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||2005: Dmitry Yevgenyevich Okhotsimsky dies ... aerospace engineer and scientist who was the pioneer of space ballistics in the USSR. He wrote fundamental works in applied celestial mechanics, spaceflight dynamics and robotics. Pic.
||2005: Dmitry Yevgenyevich Okhotsimsky dies ... aerospace engineer and scientist who was the pioneer of space ballistics in the USSR. He wrote fundamental works in applied celestial mechanics, spaceflight dynamics and robotics. Pic.


||2006: Joseph Barbera dies ... animator, director, and producer, co-founded Hanna-Barbera.
||2006: Joseph Barbera dies ... animator, director, and producer, co-founded Hanna-Barbera. Pic.


||2008: Mark Felt dies ... FBI agent and informant.
||2008: Mark Felt dies ... FBI agent and informant.

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  • 1661: Scientist, inventor, and industrialist Christopher Polhem born. He will make significant contributions to the economic and industrial development of Sweden, particularly mining.

    1661: Scientist, inventor, and industrialist Christopher Polhem born. He will make significant contributions to the economic and industrial development of Sweden, particularly mining.

  • 1799: Mathematician and theorist Jean-Étienne Montucla dies. His deep interest in history of mathematics became apparent with his publication of Histoire des Mathématiques, the first part appearing in 1758.

    1799: Mathematician and theorist Jean-Étienne Montucla dies. His deep interest in history of mathematics became apparent with his publication of Histoire des Mathématiques, the first part appearing in 1758.

  • 1856: Physicist and academic J. J. Thomson born. His research in cathode rays will lead to the discovery of the electron. Thomson will also discover the first evidence for isotopes of a stable element.

    1856: Physicist and academic J. J. Thomson born. His research in cathode rays will lead to the discovery of the electron. Thomson will also discover the first evidence for isotopes of a stable element.

  • 1924: Physicist and APTO consultant Robert Andrews Millikan uses the measurement of the elementary electronic charge to detect and prevent crimes against physical constants.

    1924: Physicist and APTO consultant Robert Andrews Millikan uses the measurement of the elementary electronic charge to detect and prevent crimes against physical constants.

  • 1956: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised address to the nation, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "math-crimes complex."

    1956: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised address to the nation, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "math-crimes complex."

  • 1958: Project SCORE, the world's first communications satellite, is launched.

    1958: Project SCORE, the world's first communications satellite, is launched.

  • 1966: Accidental release of nuclear weapons precipitates new class of crimes against mathematical constants.

    1966: Accidental release of nuclear weapons precipitates new class of crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1995: Physicist Nathan Rosen dies. He developed the idea of the Einstein–Rosen bridge, later named the wormhole.

    1995: Physicist Nathan Rosen dies. He developed the idea of the Einstein–Rosen bridge, later named the wormhole.

  • 1995: Engineer, inventor, and pioneering computer scientist Konrad Zuse dies. He invent the Z3, the world's first working programmable, fully automatic computer.

    1995: Engineer, inventor, and pioneering computer scientist Konrad Zuse dies. He invent the Z3, the world's first working programmable, fully automatic computer.

  • 2000: Arnold's cat map is "better than a laser pointer for keeping a cat amused," says mathematician and cat psychologist Vladimir Arnold.

    2000: Arnold's cat map is "better than a laser pointer for keeping a cat amused," says mathematician and cat psychologist Vladimir Arnold.

  • 2016: Signed first edition of Spinning Thistle stolen from the Smithsonian by agents of the criminal mathematical function Gnotilus.

    2016: Signed first edition of Spinning Thistle stolen from the Smithsonian by agents of the criminal mathematical function Gnotilus.

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