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||1616 – Thomas Bartholin, Danish physician, mathematician, and theologian (d. 1680)
||1616: Thomas Bartholin born ... physician, mathematician, and theologian.


File:Michael Maestlin.jpg|link=Michael Maestlin (nonfiction)|1631: Astronomer and mathematician [[Michael Maestlin (nonfiction)|Michael Maestlin]] dies. He was a mentor to [[Johannes Kepler (nonfiction)|Johannes Kepler]], and played a sizable part in his adoption of the Copernican system.
File:Michael Maestlin.jpg|link=Michael Maestlin (nonfiction)|1631: Astronomer and mathematician [[Michael Maestlin (nonfiction)|Michael Maestlin]] dies. He was a mentor to [[Johannes Kepler (nonfiction)|Johannes Kepler]], and played a sizable part in his adoption of the Copernican system.
||1401 – Klaus Störtebeker, German pirate


||1632 – Christopher Wren, English physicist, mathematician, and architect, designed St Paul's Cathedral (d. 1723)
||1401: Klaus Störtebeker dies ...  pirate. Pic.


||1713 – Archibald Pitcairne, Scottish physician and academic (b. 1652) ribald
||1632: Christopher Wren born ... physicist, mathematician, and architect, designed St Paul's Cathedral.


||1720 – Caribbean pirate Calico Jack is captured by the Royal Navy.
||1713: Archibald Pitcairne dies ... physician and academic ... ribald.


||1891 – James Chadwick, English physicist and academic, NobePrize laureate (d. 1974)
||1720: Caribbean pirate Calico Jack is captured by the Royal Navy.


||Hans Lewy (b. 20 October 1904) was a German born American mathematician, known for his work on partial differential equations and on the theory of functions of several complex variables. Pic.
||1891: James Chadwick born ... physicist and academic, NobePrize laureate.
 
||1904: Hans Lewy born ... mathematician, known for his work on partial differential equations and on the theory of functions of several complex variables. Pic.


File:Ascleplius Myrmidon Ypres ruins 1915.jpg|link=Asclepius Myrmidon|1916:  Time-travelling physician-warrior [[Asclepius Myrmidon]] arrives during a artillery barrage in western Europe, sets up emergency field hospital.
File:Ascleplius Myrmidon Ypres ruins 1915.jpg|link=Asclepius Myrmidon|1916:  Time-travelling physician-warrior [[Asclepius Myrmidon]] arrives during a artillery barrage in western Europe, sets up emergency field hospital.
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File:Creature_4.jpg|link=Creature 4 (nonfiction)|2018: Signed first edition of ''[[Creature 4 (nonfiction)|Creature 4]]'' stolen from the Louvre in daylight robbery by agents of the [[Forbidden Ratio]] gang.
File:Creature_4.jpg|link=Creature 4 (nonfiction)|2018: Signed first edition of ''[[Creature 4 (nonfiction)|Creature 4]]'' stolen from the Louvre in daylight robbery by agents of the [[Forbidden Ratio]] gang.
||2018: BepiColombo launched ... a joint mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to the planet Mercury.[3] The mission comprises two satellites launched together: the Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO) and Mio (Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter, MMO).[4] The mission will perform a comprehensive study of Mercury, including characterization of its magnetic field, magnetosphere, and both interior and surface structure. It was launched on 20 October 2018 at 01:45 UTC, with an arrival at Mercury planned for December 2025, after a flyby of Earth, two flybys of Venus, and six flybys of Mercury. Pic.


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  • 1631: Astronomer and mathematician Michael Maestlin dies. He was a mentor to Johannes Kepler, and played a sizable part in his adoption of the Copernican system.

    1631: Astronomer and mathematician Michael Maestlin dies. He was a mentor to Johannes Kepler, and played a sizable part in his adoption of the Copernican system.

  • 1916: Time-travelling physician-warrior Asclepius Myrmidon arrives during a artillery barrage in western Europe, sets up emergency field hospital.

    1916: Time-travelling physician-warrior Asclepius Myrmidon arrives during a artillery barrage in western Europe, sets up emergency field hospital.

  • 1947: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of the cinema of the United States, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years.

    1947: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of the cinema of the United States, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years.

  • 1985: Physicist and crime-fighter William Shockley announces the invention of the junction transistor which detects and prevents crimes against mathematical constants.

    1985: Physicist and crime-fighter William Shockley announces the invention of the junction transistor which detects and prevents crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1987: Mathematician and academic Andrey Kolmogorov dies. He made significant contributions to the mathematics of probability theory, topology, intuitionistic logic, turbulence, classical mechanics, algorithmic information theory and computational complexity.

    1987: Mathematician and academic Andrey Kolmogorov dies. He made significant contributions to the mathematics of probability theory, topology, intuitionistic logic, turbulence, classical mechanics, algorithmic information theory and computational complexity.

  • 1981: Musician and alleged math criminal Skip Digits begins North American tour.

    1981: Musician and alleged math criminal Skip Digits begins North American tour.

  • 2018: Signed first edition of Creature 4 stolen from the Louvre in daylight robbery by agents of the Forbidden Ratio gang.

    2018: Signed first edition of Creature 4 stolen from the Louvre in daylight robbery by agents of the Forbidden Ratio gang.

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