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||1258: Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed.
||1258: Baghdad falls to the Mongols, and the Abbasid Caliphate is destroyed.
File:Giovanni Antonio Magini.jpg|link=Giovanni Antonio Magini (nonfiction)|1575: Mathematician, astronomer, and crime-fighter [[Giovanni Antonio Magini (nonfiction)|Giovanni Antonio Magini]] promotes the geocentric system of the world, failing to understand the nature of [[crimes against astronomical constants]].


||1576: Wilhelm Xylander dies ... classical scholar and humanist. Pic.
||1576: Wilhelm Xylander dies ... classical scholar and humanist. Pic.
File:René Descartes.jpg|link=René Descartes (nonfiction)|1630: Mathematician and alleged time-traveller [[René Descartes (nonfiction)|René Descartes]] publishes new theory of mind and reason which anticipates modern [[Gnomon algorithm]] techniques for detecting and preventing [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1747: Aida Yasuaki born ... mathematician in the Edo period. He made significant contributions to the fields of number theory and geometry, and furthered methods for simplifying continued fractions. Pic.
||1747: Aida Yasuaki born ... mathematician in the Edo period. He made significant contributions to the fields of number theory and geometry, and furthered methods for simplifying continued fractions. Pic.
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File:David Brewster.jpg|link=David Brewster (nonfiction)|1868: Physicist, mathematician, astronomer, inventor, and writer [[David Brewster (nonfiction)|David Brewster]] dies.
File:David Brewster.jpg|link=David Brewster (nonfiction)|1868: Physicist, mathematician, astronomer, inventor, and writer [[David Brewster (nonfiction)|David Brewster]] dies.
File:Mark Twain by Abdullah Frères, 1867.jpg|link=Mark Twain (nonfiction)|1900: [[Mark Twain (nonfiction)|Mark Twain]] declines to invest in [[transdimensional corporation]], denounces offer as "a pyramid scheme of Pharaonic proportions."


File:Wilhelm Röntgen.jpg|link=Wilhelm Röntgen (nonfiction)|1845: Engineer and physicist [[Wilhelm Röntgen (nonfiction)|Wilhelm Röntgen]] dies.  He won the first Nobel Prize in Physics, for the discovery of X-rays.
File:Wilhelm Röntgen.jpg|link=Wilhelm Röntgen (nonfiction)|1845: Engineer and physicist [[Wilhelm Röntgen (nonfiction)|Wilhelm Röntgen]] dies.  He won the first Nobel Prize in Physics, for the discovery of X-rays.
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|File:Chrome Plover early publicity photo.jpg|link=Chrome Plover|1957: [[Chrome Plover]], the famous [[musical electroplating ensemble]], performs new work based on [[Gnomon algorithm functions]].
|File:Chrome Plover early publicity photo.jpg|link=Chrome Plover|1957: [[Chrome Plover]], the famous [[musical electroplating ensemble]], performs new work based on [[Gnomon algorithm functions]].
File:Alexander Andreevich Samarskii.jpg|link=Alexander Andreevich Samarskii (nonfiction)|1961: Mathematician and [[APTO]] field engineer [[Alexander Andreevich Samarskii (nonfiction)|Alexander Andreevich Samarskii]] discovers a new class of [[Gnomon algorithm]] functions which use finite difference methods to detect and prevent [[Crimes against physical constants|unlicensed nuclear warfare]].


||1962: Roy Lichtenstein's first solo exhibition opens; it includes Look Mickey, which features his first employment of Ben-Day dots, speech balloons and comic imagery sourcing, all of which he is now known for. Pic.
||1962: Roy Lichtenstein's first solo exhibition opens; it includes Look Mickey, which features his first employment of Ben-Day dots, speech balloons and comic imagery sourcing, all of which he is now known for. Pic.
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||2009: The communications satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 collide in orbit, destroying both.
||2009: The communications satellites Iridium 33 and Kosmos 2251 collide in orbit, destroying both.


Green City Skyline.jpg|link=Green City Skyline (nonfiction)|2017: ''[[Green City Skyline (nonfiction)|Green City Skyline]]'' voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]].
 


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  • 1868: Physicist, mathematician, astronomer, inventor, and writer David Brewster dies.

    1868: Physicist, mathematician, astronomer, inventor, and writer David Brewster dies.

  • 1845: Engineer and physicist Wilhelm Röntgen dies. He won the first Nobel Prize in Physics, for the discovery of X-rays.

    1845: Engineer and physicist Wilhelm Röntgen dies. He won the first Nobel Prize in Physics, for the discovery of X-rays.

  • 1891: Mathematician and physicist Sofia Kovalevskaya dies. Kovalevskaya made noteworthy contributions to analysis, partial differential equations and mechanics.

    1891: Mathematician and physicist Sofia Kovalevskaya dies. Kovalevskaya made noteworthy contributions to analysis, partial differential equations and mechanics.

  • 1902: Physicist and academic Walter Houser Brattain born. He will share the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956 "for research on semiconductors and the discovery of the transistor effect."

    1902: Physicist and academic Walter Houser Brattain born. He will share the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1956 "for research on semiconductors and the discovery of the transistor effect."

  • 1912: Surgeon and scientist Joseph Lister dies. He pioneered antiseptic surgery, performing the first antiseptic surgery in 1865.

    1912: Surgeon and scientist Joseph Lister dies. He pioneered antiseptic surgery, performing the first antiseptic surgery in 1865.

  • 1913: Nuclear physicist Arnold Flammersfeld born. Flammersfeld will work on the German nuclear energy project during World War II.

    1913: Nuclear physicist Arnold Flammersfeld born. Flammersfeld will work on the German nuclear energy project during World War II.

  • 1952: Inventor Edward Hugh Hebern dies. He was a pioneer of rotor encryption machines.

    1952: Inventor Edward Hugh Hebern dies. He was a pioneer of rotor encryption machines.

  • 1962: Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.

    1962: Captured American U2 spy-plane pilot Gary Powers is exchanged for captured Soviet spy Rudolf Abel.

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