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File:Lev Schnirelmann.jpg|link=Lev Schnirelmann (nonfiction)|1926: Mathematician [[Lev Schnirelmann (nonfiction)|Lev Schnirelmann]] reverse-engineers [[Didacus automaton (nonfiction)|Didacus automaton]], retrieves complete copy of lecture by [[William Oughtred (nonfiction)|William Oughtred]]. | File:Lev Schnirelmann.jpg|link=Lev Schnirelmann (nonfiction)|1926: Mathematician [[Lev Schnirelmann (nonfiction)|Lev Schnirelmann]] reverse-engineers [[Didacus automaton (nonfiction)|Didacus automaton]], retrieves complete copy of lecture by [[William Oughtred (nonfiction)|William Oughtred]]. | ||
||1927 | ||1927: Franz Mertens dies ... mathematician and academic. | ||
||1938: Lynn Margulis born ... biologist and academic. | |||
|| | ||1970: The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty goes into effect after ratification by 43 nations. | ||
|| | ||1978: The Landsat 3 is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. | ||
|| | ||1979: Soviet probes Venera 11, Venera 12 and the German-American solar satellite Helios II all are hit by "off the scale" gamma rays leading to the discovery of soft gamma repeaters. | ||
|| | ||1981: The ZX81, a pioneering British home computer, is launched by Sinclair Research and would go on to sell over 1.5 million units around the world. | ||
|| | ||1982: Soviet probe Venera 14 landed on Venus. | ||
|| | ||1990: Edgar Raymond Lorch dies ... mathematician. Described by The New York Times as "a leader in the development of modern mathematics theory" Pic: http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/PictDisplay/Lorch_Ray.html | ||
File:Joseph Weizenbaum.jpg|link=Joseph Weizenbaum (nonfiction)|2008: Computer scientist [[Joseph Weizenbaum (nonfiction)|Joseph Weizenbaum]] dies. He is considered one of the fathers of modern artificial intelligence. | File:Joseph Weizenbaum.jpg|link=Joseph Weizenbaum (nonfiction)|2008: Computer scientist [[Joseph Weizenbaum (nonfiction)|Joseph Weizenbaum]] dies. He is considered one of the fathers of modern artificial intelligence. | ||
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File:Asclepius Myrmidon in Advanced Test Reactor.jpg|link=Asclepius Myrmidon|2009: Scientist and combat surgeon [[Asclepius Myrmidon]] demonstrates new techniques in combat medicine using [[Gnomon algorithm]] techniques. | File:Asclepius Myrmidon in Advanced Test Reactor.jpg|link=Asclepius Myrmidon|2009: Scientist and combat surgeon [[Asclepius Myrmidon]] demonstrates new techniques in combat medicine using [[Gnomon algorithm]] techniques. | ||
||2013 | ||2013: Duane Gish dies ... biochemist and academic. | ||
File:Ray Tomlinson.jpg|link=Ray Tomlinson (nonfiction)|2016: Computer programmer and engineer [[Ray Tomlinson (nonfiction)|Ray Tomlinson]] dies. He implemented the first email system on ARPANET, including the "@" separator which is still in use today. | File:Ray Tomlinson.jpg|link=Ray Tomlinson (nonfiction)|2016: Computer programmer and engineer [[Ray Tomlinson (nonfiction)|Ray Tomlinson]] dies. He implemented the first email system on ARPANET, including the "@" separator which is still in use today. | ||
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1223 BC: Solar eclipse occurs; the event is recorded in a Syrian clay tablet, in the Ugaritic language.
1499: Polymath Johannes Trithemius uses Gnomon algorithm functions to generate new class of cryptographic numen.
1574: Mathematician William Oughtred born. He will invent the slide rule in 1622.
1615: Mathematician and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei prevents alleged supervillain Anarchimedes from assassinating mathematician William Oughtred.
1616: Nicolaus Copernicus's book On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres is added to the Index of Forbidden Books 73 years after it was first published.
1640: Didacus automaton attends and records lecture by William Oughtred, which it will later use to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1827: Mathematician and astronomer Pierre-Simon Laplace dies. He made important contributions to mathematics, statistics, physics and astronomy.
1836: Inventor Samuel Colt patents the first production-model revolver, the .34-caliber.
1926: Mathematician Lev Schnirelmann reverse-engineers Didacus automaton, retrieves complete copy of lecture by William Oughtred.
2008: Computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum dies. He is considered one of the fathers of modern artificial intelligence.
2009: Scientist and combat surgeon Asclepius Myrmidon demonstrates new techniques in combat medicine using Gnomon algorithm techniques.
2016: Computer programmer and engineer Ray Tomlinson dies. He implemented the first email system on ARPANET, including the "@" separator which is still in use today.