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||Herman Haga (d. 11 September 1936) was a Dutch physicist. Pic.
||Herman Haga (d. 11 September 1936) was a Dutch physicist. Pic.


||1940 – George Stibitz performs the first remote operation of a computer.
||1940: George Stibitz performs the first remote operation of a computer.


||1943: Mathematician Oswald Teichmüller dies. Pic.
||1943: Mathematician Oswald Teichmüller dies. Pic.


||Henry DeWolf "Harry" Smyth (d. September 11, 1986) was an American physicist, diplomat, and bureaucrat. He played a number of key roles in the early development of nuclear energy, as a participant in the Manhattan Project, a member of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), and U.S. ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
||1957: Rocky Flats nuclear plant:  plutonium shavings in a glove box located in building 771 (the Plutonium Recovery and Fabrication Facility) spontaneously ignited. The fire spread to the flammable glove box materials, including plexiglas windows and rubber gloves. The fire rapidly spread through the interconnected glove boxes and ignited the large bank of High-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters located in a plenum downstream. Within minutes the first filters had burned out, allowing plutonium particles to escape from the building exhaust stacks.   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioactive_contamination_from_the_Rocky_Flats_Plant


||Wolfgang R. Wasow (d. 11 September 1993) was an American mathematician known for his work in asymptotic expansions and their applications in differential equations. Pic.
||1986: Henry DeWolf "Harry" Smyth dies ... physicist, diplomat, and bureaucrat. He played a number of key roles in the early development of nuclear energy, as a participant in the Manhattan Project, a member of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), and U.S. ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
 
||1993: Wolfgang R. Wasow dies ... mathematician known for his work in asymptotic expansions and their applications in differential equations. Pic.


File:Mars Global Surveyor.jpg|link=Mars Global Surveyor (nonfiction)|1997: NASA's [[Mars Global Surveyor (nonfiction)|Mars Global Surveyor]] reaches Mars.
File:Mars Global Surveyor.jpg|link=Mars Global Surveyor (nonfiction)|1997: NASA's [[Mars Global Surveyor (nonfiction)|Mars Global Surveyor]] reaches Mars.
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||2001: Daniel M. Lewin, American mathematician and businessman, co-founded Akamai Technologies (b. 1970)
||2001: Daniel M. Lewin, American mathematician and businessman, co-founded Akamai Technologies (b. 1970)


||2007 – Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of All Bombs.
||2007: Russia tests the largest conventional weapon ever, the Father of All Bombs.


File:Andrzej Trybulec.jpg|link=Andrzej Trybulec|2013: Mathematician and computer scientist [[Andrzej Trybulec (nonfiction)|Andrzej Trybulec]] dies. He developed the Mizar system: a formal language for writing mathematical definitions and proofs, a proof assistant which is able to mechanically check proofs written in this language, and a library of formalized mathematics which can be used in the proof of new theorems.
File:Andrzej Trybulec.jpg|link=Andrzej Trybulec|2013: Mathematician and computer scientist [[Andrzej Trybulec (nonfiction)|Andrzej Trybulec]] dies. He developed the Mizar system: a formal language for writing mathematical definitions and proofs, a proof assistant which is able to mechanically check proofs written in this language, and a library of formalized mathematics which can be used in the proof of new theorems.
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File:Clock Head (da Vinci version).jpg|link=Clock Head|2017: Renaissance-era mechanical soldier [[Clock Head]] performs stand-up comedy routine for charity, raises five million dollars for victims of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Clock Head (da Vinci version).jpg|link=Clock Head|2017: Renaissance-era mechanical soldier [[Clock Head]] performs stand-up comedy routine for charity, raises five million dollars for victims of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


|File:Linus Pauling.jpg|link=Linus Pauling (nonfiction)|[[Linus Pauling (nonfiction)|Linus Pauling]] says he is "flattered, but cannot possibly accept" offer to play [[Lex Luthor (nonfiction)|Lex Luthor]] in planned film.
|File:Exploded electrolytic capacitor.jpg|link=Capacitor plague (nonfiction)|[[Capacitor plague (nonfiction)|Capacitor plague]] affects several brands of [[portable envy]] devices.
|File:Portable envy clock generator.jpg|link=Portable envy|[[Portable envy]] components at risk of [[Capacitor plague (nonfiction)|capacitor plague]].
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  • 1470: Mapmaker Martin Waldseemüller born. He will produce a globular world map and a large 12-panel world wall map using the information from Columbus and Vespucci's travels (Universalis Cosmographia), both bearing the first use of the name "America".

    1470: Mapmaker Martin Waldseemüller born. He will produce a globular world map and a large 12-panel world wall map using the information from Columbus and Vespucci's travels (Universalis Cosmographia), both bearing the first use of the name "America".

  • 1581: Philosopher and alleged time-traveller Michel de Montaigne, known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre, publishes new theory predicting the existence of high-energy literature.

    1581: Philosopher and alleged time-traveller Michel de Montaigne, known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre, publishes new theory predicting the existence of high-energy literature.

  • 1798: Mineralogist, physicist, and mathematician Franz Ernst Neumann born. His 1831 study on the specific heats of compounds will include what is now known as Neumann's Law: the molecular heat of a compound is equal to the sum of the atomic heats of its constituents.

    1798: Mineralogist, physicist, and mathematician Franz Ernst Neumann born. His 1831 study on the specific heats of compounds will include what is now known as Neumann's Law: the molecular heat of a compound is equal to the sum of the atomic heats of its constituents.

  • 1843: Mathematician and explorer Joseph Nicollet dies. He mapped the Upper Mississippi River basin during the 1830s.

    1843: Mathematician and explorer Joseph Nicollet dies. He mapped the Upper Mississippi River basin during the 1830s.

  • 1859: Surgeon and gentleman scientist James Braid uses principles of hypnotherapy to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1859: Surgeon and gentleman scientist James Braid uses principles of hypnotherapy to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1862: Short story writer O. Henry, known for his surprise endings, born.

    1862: Short story writer O. Henry, known for his surprise endings, born.

  • 1997: NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.

    1997: NASA's Mars Global Surveyor reaches Mars.

  • 2013: Mathematician and computer scientist Andrzej Trybulec dies. He developed the Mizar system: a formal language for writing mathematical definitions and proofs, a proof assistant which is able to mechanically check proofs written in this language, and a library of formalized mathematics which can be used in the proof of new theorems.

    2013: Mathematician and computer scientist Andrzej Trybulec dies. He developed the Mizar system: a formal language for writing mathematical definitions and proofs, a proof assistant which is able to mechanically check proofs written in this language, and a library of formalized mathematics which can be used in the proof of new theorems.

  • 2017: Renaissance-era mechanical soldier Clock Head performs stand-up comedy routine for charity, raises five million dollars for victims of crimes against mathematical constants.

    2017: Renaissance-era mechanical soldier Clock Head performs stand-up comedy routine for charity, raises five million dollars for victims of crimes against mathematical constants.

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