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||1755: Paolo Mascagni born ... physician and anatomist. Pic.
||1755: Paolo Mascagni born ... physician and anatomist. Pic.
File:George Cayley.jpg|link=George Cayley (nonfiction)|1793: Engineer [[George Cayley (nonfiction)|George Cayley]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which simulate the flight of [[Petrel (nonfiction)|petrels]]. He will later forecast the emergence of the [[SOEP]] cartel.


||1794: François-Vincent Raspail born ... chemist, physician, physiologist, and lawyer. Pic.
||1794: François-Vincent Raspail born ... chemist, physician, physiologist, and lawyer. Pic.
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File:Charles Grafton Page.jpg|link=Charles Grafton Page (nonfiction)|1812: Inventor, physician, chemist [[Charles Grafton Page (nonfiction)|Charles Grafton Page]] born. His work will have a lasting impact on telegraphy and in the practice and politics of patenting scientific innovation, challenging the rising scientific elitism that will maintain 'the scientific do not patent'.
File:Charles Grafton Page.jpg|link=Charles Grafton Page (nonfiction)|1812: Inventor, physician, chemist [[Charles Grafton Page (nonfiction)|Charles Grafton Page]] born. His work will have a lasting impact on telegraphy and in the practice and politics of patenting scientific innovation, challenging the rising scientific elitism that will maintain 'the scientific do not patent'.
File:Wallace War-Heels.jpg|link=Wallace War-Heels|1842: [[Wallace War-Heels]] rescues runaway stagecoach, then robs the occupants of one-third of their money and possessions.


||1843: Karl Hermann Amandus Schwarz born ... mathematician, known for his work in complex analysis. Pic.
||1843: Karl Hermann Amandus Schwarz born ... mathematician, known for his work in complex analysis. Pic.
File:Edward Davy.jpg|link=Edward Davy (nonfiction)|1853: Physician, scientist, inventor, and crime-fighter [[Edward Davy (nonfiction)|Edward Davy]] receives a patent for his new electric relay, which uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] techniques to detect and prevent [[crimes against physics]].


||1854: August Otto Föppl born ... engineer credited with introducing the Föppl–Klammer theory and the Föppl–von Kármán equations (large deflection of elastic plates). Pic.
||1854: August Otto Föppl born ... engineer credited with introducing the Föppl–Klammer theory and the Föppl–von Kármán equations (large deflection of elastic plates). Pic.
File:Arthur Cayley.jpg|link=Arthur Cayley (nonfiction)|1855: Mathematician crime-fighter [[Arthur Cayley (nonfiction)|Arthur Cayley]] uses the concept of a group in the modern way, as a set with a binary operation satisfying certain laws, to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1855: Mathematician and academic Karl Rohn born.  He studied algebraic space curves and completed the classification work of Georges Halphen and Max Noether. Pic.
||1855: Mathematician and academic Karl Rohn born.  He studied algebraic space curves and completed the classification work of Georges Halphen and Max Noether. Pic.
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||1935: Alfred Loewy dies ... mathematician who worked on representation theory. Loewy rings, Loewy length, Loewy decomposition and Loewy series are named after him. Pic: http://www.learn-math.info/mathematicians/historyDetail.htm?id=Loewy
||1935: Alfred Loewy dies ... mathematician who worked on representation theory. Loewy rings, Loewy length, Loewy decomposition and Loewy series are named after him. Pic: http://www.learn-math.info/mathematicians/historyDetail.htm?id=Loewy


File:ENIAC Empty-Noise-Into Alien-Communication.jpg|link=ENIAC (SETI)|1940: ENIAC ("[[Empty Noise Into Alien Communication]]") uses [[scrying engine]] techniques to pre-visualize the [[Wow! signal (nonfiction)|Wow! signal]].
||File:ENIAC Empty-Noise-Into Alien-Communication.jpg|link=ENIAC (SETI)|1940: ENIAC ("[[Empty Noise Into Alien Communication]]") uses [[scrying engine]] techniques to pre-visualize the [[Wow! signal (nonfiction)|Wow! signal]].


||1947: Al Capone dies ... gangster and mob boss.
||1947: Al Capone dies ... gangster and mob boss.
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||1957: Kiyoshi Shiga dies ... physician and bacteriologist ... famous for the discovery of Shigella dysenteriae, the organism that causes dysentery, in 1897, during a severe epidemic in which more than 90,000 cases were reported, with a mortality rate approaching 30%. Pic.
||1957: Kiyoshi Shiga dies ... physician and bacteriologist ... famous for the discovery of Shigella dysenteriae, the organism that causes dysentery, in 1897, during a severe epidemic in which more than 90,000 cases were reported, with a mortality rate approaching 30%. Pic.
File:Ayn_Rand_Shrugged_-_by_Sisyphus.jpg|link=Ayn Rand Shrugged|1957: Publication of '''''[[Ayn Rand Shrugged]]''''', a historical novel by Sisyphus about author Ayn Rand.


||1960: Beno Gutenberg dies ... seismologist who made several important contributions to the science. He was a colleague and mentor of Charles Francis Richter at the California Institute of Technology and Richter's collaborator in developing the Richter magnitude scale for measuring an earthquake's magnitude. Pic.
||1960: Beno Gutenberg dies ... seismologist who made several important contributions to the science. He was a colleague and mentor of Charles Francis Richter at the California Institute of Technology and Richter's collaborator in developing the Richter magnitude scale for measuring an earthquake's magnitude. Pic.

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  • 1736: Mathematician and astronomer Joseph-Louis Lagrange born. He will make significant contributions to the fields of analysis, number theory, and both classical and celestial mechanics.

    1736: Mathematician and astronomer Joseph-Louis Lagrange born. He will make significant contributions to the fields of analysis, number theory, and both classical and celestial mechanics.

  • 1812: Inventor, physician, chemist Charles Grafton Page born. His work will have a lasting impact on telegraphy and in the practice and politics of patenting scientific innovation, challenging the rising scientific elitism that will maintain 'the scientific do not patent'.

    1812: Inventor, physician, chemist Charles Grafton Page born. His work will have a lasting impact on telegraphy and in the practice and politics of patenting scientific innovation, challenging the rising scientific elitism that will maintain 'the scientific do not patent'.

  • 1915: Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.

    1915: Alexander Graham Bell inaugurates U.S. transcontinental telephone service, speaking from New York to Thomas Watson in San Francisco.

  • 1947: Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.

    1947: Thomas Goldsmith Jr. files a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.

  • 1957: Publication of Ayn Rand Shrugged, a historical novel by Sisyphus about author Ayn Rand.

    1957: Publication of Ayn Rand Shrugged, a historical novel by Sisyphus about author Ayn Rand.

  • 1995: The Norwegian rocket incident: Russia almost launches a nuclear attack after it mistakes Black Brant XII, a Norwegian research rocket, for a US Trident missile.

    1995: The Norwegian rocket incident: Russia almost launches a nuclear attack after it mistakes Black Brant XII, a Norwegian research rocket, for a US Trident missile.

  • 2004: Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity lands on Mars and rolls into Eagle crater, a small crater on the Meridiani Planum.

    2004: Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity lands on Mars and rolls into Eagle crater, a small crater on the Meridiani Planum.

  • 2017: Dennis Paulson of Mars celebrates the thirteenth anniversary of the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity landing on Mars and rolling into Eagle crater.

    2017: Dennis Paulson of Mars celebrates the thirteenth anniversary of the Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity landing on Mars and rolling into Eagle crater.

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