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|| | ||1532: Wilhelm Xylander born ... classical scholar and humanist. Pic. | ||
||1780: Mary Somerville born ... mathematician, astronomer, and author. | ||1780: Mary Somerville born ... mathematician, astronomer, and author. | ||
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File:Scrimshaw binge residue.jpg|link=Scrimshaw abuse|2016: Survey data reveals widespread [[Scrimshaw abuse|Scrimshaw binging]] the day after Christmas. | File:Scrimshaw binge residue.jpg|link=Scrimshaw abuse|2016: Survey data reveals widespread [[Scrimshaw abuse|Scrimshaw binging]] the day after Christmas. | ||
||2016: Frances Gabe dies ... artist and inventor ... self-cleaning house. Pic search good: https://www.google.com/search?q=frances+gabe | |||
File:Blue Foliage 2.jpg|link=Blue Foliage 2 (nonfiction)|2017: Steganographic analysis of ''[[Blue Foliage 2 (nonfiction)|Blue Foliage 2]]'' unexpectedly reveals "at least five kilobytes" of encrypted data. | File:Blue Foliage 2.jpg|link=Blue Foliage 2 (nonfiction)|2017: Steganographic analysis of ''[[Blue Foliage 2 (nonfiction)|Blue Foliage 2]]'' unexpectedly reveals "at least five kilobytes" of encrypted data. | ||
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1791: Polymath Charles Babbage born. He will construct mechanical computers which anticipate the concept of programmable digital computers.
1896: Physician and physiologist Emil du Bois-Reymond dies. He discovered nerve action potential, and developed experimental electrophysiology.
1898: Marie and Pierre Curie announce the isolation of radium.
1899: Engineer and crime-fighter Gustave Eiffel uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to detect and prevent crimes against physics.
2006: Physicist and mathematician Martin David Kruskal dies. He made fundamental contributions in many areas of mathematics and science, including the discovery and theory of solitons.
2016: Survey data reveals widespread Scrimshaw binging the day after Christmas.
2017: Steganographic analysis of Blue Foliage 2 unexpectedly reveals "at least five kilobytes" of encrypted data.