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File:Statue of Ibn Rushd in Cordoba.jpg|link=Ibn Rushd (nonfiction)|1188: Polymath [[Ibn Rushd (nonfiction)|Ibn Rushd]] (Averoess) publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Statue of Ibn Rushd in Cordoba.jpg|link=Ibn Rushd (nonfiction)|1188: Polymath [[Ibn Rushd (nonfiction)|Ibn Rushd]] (Averoess) publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1542 - Lisa del Giocondo, subject of Leonardo da Vinci's painting Mona Lisa (b. 1479)
||1542: Lisa del Giocondo dies ... subject of Leonardo da Vinci's painting Mona Lisa.


File:Inigo Jones.jpg|link=Inigo Jones (nonfiction)|1573: Architect [[Inigo Jones (nonfiction)|Inigo Jones]] born. He will be one of the first architects of the early modern period to employ [[Vitruvius (nonfiction)|Vitruvian]] rules of proportion and symmetry in his buildings.
File:Inigo Jones.jpg|link=Inigo Jones (nonfiction)|1573: Architect [[Inigo Jones (nonfiction)|Inigo Jones]] born. He will be one of the first architects of the early modern period to employ [[Vitruvius (nonfiction)|Vitruvian]] rules of proportion and symmetry in his buildings.


||Gabrio Piola (b. 15 July 1794) was an Italian mathematician and physicist, member of the Lombardo Institute of Science, Letters and Arts. He studied in particular the mechanics of the continuous, linking his name to the tensors called Piola-Kirchhoff. Pic.
||1794: Gabrio Piola born ... mathematician and physicist, member of the Lombardo Institute of Science, Letters and Arts. He studied in particular the mechanics of the continuous, linking his name to the tensors called Piola-Kirchhoff. Pic.


||1799: The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign.
||1799: The Rosetta Stone is found in the Egyptian village of Rosetta by French Captain Pierre-François Bouchard during Napoleon's Egyptian Campaign.
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File:The Governess.jpg|link=The Governess|1866: Social activist and alleged superhero [[The Governess]] chastises [[math criminals]], shames them into returning stolen digits.
File:The Governess.jpg|link=The Governess|1866: Social activist and alleged superhero [[The Governess]] chastises [[math criminals]], shames them into returning stolen digits.


||Max Ernst August Bodenstein (b. July 15, 1871) was a German physical chemist known for his work in chemical kinetics. He was first to postulate a chain reaction mechanism and that explosions are branched chain reactions, later applied to the atomic bomb. Pic.
||1871: Max Ernst August Bodenstein born ... physical chemist known for his work in chemical kinetics. He was first to postulate a chain reaction mechanism and that explosions are branched chain reactions, later applied to the atomic bomb. Pic.


||Adolph-Andrei Pavlovich Yushkevich (b. 15 July 1906) was a Soviet historian of mathematics, leading expert in medieval mathematics of the East and the work of Leonhard Euler. Pic.
||1906: Adolph-Andrei Pavlovich Yushkevich born ... historian of mathematics, leading expert in medieval mathematics of the East and the work of Leonhard Euler. Pic.


||1908: Henryk Zygalski born ... mathematician and cryptologist who worked at breaking German Enigma ciphers before and during World War II. Pic.
||1908: Henryk Zygalski born ... mathematician and cryptologist who worked at breaking German Enigma ciphers before and during World War II. Pic.
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||1955: Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others.
||1955: Eighteen Nobel laureates sign the Mainau Declaration against nuclear weapons, later co-signed by thirty-four others.


||1961: Nina Karlovna Bari died ... mathematician known for her work on trigonometric series.
||1961: Nina Karlovna Bari dies ... mathematician known for her work on trigonometric series.


||1975 – Space Race: Apollo–Soyuz Test Project features the dual launch of an Apollo spacecraft and a Soyuz spacecraft on the first joint Soviet-United States human-crewed flight. It was both the last launch of an Apollo spacecraft, and the Saturn family of rockets.
||1975: Space Race: Apollo–Soyuz Test Project features the dual launch of an Apollo spacecraft and a Soyuz spacecraft on the first joint Soviet-United States human-crewed flight. It was both the last launch of an Apollo spacecraft, and the Saturn family of rockets.


