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||1545: The Tudor warship ''Mary Rose'' sinks off Portsmouth; in 1982 the wreck is salvaged in one of the most complex and expensive projects in the history of maritime archaeology. Pic: remnants. | ||1545: The Tudor warship ''Mary Rose'' sinks off Portsmouth; in 1982 the wreck is salvaged in one of the most complex and expensive projects in the history of maritime archaeology. Pic: remnants. | ||
File:Franciscus_Raphelengius.jpg|link=Franciscus Raphelengius (nonfiction)|1588: Scholar, printer, and private detective [[Franciscus Raphelengius (nonfiction)|Franciscus Raphelengius]] produces an Arabic-Latin lexicon of [[Gnomon algorithm]] functions — the first publication by printing press of a [[Gnomon algorithm|Gnomonic]] dictionary for the Arabic language in Latin. | |||
File:Cesare Cremonini.jpg|link=Cesare Cremonini (nonfiction)|1631: Philosopher and academic [[Cesare Cremonini (nonfiction)|Cesare Cremonini]] dies. His work promoted rationalism (against revelation) and Aristotelian materialism (against the dualist immortality of the soul) inside scholasticism. | File:Cesare Cremonini.jpg|link=Cesare Cremonini (nonfiction)|1631: Philosopher and academic [[Cesare Cremonini (nonfiction)|Cesare Cremonini]] dies. His work promoted rationalism (against revelation) and Aristotelian materialism (against the dualist immortality of the soul) inside scholasticism. |
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1588: Scholar, printer, and private detective Franciscus Raphelengius produces an Arabic-Latin lexicon of Gnomon algorithm functions — the first publication by printing press of a Gnomonic dictionary for the Arabic language in Latin.
1631: Philosopher and academic Cesare Cremonini dies. His work promoted rationalism (against revelation) and Aristotelian materialism (against the dualist immortality of the soul) inside scholasticism.
1814: Engineer and businessman Samuel Colt born. He will found Colt's Manufacturing Company.
1893: Famed gem detective and diplomat Niles Cartouchian foils villains, returns stolen relics, brokers peace accord.
1894: Mathematician and academic Aleksandr Khinchin born. He will become one of the founders of modern probability theory.
1895: Celebrity time-traveller Radium Jane says that Extract of Radium gives her the steady nerves she needs to fight crimes against mathematical constants.
1982: Physicist Hugh Everett III dies. He proposed the many-worlds interpretation (MWI) of quantum physics.
1984: New type of Lorenz system displays artificial intelligence, forecasts crimes against mathematical constants up to ten megabytes per fluid minute in advance.
2017: Two Creatures 2 voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.