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||2004: Edwin Albert Power dies ... physicist and an emeritus professor of applied mathematics. He made several contributions to the field of non-relativistic quantum electrodynamics (NRQED). Pic. | ||2004: Edwin Albert Power dies ... physicist and an emeritus professor of applied mathematics. He made several contributions to the field of non-relativistic quantum electrodynamics (NRQED). Pic. | ||
||2006: George Abramovich Koval dies ... American who acted as a Soviet intelligence officer for the Soviet atomic bomb project. According to Russian sources, Koval's infiltration of the Manhattan Project as a GRU (Soviet military intelligence) agent "drastically reduced the amount of time it took for Russia to develop nuclear weapons." | |||
File:Dick Cavett.jpg|link=Dick Cavett (nonfiction)|2008: Talk show host [[Dick Cavett (nonfiction)|Dick Cavett]] attends the 2008 Amfar Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City. | File:Dick Cavett.jpg|link=Dick Cavett (nonfiction)|2008: Talk show host [[Dick Cavett (nonfiction)|Dick Cavett]] attends the 2008 Amfar Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City. |
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1632: Clockmaker and mathematician Jost Bürgi dies. He was recognized during his own lifetime as one of the most excellent mechanical engineers of his generation.
1638: Astronomer Jeremiah Horrocks uses Gnomon algorithm functions to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1933: Physicist and crime-fighter Werner Heisenberg uses the uncertainty principle to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1971: The Winter Soldier Investigation, organized by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War to publicize war crimes and atrocities by Americans and allies in Vietnam, begins in Detroit.
2001: American comic book artist Gil Kane dies.
2002: Anarchimedes uses Gnomon algorithm to commit crimes against mathematical constants.
2008: Talk show host Dick Cavett attends the 2008 Amfar Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City.
2018: Steganographic analysis of Creature unexpectedly generates cryptographic numina.