||Roger Randall Dougan Revelle (d. 1991) was a scientist and scholar who was instrumental in the formative years of the University of California San Diego and was among the early scientists to study anthropogenic global warming, as well as the movement of Earth's tectonic plates. Pic.
||1991: Roger Randall Dougan Revelle dies ... scientist and scholar who was instrumental in the formative years of the University of California San Diego and was among the early scientists to study anthropogenic global warming, as well as the movement of Earth's tectonic plates. Pic.


||2003 – AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day.
||2003: AOL Time Warner disbands Netscape. The Mozilla Foundation is established on the same day.


||2006 – Twitter is launched, becoming one of the largest social media platforms in the world.
File:Derek Taunt.jpg|link=Derek Taunt (nonfiction)|2004: Mathematician [[Derek Taunt (nonfiction)|Derek Taunt]] dies. He worked as a codebreaker at Bletchley Park during World War II.
 
||2006: Twitter is launched, becoming one of the largest social media platforms in the world.


File:John Riedl.jpg|link=John T. Riedl (nonfiction)|2013: Computer scientist and academic [[John T. Riedl (nonfiction)|John T. Riedl]] dies. He was a founder of the field of recommender systems, social computing, and interactive intelligent user interface systems.  
File:John Riedl.jpg|link=John T. Riedl (nonfiction)|2013: Computer scientist and academic [[John T. Riedl (nonfiction)|John T. Riedl]] dies. He was a founder of the field of recommender systems, social computing, and interactive intelligent user interface systems.  


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  • 998: Mathematician and astronomer Abū al-Wafā' Būzjānī dies. His Almagest was widely read by medieval Arabic astronomers in the centuries after his death.

    998: Mathematician and astronomer Abū al-Wafā' Būzjānī dies. His Almagest was widely read by medieval Arabic astronomers in the centuries after his death.

  • 1188: Polymath Ibn Rushd (Averoess) publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1188: Polymath Ibn Rushd (Averoess) publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1573: Architect Inigo Jones born. He will be one of the first architects of the early modern period to employ Vitruvian rules of proportion and symmetry in his buildings.

    1573: Architect Inigo Jones born. He will be one of the first architects of the early modern period to employ Vitruvian rules of proportion and symmetry in his buildings.

  • 1848: Engineer, sociologist, economist, political scientist, and philosopher Vilfredo Pareto born. He will apply mathematics to economic analysis, asserting that the distribution of incomes and wealth in society is not random and that a consistent pattern appears throughout history, in all parts of the world and in all societies.

    1848: Engineer, sociologist, economist, political scientist, and philosopher Vilfredo Pareto born. He will apply mathematics to economic analysis, asserting that the distribution of incomes and wealth in society is not random and that a consistent pattern appears throughout history, in all parts of the world and in all societies.

  • 1864: Adventurer and alleged time-travelling "Pirate of the Prairies" Wallace War-Heels defeats Baron Zersetzung in single combat.

    1864: Adventurer and alleged time-travelling "Pirate of the Prairies" Wallace War-Heels defeats Baron Zersetzung in single combat.

  • 1865: Mathematician Wilhelm Wirtinger born. He will contribute to complex analysis, geometry, algebra, number theory, Lie groups and knot theory.

    1865: Mathematician Wilhelm Wirtinger born. He will contribute to complex analysis, geometry, algebra, number theory, Lie groups and knot theory.

  • 1866: Social activist and alleged superhero The Governess chastises math criminals, shames them into returning stolen digits.

    1866: Social activist and alleged superhero The Governess chastises math criminals, shames them into returning stolen digits.

  • 2004: Mathematician Derek Taunt dies. He worked as a codebreaker at Bletchley Park during World War II.

    2004: Mathematician Derek Taunt dies. He worked as a codebreaker at Bletchley Park during World War II.

  • 2013: Computer scientist and academic John T. Riedl dies. He was a founder of the field of recommender systems, social computing, and interactive intelligent user interface systems.

    2013: Computer scientist and academic John T. Riedl dies. He was a founder of the field of recommender systems, social computing, and interactive intelligent user interface systems.

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