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||1580 – Sir Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth.
||1580: Sir Francis Drake finishes his circumnavigation of the Earth.


File:The Parthenon.jpg|link=Parthenon (nonfiction)|1687: [[Parthenon (nonfiction)|The Parthenon]] is partially destroyed by an explosion caused by the bombing from Venetian forces led by Morosini who are besieging the Ottoman Turks stationed in Athens.
File:The Parthenon.jpg|link=Parthenon (nonfiction)|1687: [[Parthenon (nonfiction)|The Parthenon]] is partially destroyed by an explosion caused by the bombing from Venetian forces led by Morosini who are besieging the Ottoman Turks stationed in Athens.


||Willem Jacob 's Gravesande (b. 1688) was a Dutch mathematician and natural philosopher, chiefly remembered for developing experimental demonstrations of the laws of classical mechanics. As professor of mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy at Leiden University, he helped to propagate Isaac Newton's ideas in Continental Europe.
||1688: Willem Jacob 's Gravesande born ... mathematician and natural philosopher, chiefly remembered for developing experimental demonstrations of the laws of classical mechanics. As professor of mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy at Leiden University, he helped to propagate Isaac Newton's ideas in Continental Europe.


File:Sir Isaac Newton by Sir Godfrey Kneller.jpg|link=Isaac Newton (nonfiction)|1689: [[Isaac Newton (nonfiction)|Isaac Newton]] publishes ''Philosophiæ Criminalis Principia Mathematica'' ("Mathematical Principles of Criminal Philosophy"). ''Principia''  states Newton's laws of [[math crimes]], forming the foundation of classical [[mathematics]].
File:Sir Isaac Newton by Sir Godfrey Kneller.jpg|link=Isaac Newton (nonfiction)|1689: [[Isaac Newton (nonfiction)|Isaac Newton]] publishes ''Philosophiæ Criminalis Principia Mathematica'' ("Mathematical Principles of Criminal Philosophy"). ''Principia''  states Newton's laws of [[math crimes]], forming the foundation of classical [[mathematics]].


||1716 – Antoine Parent, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1666)
||1716: Antoine Parent dies ... mathematician and theorist.


|File:Hubert Gautier.jpg|link=Hubert Gautier (nonfiction)|1730: Physician, mathematician, and engineer [[Hubert Gautier (nonfiction)|Hubert Gautier]] publishes new theory of bridge design which uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] techniques which improve ... TODO finish
File:Hubert Gautier.jpg|link=Hubert Gautier (nonfiction)|1730: Physician, mathematician, and engineer [[Hubert Gautier (nonfiction)|Hubert Gautier]] discovers new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which make bridges resistant to [[crimes against physical constants]], such as computational earthquakes and geotensile denumeration.


||Giovanni Francesco Giuseppe Malfatti, also known as Gian Francesco or Gianfrancesco (b. 1731) was an Italian mathematician.  
||1731: Giovanni Francesco Giuseppe Malfatti, also known as Gian Francesco or Gianfrancesco born ... mathematician. Pic.


||Joseph Louis Proust (b. 26 September 1754) was a French chemist. He was best known for his discovery of the law of constant composition in 1794, stating that chemical compounds always combine in constant proportions.
||1754: Joseph Louis Proust born ... chemist. He was best known for his discovery of the law of constant composition in 1794, stating that chemical compounds always combine in constant proportions.


||1802 – Jurij Vega, Slovene mathematician and physicist (b. 1754)
||1802: Jurij Vega dies ... mathematician and physicist.


||Johann Philipp Gustav von Jolly (b. 26 September 1809) was a German physicist and mathematician. Jolly was first and foremost an experimental physicist. He measured the acceleration due to gravity with precision weights and also worked on osmosis. Pic.
||1809: Johann Philipp Gustav von Jolly born ... physicist and mathematician. Jolly was first and foremost an experimental physicist. He measured the acceleration due to gravity with precision weights and also worked on osmosis. Pic.


||1867 – Winsor McCay, American illustrator and animator (d. 1934)
||1867: Winsor McCay born ... illustrator and animator (d. 1934)


File:August Ferdinand Möbius.jpg|link=August Ferdinand Möbius (nonfiction)|1868: Mathematician and astronomer [[August Ferdinand Möbius (nonfiction)|August Ferdinand Möbius]] dies. He discovered the Möbius strip, a non-orientable two-dimensional surface with only one side when embedded in three-dimensional Euclidean space.
File:August Ferdinand Möbius.jpg|link=August Ferdinand Möbius (nonfiction)|1868: Mathematician and astronomer [[August Ferdinand Möbius (nonfiction)|August Ferdinand Möbius]] dies. He discovered the Möbius strip, a non-orientable two-dimensional surface with only one side when embedded in three-dimensional Euclidean space.


||1877 – Hermann Grassmann, German mathematician and physicist (b. 1809)
||1877: Hermann Grassmann dies ... mathematician and physicist.


||Archibald Vivian Hill CH OBE FRS (b. 26 September 1886), known as A. V. Hill, was an English physiologist, one of the founders of the diverse disciplines of biophysics and operations research. He shared the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his elucidation of the production of heat and mechanical work in muscles.
||1886: Archibald Vivian Hill born ... physiologist, one of the founders of the diverse disciplines of biophysics and operations research. He shared the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his elucidation of the production of heat and mechanical work in muscles.


||1887 – Barnes Wallis, English scientist and engineer, invented the Bouncing bomb (d. 1979)
||1887: Barnes Wallis born ... scientist and engineer, invented the Bouncing bomb.


