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File:Júlio César de Melo e Sousa.png|link=Júlio César de Mello e Souza (nonfiction)|1895: Mathematician and academic [[Júlio César de Mello e Souza (nonfiction)|Júlio César de Mello e Souza]] born. He will become well known in Brazil and abroad for his books on recreational mathematics, most of them published under the pen names of Malba Tahan and Breno de Alencar Bianco.
File:Júlio César de Melo e Sousa.png|link=Júlio César de Mello e Souza (nonfiction)|1895: Mathematician and academic [[Júlio César de Mello e Souza (nonfiction)|Júlio César de Mello e Souza]] born. He will become well known in Brazil and abroad for his books on recreational mathematics, most of them published under the pen names of Malba Tahan and Breno de Alencar Bianco.


||1896 – Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Swedish physicist and academic (d. 1966)
||1896: Rolf Maximilian Sievert born ... physicist and academic.


||Alexander William Williamson (d. 6 May 1904) was an English chemist of Scottish descent. He is best known today for the Williamson ether synthesis. Pic.
||1904: Alexander William Williamson born ... chemist of Scottish descent. He is best known today for the Williamson ether synthesis. Pic.


||Moshé Pinchas Feldenkrais (b. 1904) was an Israeli engineer and the founder of the Feldenkrais Method, which is claimed to improve human functioning by increasing self-awareness through movement
||1904: Moshé Pinchas Feldenkrais born ... engineer and the founder of the Feldenkrais Method, which is claimed to improve human functioning by increasing self-awareness through movement


||André Weil (b. 6 May 1906) was an influential French mathematician of the 20th century, known for his foundational work in number theory and algebraic geometry. Pic.
||1906: André Weil born ... mathematician of the 20th century, known for his foundational work in number theory and algebraic geometry. Pic.


||Ronald Samuel Rivlin (b. 6 May 1915) was a British-American physicist, mathematician, rheologist and a noted expert on rubber. Pic.
||1915: Ronald Samuel Rivlin born ... physicist, mathematician, rheologist and a noted expert on rubber. Pic.


||1916 – Robert H. Dicke, American physicist and astronomer (d. 1997) Robert Henry Dicke (b. May 6, 1916) was an American physicist who made important contributions to the fields of astrophysics, atomic physics, cosmology and gravity.
||1916: Robert H. Dicke born ... physicist and astronomer ... physicist who made important contributions to the fields of astrophysics, atomic physics, cosmology and gravity.


||1929 – Paul Lauterbur, American chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2007)
||1927: Géza Fodor dies ... mathematician, working in set theory. He proved Fodor's lemma on stationary sets, one of the most important, and most used results in set theory. Pic.
 
||1929: Paul Lauterbur born ... chemist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate.


File:Egon Rhodomunde.jpg|link=Egon Rhodomunde|1936: Film director and arms dealer [[Egon Rhodomunde]] raises money for new film by selling shares in the upcoming [[Hindenburg disaster (nonfiction)|Hindenburg disaster]].
File:Egon Rhodomunde.jpg|link=Egon Rhodomunde|1936: Film director and arms dealer [[Egon Rhodomunde]] raises money for new film by selling shares in the upcoming [[Hindenburg disaster (nonfiction)|Hindenburg disaster]].
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|File:Alice Beta Paragliding.jpg|link=Alice Beta Paragliding|1938: ''[[Alice Beta Paragliding]]'' published. Many experts believe that the illustration depicts Beta infiltrating [[Egon Rhodomunde]]'s hunting lodge, allegedly searching for evidence of Rhodomunde's involvement with the [[Hindenburg disaster (nonfiction)|Hindenburg disaster]].
|File:Alice Beta Paragliding.jpg|link=Alice Beta Paragliding|1938: ''[[Alice Beta Paragliding]]'' published. Many experts believe that the illustration depicts Beta infiltrating [[Egon Rhodomunde]]'s hunting lodge, allegedly searching for evidence of Rhodomunde's involvement with the [[Hindenburg disaster (nonfiction)|Hindenburg disaster]].


||Thierry Aubin (b. 6 May 1942) was a French mathematician who worked at the Centre de Mathématiques de Jussieu, and was a leading expert on Riemannian geometry and non-linear partial differential equations. Pic.
||1942: Thierry Aubin born ... mathematician who worked at the Centre de Mathématiques de Jussieu, and was a leading expert on Riemannian geometry and non-linear partial differential equations. Pic.


File:EDSAC.jpg|link=Electronic delay storage automatic calculator (nonfiction)|1949: [[Electronic delay storage automatic calculator (nonfiction)|EDSAC]], the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation, calculating a table of squares and a list of prime numbers.
File:EDSAC.jpg|link=Electronic delay storage automatic calculator (nonfiction)|1949: [[Electronic delay storage automatic calculator (nonfiction)|EDSAC]], the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation, calculating a table of squares and a list of prime numbers.


||1951 – Élie Cartan, French mathematician and physicist (b. 1869) Élie Joseph Cartan, ForMemRS (French: [kaʁtɑ̃]; 9 April 1869 – 6 May 1951) was an influential French mathematician who did fundamental work in the theory of Lie groups and their geometric applications. He also made significant contributions to mathematical physics, differential geometry, differential equations, group theory and quantum mechanics.
||1951: Élie Cartan, French mathematician and physicist dies ... did fundamental work in the theory of Lie groups and their geometric applications. He also made significant contributions to mathematical physics, differential geometry, differential equations, group theory and quantum mechanics.


||1952 – Maria Montessori, Italian-Dutch physician and educator (b. 1870)
||1952: Maria Montessori dies ... physician and educator.


||1963 – Theodore von Kármán, Hungarian-American mathematician, physicist, and engineer (b. 1881)
||1963: Theodore von Kármán dies ... mathematician, physicist, and engineer.


Optical_fibers.jpg|link=Optical fiber (nonfiction)|1978: [[Optical fiber (nonfiction)|Optical fiber]] is first used to commit [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
Optical_fibers.jpg|link=Optical fiber (nonfiction)|1978: [[Optical fiber (nonfiction)|Optical fiber]] is first used to commit [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1996 – The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he disappeared.
||1996: The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he disappeared.


||John Clive Ward (d. 6 May 2000) was a British-Australian physicist. He introduced the Ward–Takahashi identity, also known as "Ward Identity" (or "Ward's Identities"). He made significant contributions to quantum solid-state physics, statistical mechanics and the Ising model. Pic.
||2000: John Clive Ward dies ... physicist. He introduced the Ward–Takahashi identity, also known as "Ward Identity" (or "Ward's Identities"). He made significant contributions to quantum solid-state physics, statistical mechanics and the Ising model. Pic.


||2014 – William H. Dana, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1930)
||2014: William H. Dana dies ... pilot, engineer, and astronaut (b. 1930)


Spinning_Thistle.jpg|link=Spinning Thistle (nonfiction)|2018: Steganographic analysis ''[[Spinning Thistle (nonfiction)|Spinning Thistle]]'' unexpectedly reveals a previously unknown [[Gnomon algorithm function]].
Spinning_Thistle.jpg|link=Spinning Thistle (nonfiction)|2018: Steganographic analysis ''[[Spinning Thistle (nonfiction)|Spinning Thistle]]'' unexpectedly reveals a previously unknown [[Gnomon algorithm function]].


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