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File:Martin David Kruskal.jpg|link=Martin David Kruskal (nonfiction)|2006: Physicist and mathematician [[Martin David Kruskal (nonfiction)|Martin David Kruskal]] dies. He made fundamental contributions in many areas of mathematics and science, including the discovery and theory of solitons. | File:Martin David Kruskal.jpg|link=Martin David Kruskal (nonfiction)|2006: Physicist and mathematician [[Martin David Kruskal (nonfiction)|Martin David Kruskal]] dies. He made fundamental contributions in many areas of mathematics and science, including the discovery and theory of solitons. | ||
||Albert Ghiorso (d. December 26, 2010) was an American nuclear scientist and co-discoverer of a record 12 chemical elements on the periodic table. | |||
File:Scrimshaw binge residue.jpg|link=Scrimshaw abuse|2016: Survey data reveals widespread [[Scrimshaw abuse|Scrimshaw binging]] the day after Christmas. | File:Scrimshaw binge residue.jpg|link=Scrimshaw abuse|2016: Survey data reveals widespread [[Scrimshaw abuse|Scrimshaw binging]] the day after Christmas. | ||
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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.