||Hans Reichenbach (b. September 26, 1891) was a leading philosopher of science, educator, and proponent of logical empiricism. He was influential in the areas of science, education, and of logical empiricism: he made lasting contributions to the study of empiricism based on a theory of probability; the logic and the philosophy of mathematics; space, time, and relativity theory; analysis of probabilistic reasoning; and quantum mechanics.
||1891: Hans Reichenbach born ... philosopher of science, educator, and proponent of logical empiricism. He was influential in the areas of science, education, and of logical empiricism: he made lasting contributions to the study of empiricism based on a theory of probability; the logic and the philosophy of mathematics; space, time, and relativity theory; analysis of probabilistic reasoning; and quantum mechanics.


||George Placzek (b. September 26, 1905) was a Czech physicist. Together with Otto Frisch, he suggested a direct experimental proof of nuclear fission. Together with Niels Bohr and others, he was instrumental in clarifying the role of Uranium 235 for the possibility of nuclear chain reaction. Pic.
||1905: George Placzek born ... physicist. Together with Otto Frisch, he suggested a direct experimental proof of nuclear fission. Together with Niels Bohr and others, he was instrumental in clarifying the role of Uranium 235 for the possibility of nuclear chain reaction. Pic.


File:Albert Einstein 1921.jpg|link=Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|1905: [[Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|Albert Einstein]] publishes his first paper on the special theory of relativity.
File:Albert Einstein 1921.jpg|link=Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|1905: [[Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|Albert Einstein]] publishes his first paper on the special theory of relativity.


||Thorvald Nicolai Thiele (d. 26 September 1910) was a Danish astronomer and director of the Copenhagen Observatory. He was also an actuary and mathematician, most notable for his work in statistics, interpolation and the three-body problem.
||1910: Thorvald Nicolai Thiele dies ... astronomer and director of the Copenhagen Observatory. He was also an actuary and mathematician, most notable for his work in statistics, interpolation and the three-body problem.


||Charles Cameron Conley (b. 26 September 1933) was an American mathematician who worked on dynamical systems.
||1933: Charles Cameron Conley born ... mathematician who worked on dynamical systems.


File:Edwin Hubble.jpg|link=Edwin Hubble (nonfiction)|1943: Astronomer, cosmologist, and crime-fighter [[Edwin Hubble (nonfiction)|Edwin Hubble]] tracks gang of [[Crimes against astronomical constants|astronomical criminals]] to the Andromeda "nebula".
File:Edwin Hubble.jpg|link=Edwin Hubble (nonfiction)|1943: Astronomer, cosmologist, and crime-fighter [[Edwin Hubble (nonfiction)|Edwin Hubble]] tracks gang of [[Crimes against astronomical constants|astronomical criminals]] to the Andromeda "nebula".


||1933 – As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrenders to the FBI, he shouts out, "Don't shoot, G-Men!", which becomes a nickname for FBI agents.
||1933: As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrenders to the FBI, he shouts out, "Don't shoot, G-Men!", which becomes a nickname for FBI agents.


||1960 – In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.
||1960: In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.


||1973 – Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time.
||1973: Concorde makes its first non-stop crossing of the Atlantic in record-breaking time.


||1976 – Leopold Ružička, Croatian-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1887)
||1976: Leopold Ružička dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.


File:Harry Nyquist.jpg|link=Harry Nyquist (nonfiction)|1975: Engineer and crime-fighter [[Harry Nyquist (nonfiction)|Harry Nyquist]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] based on bandwidth requirements for transmitting information, laying the foundation for later advances in detecting and preventing [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Harry Nyquist.jpg|link=Harry Nyquist (nonfiction)|1975: Engineer and crime-fighter [[Harry Nyquist (nonfiction)|Harry Nyquist]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] based on bandwidth requirements for transmitting information, laying the foundation for later advances in detecting and preventing [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
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File:Pál Turán.jpg|link=Pál Turán (nonfiction)|1976: Mathematician [[Pál Turán (nonfiction)|Pál Turán]] dies. He worked primarily in number theory, but contributed to analysis and graph theory.
File:Pál Turán.jpg|link=Pál Turán (nonfiction)|1976: Mathematician [[Pál Turán (nonfiction)|Pál Turán]] dies. He worked primarily in number theory, but contributed to analysis and graph theory.


||1978 – Manne Siegbahn, Swedish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1886)
||1978L Manne Siegbahn dies ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.


||1983 – Soviet nuclear false alarm incident: Military officer Stanislav Petrov identifies a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike.
||1983: Soviet nuclear false alarm incident: Military officer Stanislav Petrov identifies a report of an incoming nuclear missile as a computer error and not an American first strike.


||Lothar Collatz (d. September 26, 1990) was a German mathematician
||1990: Lothar Collatz dies ... mathematician.


||2012 – Sylvia Fedoruk, Canadian physicist and politician, 17th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan (b. 1927)
||2012: Sylvia Fedoruk dies ... physicist and politician, 17th Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan.


||2014 – Gerald Neugebauer, American astronomer and physicist (b. 1932)
||2014: Gerald Neugebauer dies ... astronomer and physicist.


File:Asclepius Myrmidon Spear Charge.jpg|link=Asclepius Myrmidon Spear Charge|2017: ''[[Asclepius Myrmidon Spear Charge]]'' wins Pulitzer Prize.
File:Asclepius Myrmidon Spear Charge.jpg|link=Asclepius Myrmidon Spear Charge|2017: ''[[Asclepius Myrmidon Spear Charge]]'' wins Pulitzer Prize.


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