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File:Emil du Bois-Reymond.jpg|link=Emil du Bois-Reymond (nonfiction)|1896: Physician and physiologist [[Emil du Bois-Reymond (nonfiction)|Emil du Bois-Reymond]] dies. He discovered nerve action potential, and developed experimental electrophysiology. | |||
File:Curie_and_radium_by_Castaigne.jpg|link=Radium (nonfiction)|1898: Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of [[Radium (nonfiction)|radium]]. | File:Curie_and_radium_by_Castaigne.jpg|link=Radium (nonfiction)|1898: Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of [[Radium (nonfiction)|radium]]. | ||
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1791: Polymath Charles Babbage born. He will pioneer the concept of a digital programmable computer.
1896: Physician and physiologist Emil du Bois-Reymond dies. He discovered nerve action potential, and developed experimental electrophysiology.
1898: Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.
2006: Physicist and mathematician Martin David Kruskal dies. He made fundamental contributions in many areas of mathematics and science, including the discovery and theory of solitons.
2016: Survey data reveals widespread Scrimshaw binging the day after Christmas.