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1048: Polymath, scholar, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet Omar Khayyám born.
1661: Mathematician William Oughtred uses Gnomon algorithm functions to detect crimes against mathematical constants.
1711: Polymath Roger Joseph Boscovich born. He will be a physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, poet, theologian, and Jesuit priest.
1822: Photographer and journalist Mathew Brady born. He will be one of the first American photographers, best known for his scenes of the Civil War.
1871: Gem detective and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde accuses Niles Cartouchian of manufacturing illegal time crystals (nonfiction).
1872: Philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic and political activist Bertrand Russell born.
1902: "Fightin'" Bert Russell agrees to fight three rounds of bare-knuckled boxing at World Peace Conference.
2016: Cowries voted Image of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

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 ||1302: Bruges Matins, the nocturnal massacre of the French garrison in Bruges by members of the local Flemish militia.
-||1593: Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe.
+||1593: Playwright Thomas Kyd's accusations of heresy lead to an arrest warrant for Christopher Marlowe. Pic (Marlowe).
 ||1610: Stefano della Bella born ... engraver and etcher.