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1528: Painter, engraver, and mathematician Albrecht Dürer dies. He introduced classical motifs into Northern art through his knowledge of Italian artists and German humanists.
1749: Mathematician, philosopher, and crime-fighter Thomas Bayes uses statistical methods to predict and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1793: During the French Revolution, the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic.
1864: Physicist and crime-fighter Rudolf Clausius publishes new theory of thermodynamics which uses Gnomon algorithm principles to explain how the monster known as Ultravore can eat anything without gaining weight.
1889: Physicist and crime-fighter Petrus Leonardus Rijke invents the Rijke tube, which neutralizes crimes against audio constants by creating a self-quantumizing standing wave.
1926: American comic book artist Gil Kane born.
1946: Enrico Fermi discovers new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1992: Writer Isaac Asimov dies. He was considered one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers during his lifetime.
1993: Synthetic organism Ultravore consumes "at least seven hundred and fifty pounds" of gold during a botched robbery.
2003: Computer scientist Anita Borg dies. She founded Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology.
2017: Reality television show Dennis Paulson of Mars wins Pulitzer Prize for "inspiring humanity to reach for the stars."

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 ||1890: Anthony Fokker born ... engineer and businessman, founded Fokker Aircraft Manufacturer. Pic.
+||1892: Donald Wills Douglas, Sr. born ... engineer and businessman, founded the Douglas Aircraft Company. Pic.
 ||1903: Harold Eugene Edgerton born ... engineer and academic. Pic.