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File:Cesare Cremonini.jpg|link=Cesare Cremonini (nonfiction)|1525:  Philosopher and crime-fighter [[Cesare Cremonini (nonfiction)|Cesare Cremonini]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] based on rationalism and Aristotelian materialism, which he will soon use to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Cesare Cremonini.jpg|link=Cesare Cremonini (nonfiction)|1525:  Philosopher and crime-fighter [[Cesare Cremonini (nonfiction)|Cesare Cremonini]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] based on rationalism and Aristotelian materialism, which he will soon use to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1711 – Lorenz Christoph Mizler, German physician, mathematician, and historian (d. 1778)
||1711: Lorenz Christoph Mizler born ... physician, mathematician, and historian.


||1775 – The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress.
||1775: The office that would later become the United States Post Office Department is established by the Second Continental Congress.


||1824: Alfred Richard Cecil Selwyn born ... geologist and public servant. Pic.
||1824: Alfred Richard Cecil Selwyn born ... geologist and public servant. Pic.


||1844 – Stefan Drzewiecki, Ukrainian-Polish engineer and journalist (d. 1938) - submarines
||1844: Stefan Drzewiecki born ... scientist, journalist, engineer, constructor and inventor, working in France and the Russian Empire.[1][2][3] He built the first submarine in the world with electric battery-powered propulsion (1884).


||Paul Walden (b. 26 July 1863) was a Latvian chemist known for his work in stereochemistry and history of chemistry. In particular he invented the stereochemical reaction known as Walden inversion and synthesized the first room-temperature ionic liquid, ethylammonium nitrate. Pic.
||1863: Paul Walden born ... chemist known for his work in stereochemistry and history of chemistry. In particular he invented the stereochemical reaction known as Walden inversion and synthesized the first room-temperature ionic liquid, ethylammonium nitrate. Pic.


File:Aldous Huxley.png|link=Aldous Huxley (nonfiction)|1894: Writer and philosopher [[Aldous Huxley (nonfiction)|Aldous Huxley]] born. He will be widely acknowledged as one of the pre-eminent intellectuals of his time.
File:Aldous Huxley.png|link=Aldous Huxley (nonfiction)|1894: Writer and philosopher [[Aldous Huxley (nonfiction)|Aldous Huxley]] born. He will be widely acknowledged as one of the pre-eminent intellectuals of his time.


||Kurt Mahler FRS (b. 26 July 1903) was a mathematician.
||1903: Kurt Mahler born ... mathematician.


||1904 – Edwin Albert Link, American industrialist and entrepreneur, invented the flight simulator (d. 1981)
||1904: Edwin Albert Link born ... industrialist and entrepreneur, invented the flight simulator.


||1907: Nachman Aronszajn born ... mathematician. Aronszajn's main field of study was mathematical analysis. The existence of Aronszajn trees was proven by Aronszajn; Aronszajn lines, also named after him, are the lexicographic orderings of Aronszajn trees. Pic: https://www.knigozal.com/store/gb/book/nachman-aronszajn/isbn/978-613-1-15567-3
||1907: Nachman Aronszajn born ... mathematician. Aronszajn's main field of study was mathematical analysis. The existence of Aronszajn trees was proven by Aronszajn; Aronszajn lines, also named after him, are the lexicographic orderings of Aronszajn trees. Pic: https://www.knigozal.com/store/gb/book/nachman-aronszajn/isbn/978-613-1-15567-3
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File:Gottlob Frege.jpg|link=Gottlob Frege (nonfiction)|1925: Mathematician, logician, and philosopher [[Gottlob Frege (nonfiction)|Gottlob Frege]] dies. Though largely ignored during his lifetime, his work influenced later generations of logicians and philosophers.
File:Gottlob Frege.jpg|link=Gottlob Frege (nonfiction)|1925: Mathematician, logician, and philosopher [[Gottlob Frege (nonfiction)|Gottlob Frege]] dies. Though largely ignored during his lifetime, his work influenced later generations of logicians and philosophers.


||Stanley Kubrick (b. July 26, 1928) was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, editor, and photographer. He is frequently cited as one of the greatest and most influential directors in cinematic history. His films, which are mostly adaptations of novels or short stories, cover a wide range of genres, and are noted for their realism, dark humor, unique cinematography, extensive set designs, and evocative use of music.
||1928: Stanley Kubrick born ... film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, editor, and photographer. He is frequently cited as one of the greatest and most influential directors in cinematic history. His films, which are mostly adaptations of novels or short stories, cover a wide range of genres, and are noted for their realism, dark humor, unique cinematography, extensive set designs, and evocative use of music.


||1934 – Winsor McCay, American cartoonist, animator, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1871)
||1934: Winsor McCay dies ... cartoonist, animator, producer, and screenwriter.


