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||1898: Karl Ziegler born ... chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||1898: Karl Ziegler born ... chemist and engineer, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||
||1901: William Sterling "Deak" Parsons born . | Image needed|link=|1901: [[William Sterling Parsons (nonfiction)|American naval officer William Sterling "Deak" Parsons born. Parsons will serve as an ordnance expert on the Manhattan Project during World War II. | ||
||1918: Francis Harry Hinsley born ... historian and cryptanalyst. He worked at Bletchley Park during the Second World War and wrote widely on the history of international relations and British Intelligence during the Second World War. Pic. | ||1918: Francis Harry Hinsley born ... historian and cryptanalyst. He worked at Bletchley Park during the Second World War and wrote widely on the history of international relations and British Intelligence during the Second World War. Pic. | ||
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||1999: John L. Kelley dies ... mathematician at University of California, Berkeley who worked in general topology and functional analysis. Pic. | ||1999: John L. Kelley dies ... mathematician at University of California, Berkeley who worked in general topology and functional analysis. Pic. | ||
File:Fermentation.jpg|link=Fermentation|Signed first edition of '''''[[Fermentation]]''''' stolen from the Louvre in a daring broad-daylight robbery by criminal mathematical generated by the [[Forbidden Ratio]] gang. | |||
File:Mars_Science_Laboratory.jpg|link=Mars Science Laboratory (nonfiction)|2011: The [[Mars Science Laboratory (nonfiction)|Mars Science Laboratory]] launches to Mars with the ''Curiosity'' Rover. | File:Mars_Science_Laboratory.jpg|link=Mars Science Laboratory (nonfiction)|2011: The [[Mars Science Laboratory (nonfiction)|Mars Science Laboratory]] launches to Mars with the ''Curiosity'' Rover. |
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1678: Geophysicist, astronomer, and biologist Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan born. His observations and experiments will inspire the beginning of what will be known as the study of biological circadian rhythms.
1753: Mathematician and APTO theorist Abraham de Moivre publishes new edition of his book on probability theory, The Doctrine of Chances, with an addendum on applications of Gnomon algorithm functions to the psychology of crimes against mathematical constants.
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American naval officer William Sterling "Deak" Parsons born. Parsons will serve as an ordnance expert on the Manhattan Project during World War II.
Signed first edition of Fermentation stolen from the Louvre in a daring broad-daylight robbery by criminal mathematical generated by the Forbidden Ratio gang.
2011: The Mars Science Laboratory launches to Mars with the Curiosity Rover.