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File:Albertus Magnus.jpg|link=Albertus Magnus (nonfiction)|1280: Bishop, theologian, and philosopher [[Albertus Magnus (nonfiction)|Albertus Magnus]] dies. He was known during his lifetime as ''doctor universalis'' and ''doctor expertus'' and, late in his life, the term ''magnus'' was appended to his name. | File:Albertus Magnus.jpg|link=Albertus Magnus (nonfiction)|1280: Bishop, theologian, and philosopher [[Albertus Magnus (nonfiction)|Albertus Magnus]] dies. He was known during his lifetime as ''doctor universalis'' and ''doctor expertus'' and, late in his life, the term ''magnus'' was appended to his name. | ||
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File:Johannes Kepler 1610.jpg|link=Johannes Kepler (nonfiction)|1630: Mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer [[Johannes Kepler (nonfiction)|Johannes Kepler]] born. He discovered laws of planetary motion. | File:Johannes Kepler 1610.jpg|link=Johannes Kepler (nonfiction)|1630: Mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer [[Johannes Kepler (nonfiction)|Johannes Kepler]] born. He discovered laws of planetary motion. | ||
||1738: William Herschel born . | File:William Herschel.jpg|link=William Herschel (nonfiction)|1738: Astronomer and composer [[William Herschel (nonfiction)|William Herschel]] born. Herschel discovered the planet Uranus and its two moons, formulated a theory of stellar evolution, and suggested that nebulae are composed of stars. | ||
||1793: Michel Chasles born ... mathematician and academic. Pic. | ||1793: Michel Chasles born ... mathematician and academic. Pic. | ||
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File:Bauernrauferei beim Kartenspiel Adriaen Brouwer.jpg|link=Donnybrook (nonfiction)|1894: [[Donnybrook (nonfiction)|Donnybrook]] breaks out, [[Extract of Radium]] abuse suspected. | File:Bauernrauferei beim Kartenspiel Adriaen Brouwer.jpg|link=Donnybrook (nonfiction)|1894: [[Donnybrook (nonfiction)|Donnybrook]] breaks out, [[Extract of Radium]] abuse suspected. | ||
||1894: Mikhail Yakovlevich Suslin born ... mathematician who made major contributions to the fields of general topology and descriptive set theory. His name is especially associated to Suslin's problem, a question relating to totally ordered sets | ||1894: Mikhail Yakovlevich Suslin born ... mathematician who made major contributions to the fields of general topology and descriptive set theory. His name is especially associated to Suslin's problem, a question relating to totally ordered sets. Pic. | ||
||1896: Horia Hulubei born ... nuclear physicist, known for his contributions to the development of X-ray spectroscopy. Pic. | ||1896: Horia Hulubei born ... nuclear physicist, known for his contributions to the development of X-ray spectroscopy. Pic. | ||
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||1979: A package from Unabomber Ted Kaczynski begins smoking in the cargo hold of a flight from Chicago to Washington, D.C., forcing the plane to make an emergency landing. | ||1979: A package from Unabomber Ted Kaczynski begins smoking in the cargo hold of a flight from Chicago to Washington, D.C., forcing the plane to make an emergency landing. | ||
||1979: Art historian Anthony Blunt's wartime role as a Soviet spy is revealed in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. | ||1979: Art historian Anthony Blunt's wartime role as a Soviet spy is revealed in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Pic. | ||
File:Walter_Heitler.jpg|link=Walter Heitler (nonfiction)|1981: Physicist and chemist [[Walter Heitler (nonfiction)|Walter Heinrich Heitler]] dies. He made contributions to quantum electrodynamics and quantum field theory, bringing chemistry under quantum mechanics through his theory of valence bonding. | File:Walter_Heitler.jpg|link=Walter Heitler (nonfiction)|1981: Physicist and chemist [[Walter Heitler (nonfiction)|Walter Heinrich Heitler]] dies. He made contributions to quantum electrodynamics and quantum field theory, bringing chemistry under quantum mechanics through his theory of valence bonding. | ||
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1280: Bishop, theologian, and philosopher Albertus Magnus dies. He was known during his lifetime as doctor universalis and doctor expertus and, late in his life, the term magnus was appended to his name.
1797: Philosopher and crime-fighter Red Eyes Fighting defeats gang of math criminals in close-quarters combat.
1630: Mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer Johannes Kepler born. He discovered laws of planetary motion.
1738: Astronomer and composer William Herschel born. Herschel discovered the planet Uranus and its two moons, formulated a theory of stellar evolution, and suggested that nebulae are composed of stars.
1894: Donnybrook breaks out, Extract of Radium abuse suspected.
1981: Physicist and chemist Walter Heinrich Heitler dies. He made contributions to quantum electrodynamics and quantum field theory, bringing chemistry under quantum mechanics through his theory of valence bonding.
2015: Extract of Radium installs automated vending machines at all San Francisco Muni stations.
2016: San Francisco Muni hack begins, data held hostage for ransom.
2016: Artificial intelligence Killer Poke denies involvement in San Francisco Muni hack.
2017: Signed first edition of Pinwheel Diagram stolen from City Hall in New Minneapolis, Canada by agents of the Forbidden Ratio gang.