File:Henri Lebesgue.jpg|link=Henri Lebesgue (nonfiction)|1941: Mathematician and academic [[Henri Lebesgue (nonfiction)|Henri Lebesgue]] dies. He developed a theory of integration which generalizes the 17th century concept of integration (summing the area between an axis and the curve of a function defined for that axis).
File:Henri Lebesgue.jpg|link=Henri Lebesgue (nonfiction)|1941: Mathematician and academic [[Henri Lebesgue (nonfiction)|Henri Lebesgue]] dies. He developed a theory of integration which generalizes the 17th century concept of integration (summing the area between an axis and the curve of a function defined for that axis).


||Kazimierz Władysław Bartel (d. 26 July 1941) was a Polish mathematician, scholar, diplomat and politician. Pic.
||1941: Kazimierz Władysław Bartel dies ... mathematician, scholar, diplomat and politician. Pic.


||Alfred Tauber (d. 26 July 1942) was an Austrian and Slovak mathematician, known for his contribution to mathematical analysis and to the theory of functions of a complex variable: he is the eponym of an important class of theorems with applications ranging from mathematical and harmonic analysis to number theory. He was murdered in the Theresienstadt concentration camp.
||1942: Alfred Tauber dies ... mathematician, known for his contribution to mathematical analysis and to the theory of functions of a complex variable: he is the eponym of an important class of theorems with applications ranging from mathematical and harmonic analysis to number theory. He was murdered in the Theresienstadt concentration camp.


||Georg Alexander Pick (d. 26 July 1942) was an Austrian born mathematician. He died in the Theresienstadt concentration camp. Today he is best known for Pick's theorem for determining the area of lattice polygons.
||1942: Georg Alexander Pick dies ... mathematician. He died in the Theresienstadt concentration camp. Today he is best known for Pick's theorem for determining the area of lattice polygons.


||1945 – The United States Navy cruiser USS Indianapolis arrives at Tinian with parts of the warhead for the Hiroshima atomic bomb.
||1945: The United States Navy cruiser USS Indianapolis arrives at Tinian with parts of the warhead for the Hiroshima atomic bomb.


||1947 – Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council.
||1947: Cold War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman signs the National Security Act of 1947 into United States law creating the Central Intelligence Agency, United States Department of Defense, United States Air Force, Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the United States National Security Council.


File:WAC Corporal rocket at White Sands.jpg|link=WAC Corporal (nonfiction)|1948: The [[WAC Corporal (nonfiction)|WAC Corporal]] becomes the first US rocket which detects and prevents [[crimes against mathematical constants]] in the ionosphere.
File:WAC Corporal rocket at White Sands.jpg|link=WAC Corporal (nonfiction)|1948: The [[WAC Corporal (nonfiction)|WAC Corporal]] becomes the first US rocket which detects and prevents [[crimes against mathematical constants]] in the ionosphere.


||1958 – Explorer program: Explorer 4 is launched.
||1958: Explorer program: Explorer 4 is launched.


||Maud Leonora Menten (d. July 26, 1960) was a Canadian physician-scientist who made significant contributions to enzyme kinetics and histochemistry. Her name is associated with the famous Michaelis–Menten equation in biochemistry. Pic.
||1960: Maud Leonora Menten dies ... physician-scientist who made significant contributions to enzyme kinetics and histochemistry. Her name is associated with the famous Michaelis–Menten equation in biochemistry. Pic.


||1963 – Syncom 2, the world's first geosynchronous satellite, is launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta B booster.
||1963: Syncom 2, the world's first geosynchronous satellite, is launched from Cape Canaveral on a Delta B booster.


||1971 – Apollo program: Launch of Apollo 15 on the first Apollo "J-Mission", and first use of a Lunar Roving Vehicle.
||1971: Apollo program: Launch of Apollo 15 on the first Apollo "J-Mission", and first use of a Lunar Roving Vehicle.


||1976: Solution to the Four Color Problem. Kenneth Appel and Wolfgang Haken of the University of Illinois communicated their proof of the Four Color Theorem to the "Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society". The proof used over 1000 hours of computer calculation.  
||1976: Solution to the Four Color Problem. Kenneth Appel and Wolfgang Haken of the University of Illinois communicated their proof of the Four Color Theorem to the "Bulletin of the American Mathematical Society". The proof used over 1000 hours of computer calculation.  


||1984 – George Gallup, American mathematician and statistician, founded the Gallup Company (b. 1901)
||1984: George Gallup dies ... mathematician and statistician, founded the Gallup Company.


||1989 – A federal grand jury indicts Cornell University student Robert T. Morris, Jr. for releasing the Morris worm, thus becoming the first person to be prosecuted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
||1989: A federal grand jury indicts Cornell University student Robert T. Morris, Jr. for releasing the Morris worm, thus becoming the first person to be prosecuted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.


