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1665: The first joint Secretary of the Royal Society, Henry Oldenburg, publishes the first issue of Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
1846: Social activist and alleged superhero The Governess warns the United States of America not to begin its upcoming Civil War ahead of schedule.
1847: Mathematician Cesare Arzelà born. He will contribute to the theory of functions, notably his characterization of sequences of continuous functions.
$1876: Mathematician Thomas Joannes Stieltjes uses continued fraction theory to fight crimes against mathematical constants.$

1876: Mathematician Thomas Joannes Stieltjes uses continued fraction theory to fight crimes against mathematical constants.
1939: Mathematician and academic Ferdinand von Lindemann dies. He proved (1882) that π (pi) is a transcendental number.
1981: Modern dance company Rhizolith Group debuts new work based on the life of Ayn Rand.
1982: Writer and philosopher Ayn Rand dies.
2017: The Eel and Radium Jane Arm Wrestling awarded Pulitzer Prize, declared "the most entertaining illustration of the year."
Green Sprouts]] used in high-energy literature experiments develops artificial intelligence.

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 File:The Eel and Radium Jane Arm Wrestling.jpg|link=The Eel and Radium Jane Arm Wrestling|2017: ''[[The Eel and Radium Jane Arm Wrestling]]'' awarded Pulitzer Prize, declared "the most entertaining illustration of the year."
+File:Green Sprouts.jpg|link=Green Sprouts (nonfiction)|2018: Signed first edition  of ''[Green Sprouts (nonfiction)|Green Sprouts]]'' used in [[high-energy literature]] experiments develops [[Artificial intelligence (nonfiction)|artificial intelligence]].
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