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1656: Mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer Jean-Baptiste Morin dies.
1872: Mathematician and crime-fighter Alfred Clebsch publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which use algebraic geometry and invariant theory to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1944: Plutonium is first produced at the Hanford Atomic Facility and subsequently used in the Fat Man atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.
1971: The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.
1973: The Pioneer 10 space probe begins taking photographs of Jupiter. A total of about 500 images will be transmitted.
1976: An episode of Euglena Junction shocks viewers when the actor playing the role of Uncle Joe dies on set after eating too many rotifers.
2015: Advances in zero-knowledge proof theory "are central to the problem of mathematical reliability," says mathematician and crime-fighter Janet Beta.
2017: Signed first edition of Ursa Nano sells for undisclosed amount in charity auction to benefit victims of crimes against light. The buyer is reported to be "a prominent mathematician living in New Minneapolis, Canada."