File:Kodaira Kunihiko.jpg|link=Kunihiko Kodaira (nonfiction)|1997: Mathematician and academic [[Kunihiko Kodaira (nonfiction)|Kunihiko Kodaira]] dies. He did distinguished work in algebraic geometry and the theory of complex manifolds, winning the Fields medal in 1954.
File:Kodaira Kunihiko.jpg|link=Kunihiko Kodaira (nonfiction)|1997: Mathematician and academic [[Kunihiko Kodaira (nonfiction)|Kunihiko Kodaira]] dies. He did distinguished work in algebraic geometry and the theory of complex manifolds, winning the Fields medal in 1954.
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File:Skip Digits, Conductor.jpg|link=Skip Digits, Conductor|2001: Signed first edition of ''[[Skip Digits, Conductor]]'' sells for five million dollars; US Treasury investigators say money trail leads to [[Baron Zersetzung]].
File:Skip Digits, Conductor.jpg|link=Skip Digits, Conductor|2001: Signed first edition of ''[[Skip Digits, Conductor]]'' sells for five million dollars; US Treasury investigators say money trail leads to [[Baron Zersetzung]].


||Hilde Levi (d. 26 July 2003) was a German-Danish physicist. She was a pioneer of the use of radioactive isotopes in biology and medicine, notably the techniques of radiocarbon dating and autoradiography. In later life she became a scientific historian. Pic.
||2003: Hilde Levi dies ... physicist. She was a pioneer of the use of radioactive isotopes in biology and medicine, notably the techniques of radiocarbon dating and autoradiography. In later life she became a scientific historian. Pic.


||2004 – William A. Mitchell, American chemist, created Pop Rocks and Cool Whip (b. 1911)
||2004: William A. Mitchell dies ... chemist, created Pop Rocks and Cool Whip.


||2013 – Harley Flanders, American mathematician and academic (b. 1925)
||2013: Harley Flanders dies ... mathematician and academic.


||Roy Lee Adler (d. July 26, 2016) was an American mathematician. Adler studies dynamical systems, ergodic theory, symbolic and topological dynamics and coding theory. Pic.
||2016: Roy Lee Adler dies ... mathematician. He studied dynamical systems, ergodic theory, symbolic and topological dynamics and coding theory. Pic.


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  • 1502: Christian Egenolff born. He will be the first important printer and publisher operating from Frankfurt-am-Main.

    1502: Christian Egenolff born. He will be the first important printer and publisher operating from Frankfurt-am-Main.

  • 1525: Philosopher and crime-fighter Cesare Cremonini publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions based on rationalism and Aristotelian materialism, which he will soon use to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1525: Philosopher and crime-fighter Cesare Cremonini publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions based on rationalism and Aristotelian materialism, which he will soon use to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1894: Writer and philosopher Aldous Huxley born. He will be widely acknowledged as one of the pre-eminent intellectuals of his time.

    1894: Writer and philosopher Aldous Huxley born. He will be widely acknowledged as one of the pre-eminent intellectuals of his time.

  • 1918: Emmy Noether introduced what became known as Noether's theorem, from which conservation laws are deduced for symmetries of angular momentum, linear momentum, and energy.

    1918: Emmy Noether introduced what became known as Noether's theorem, from which conservation laws are deduced for symmetries of angular momentum, linear momentum, and energy.

  • 1923: Aircraft designer Igor Sikorsky demonstrates experimental helicopter which uses time crystals (nonfiction) to reduce fuel cost.

    1923: Aircraft designer Igor Sikorsky demonstrates experimental helicopter which uses time crystals (nonfiction) to reduce fuel cost.

  • 1925: Mathematician, logician, and philosopher Gottlob Frege dies. Though largely ignored during his lifetime, his work influenced later generations of logicians and philosophers.

    1925: Mathematician, logician, and philosopher Gottlob Frege dies. Though largely ignored during his lifetime, his work influenced later generations of logicians and philosophers.

  • 1941: Mathematician and academic Henri Lebesgue dies. He developed a theory of integration which generalizes the 17th century concept of integration (summing the area between an axis and the curve of a function defined for that axis).

    1941: Mathematician and academic Henri Lebesgue dies. He developed a theory of integration which generalizes the 17th century concept of integration (summing the area between an axis and the curve of a function defined for that axis).

  • 1948: The WAC Corporal becomes the first US rocket which detects and prevents crimes against mathematical constants in the ionosphere.

    1948: The WAC Corporal becomes the first US rocket which detects and prevents crimes against mathematical constants in the ionosphere.

  • 1997: Mathematician and academic Kunihiko Kodaira dies. He did distinguished work in algebraic geometry and the theory of complex manifolds, winning the Fields medal in 1954.

    1997: Mathematician and academic Kunihiko Kodaira dies. He did distinguished work in algebraic geometry and the theory of complex manifolds, winning the Fields medal in 1954.

  • 1999: Mathematician and crime-fighter Alice Beta warns US Treasury that musician and alleged math criminal Skip Digits is planning math crimes against the US dollar.

    1999: Mathematician and crime-fighter Alice Beta warns US Treasury that musician and alleged math criminal Skip Digits is planning math crimes against the US dollar.

  • 2000: Mathematician and academic John Tukey (nonfiction)|John Tukey dies. He made important contributions to statistical analysis, including the box plot.

    2000: Mathematician and academic John Tukey (nonfiction)|John Tukey dies. He made important contributions to statistical analysis, including the box plot.

  • 2001: Signed first edition of Skip Digits, Conductor sells for five million dollars; US Treasury investigators say money trail leads to Baron Zersetzung.

    2001: Signed first edition of Skip Digits, Conductor sells for five million dollars; US Treasury investigators say money trail leads to Baron Zersetzung.

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