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File:R. Budd Dwyer.jpg|link=R. Budd Dwyer (nonfiction)|1987:  Politician [[R. Budd Dwyer (nonfiction)|R. Budd Dwyer]] takes his own life during a press conference. Later that day, the event is broadcast on television.
File:R. Budd Dwyer.jpg|link=R. Budd Dwyer (nonfiction)|1987:  Politician [[R. Budd Dwyer (nonfiction)|R. Budd Dwyer]] takes his own life during a press conference. Later that day, the event is broadcast on television.
||1987: Patrick du Val dies ... mathematician, known for his work on algebraic geometry, differential geometry, and general relativity. The concept of Du Val singularity of an algebraic surface is named after him. Pic: http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Du_Val.html


||1989: Sydney Goldstein dies ... mathematician noted for his contribution to fluid dynamics, notably his work on steady-flow laminar boundary-layer equations and on the turbulent resistance to rotation of a disk in a fluid. Goldstein also contributed to aerodynamics. Pic: http://www.maths.manchester.ac.uk/about-us/history/sydney-goldstein/
||1989: Sydney Goldstein dies ... mathematician noted for his contribution to fluid dynamics, notably his work on steady-flow laminar boundary-layer equations and on the turbulent resistance to rotation of a disk in a fluid. Goldstein also contributed to aerodynamics. Pic: http://www.maths.manchester.ac.uk/about-us/history/sydney-goldstein/

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  • 1592: Mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and priest Pierre Gassendi born. He will clash with his contemporary Descartes on the possibility of certain knowledge.

    1592: Mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and priest Pierre Gassendi born. He will clash with his contemporary Descartes on the possibility of certain knowledge.

  • 1795: Inventor Claude Chappe uses the French semaphore system to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1795: Inventor Claude Chappe uses the French semaphore system to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1859: Mathematician Joseph Ludwig Raabe dies. He is best known for Raabe's ratio test, which determines the convergence or divergence of an infinite series, in some cases.

    1859: Mathematician Joseph Ludwig Raabe dies. He is best known for Raabe's ratio test, which determines the convergence or divergence of an infinite series, in some cases.

  • 1890: Electrical engineer, inventor, and crime-fighter Oliver Blackburn Shallenberger demonstrates new type of alternating current electrical meter which uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to detect and prevent crimes against physics.

    1890: Electrical engineer, inventor, and crime-fighter Oliver Blackburn Shallenberger demonstrates new type of alternating current electrical meter which uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to detect and prevent crimes against physics.

  • 1909: Chemist and academic Emil Erlenmeyer dies. He contributed to the early development of the theory of structure, formulating the Erlenmeyer rule, and designing the Erlenmeyer flask.

    1909: Chemist and academic Emil Erlenmeyer dies. He contributed to the early development of the theory of structure, formulating the Erlenmeyer rule, and designing the Erlenmeyer flask.

  • 1904: Mathematician and Anglican theologian George Salmon dies. He worked in algebraic geometry for two decades, then devoted the last forty years of his life to theology.

    1904: Mathematician and Anglican theologian George Salmon dies. He worked in algebraic geometry for two decades, then devoted the last forty years of his life to theology.

  • 1953: The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho used to power experimental scrying engine which unexpectedly previews the upcoming arrest of George Metesky.

    1953: The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho used to power experimental scrying engine which unexpectedly previews the upcoming arrest of George Metesky.

  • 1957: The New York City "Mad Bomber", George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and is charged with planting more than 30 bombs.

    1957: The New York City "Mad Bomber", George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and is charged with planting more than 30 bombs.

  • 1967: Performance artist and crime-fighter Brion Gysin uses hand-held scrying engine to detect and prevent crimes against poetry.

    1967: Performance artist and crime-fighter Brion Gysin uses hand-held scrying engine to detect and prevent crimes against poetry.

  • 1987: Politician R. Budd Dwyer takes his own life during a press conference. Later that day, the event is broadcast on television.

    1987: Politician R. Budd Dwyer takes his own life during a press conference. Later that day, the event is broadcast on television.

  • 2018: Steganographic analysis of Humpty Dumpty At Bat reveals formula for Extract of Radium.

    2018: Steganographic analysis of Humpty Dumpty At Bat reveals formula for Extract of Radium.

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