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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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||1886: Michael Fekete born ... mathematician and academic. Pic.
||1886: Michael Fekete born ... mathematician and academic. Pic.
File:Niles Cartouchian 2.jpg|link=Niles Cartouchian|1893: Famed gem detective and diplomat [[Niles Cartouchian]] foils villains, returns stolen relics, brokers peace accord.


File:Aleksandr Khinchin.gif|link=Aleksandr Khinchin (nonfiction)|1894: Mathematician and academic [[Aleksandr Khinchin (nonfiction)|Aleksandr Khinchin]] born. He will become one of the founders of modern probability theory.
File:Aleksandr Khinchin.gif|link=Aleksandr Khinchin (nonfiction)|1894: Mathematician and academic [[Aleksandr Khinchin (nonfiction)|Aleksandr Khinchin]] born. He will become one of the founders of modern probability theory.


||1894: Percy Spencer born ... physicist and inventor of the microwave oven. Pic search.
||1894: Percy Spencer born ... physicist and inventor of the microwave oven. Pic search.
File:Radium Jane.jpg|link=Radium Jane|1895: Celebrity time-traveller [[Radium Jane]] says that [[Extract of Radium]] gives her the steady nerves she needs to fight [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1900: The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
||1900: The first line of the Paris Métro opens for operation.
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File:Hugh Everett III.jpg|link=Hugh Everett III (nonfiction)|1982: Physicist [[Hugh Everett III (nonfiction)|Hugh Everett III]] dies. He proposed the many-worlds interpretation (MWI) of quantum physics.
File:Hugh Everett III.jpg|link=Hugh Everett III (nonfiction)|1982: Physicist [[Hugh Everett III (nonfiction)|Hugh Everett III]] dies. He proposed the many-worlds interpretation (MWI) of quantum physics.
File:Lorenz_attractor_trajectory-through-phase-space.gif|link=Lorenz system (nonfiction)|1984: New type of [[Lorenz system (nonfiction)|Lorenz system]] displays artificial intelligence, forecasts [[crimes against mathematical constants]] up to ten megabytes per fluid minute in advance.


||2002: Arthur Lee Loeb dies ... scientist and crystallographer. His life's work involved the articulation of a language of spatial patterns. His language, which he described as "Visual Mathematics" and "Design Science," led to lifelong collaboration with innovators such as R. Buckminster Fuller and M.C. Escher. Pic search.
||2002: Arthur Lee Loeb dies ... scientist and crystallographer. His life's work involved the articulation of a language of spatial patterns. His language, which he described as "Visual Mathematics" and "Design Science," led to lifelong collaboration with innovators such as R. Buckminster Fuller and M.C. Escher. Pic search.
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||2011: Rosalyn Sussman Yalow dies ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic (cool tech).
||2011: Rosalyn Sussman Yalow dies ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic (cool tech).
Two_Creatures_2.jpg|link=Two Creatures 2 (nonfiction)|2017: ''[[Two Creatures 2 (nonfiction)|Two Creatures 2]]'' voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]].
   
   
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  • 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.

    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.

    1814: Engineer and businessman Samuel Colt born. He will found Colt's Manufacturing Company.

  • 1894: Mathematician and academic Aleksandr Khinchin born. He will become one of the founders of modern probability theory.

    1894: Mathematician and academic Aleksandr Khinchin born. He will become one of the founders of modern probability theory.

  • 1982: Physicist Hugh Everett III dies. He proposed the many-worlds interpretation (MWI) of quantum physics.

    1982: Physicist Hugh Everett III dies. He proposed the many-worlds interpretation (MWI) of quantum physics.

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