicht, American electrical engineer (d. 1943) | |||
||1882 – Walther Meissner, German physicist and engineer (d. 1974) | |||
File:Francis Galton 1850s.jpg|link=Francis Galton (nonfiction)|1887: Polymath [[Francis Galton (nonfiction)|Francis Galton]] discovers new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]]. | File:Francis Galton 1850s.jpg|link=Francis Galton (nonfiction)|1887: Polymath [[Francis Galton (nonfiction)|Francis Galton]] discovers new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]]. | ||
File:Edward Lear.jpg|link=Edward Lear (nonfiction)|1888: Artist, musician, author, and poet [[Edward Lear (nonfiction)|Edward Lear]] invents record number of witticisms. | File:Edward Lear.jpg|link=Edward Lear (nonfiction)|1888: Artist, musician, author, and poet [[Edward Lear (nonfiction)|Edward Lear]] invents record number of witticisms. | ||
||1905 – Piet Hein, Danish mathematician, author, and poet (d. 1996) | |||
||1907 – The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world. | |||
||1917 – Arthur C. Clarke, British science fiction writer (d. 2008) | |||
File:Point-contact transistor.png|link=Point-contact transistor (nonfiction)|1947: William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical [[Point-contact transistor (nonfiction)|point-contact transistor]]. | File:Point-contact transistor.png|link=Point-contact transistor (nonfiction)|1947: William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical [[Point-contact transistor (nonfiction)|point-contact transistor]]. | ||
File:Gysin and Burroughs distill Extract of Radium.jpg|link=Extract of Radium|1967:[[Extract of Radium]] to party [[Edward Lear (nonfiction)|Edward Lear]]. | File:Gysin and Burroughs distill Extract of Radium.jpg|link=Extract of Radium|1967:[[Extract of Radium]] to party [[Edward Lear (nonfiction)|Edward Lear]]. | ||
File:Jekyll_Perfume.png|link=Jekyll (perfume)|1968: [[Jekyll (perfume)|Jekyll]], the "fragrance for sociopaths", announces record sales. | File:Jekyll_Perfume.png|link=Jekyll (perfume)|1968: [[Jekyll (perfume)|Jekyll]], the "fragrance for sociopaths", announces record sales. | ||
||1985 – Paul Castellano and Thomas Bilotti are shot dead on the orders of John Gotti, who assumes leadership of New York's Gambino crime family. | |||
||2014 – Tim Cochran, American mathematician and academic (b. 1955) | |||
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Revision as of 12:32, 22 October 2017
1653: Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.
1887: Polymath Francis Galton discovers new class of Gnomon algorithm functions.
1888: Artist, musician, author, and poet Edward Lear invents record number of witticisms.
1947: William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.
1967:Extract of Radium to party Edward Lear.
1968: Jekyll, the "fragrance for sociopaths", announces record sales.