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File:Federico Commandino.jpg|link=Federico Commandino (nonfiction)|1575:  Mathematician [[Federico Commandino (nonfiction)|Federico Commandino]] born. He will gain fame for his central role as translator of works of ancient mathematicians.
File:Federico Commandino.jpg|link=Federico Commandino (nonfiction)|1575:  Mathematician [[Federico Commandino (nonfiction)|Federico Commandino]] born. He will gain fame for his central role as translator of works of ancient mathematicians.
File:Galileo Galilei.jpg|link=Galileo Galilei|1588: Astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, mathematician, and crime-fighter [[Galileo Galilei]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] techniques to locate alleged supervillain [[Anarchimedes]].


File:Henry Oldenburg.jpg|link=Henry Oldenburg (nonfiction)|1677: Theologian, natural philosopher, and diplomat [[Henry Oldenburg (nonfiction)|Henry Oldenburg]] dies. He was one of the foremost intelligencers of Europe of the seventeenth century, and the creator of scientific peer review.  
File:Henry Oldenburg.jpg|link=Henry Oldenburg (nonfiction)|1677: Theologian, natural philosopher, and diplomat [[Henry Oldenburg (nonfiction)|Henry Oldenburg]] dies. He was one of the foremost intelligencers of Europe of the seventeenth century, and the creator of scientific peer review.  
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||1792: Ours-Pierre-Armand Petit-Dufrénoy born ... geologist and mineralogist. Pic.
||1792: Ours-Pierre-Armand Petit-Dufrénoy born ... geologist and mineralogist. Pic.


||1829: Lester Allen Pelton born ... inventor who contributed significantly to the development of hydroelectricity and hydropower in the old West and world-wide. In the late 1870s, he invented the Pelton water wheel, at that time the most efficient design of the impulse water turbine. Pic.
||1829: Lester Allan Pelton born ... inventor who contributed significantly to the development of hydroelectricity and hydropower in the old West and world-wide. In the late 1870s, he invented the Pelton water wheel, at that time the most efficient design of the impulse water turbine. Pic.


||1847: Jesse James born ... outlaw. Pic.
||1847: Jesse James born ... outlaw. Pic.
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File:Tolman and Einstein.jpg|link=Richard C. Tolman (nonfiction)|1948: Physicist and chemist [[Richard C. Tolman (nonfiction)|Richard C. Tolman]] dies. He made important contributions to theoretical cosmology in the years soon after Einstein's discovery of general relativity.
File:Tolman and Einstein.jpg|link=Richard C. Tolman (nonfiction)|1948: Physicist and chemist [[Richard C. Tolman (nonfiction)|Richard C. Tolman]] dies. He made important contributions to theoretical cosmology in the years soon after Einstein's discovery of general relativity.
File:Alice Beta.jpg|link=Alice Beta|1948: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[Alice Beta]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


|File:Nikolay Basov.jpg|link=Nikolay Basov (nonfiction)|1957: Physicist and educator [[Nikolay Basov (nonfiction)|Nikolay Basov]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] to communicate with [[Bernoulli family (nonfiction)|Bernoulli family]].
|File:Nikolay Basov.jpg|link=Nikolay Basov (nonfiction)|1957: Physicist and educator [[Nikolay Basov (nonfiction)|Nikolay Basov]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] to communicate with [[Bernoulli family (nonfiction)|Bernoulli family]].
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||1975: Cornelis Benjamin Biezeno dies ... applied mathematician and scientist in engineering mechanics.  Pic.
||1975: Cornelis Benjamin Biezeno dies ... applied mathematician and scientist in engineering mechanics.  Pic.
||1975: Microbiologist Alice Catherine Evans dies.  she investigated bacteriology in milk and cheese. She later demonstrated that ''Bacillus abortus'' caused the disease Brucellosis (undulant fever or Malta fever) in both cattle and humans. Pic.


File:Voyager spacecraft diagram.png|link=Voyager 1 (nonfiction)|1977: [[Voyager 1 (nonfiction)|Voyager 1]] spacecraft launches.  It will visit Jupiter, Saturn, and Saturn's large moon Titan.
File:Voyager spacecraft diagram.png|link=Voyager 1 (nonfiction)|1977: [[Voyager 1 (nonfiction)|Voyager 1]] spacecraft launches.  It will visit Jupiter, Saturn, and Saturn's large moon Titan.
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||2014: Mara Neusel dies ... mathematician, author, and academic ... an advocate for women in mathematics. The focus of her mathematical work was on invariant theory. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=mara+neusel
||2014: Mara Neusel dies ... mathematician, author, and academic ... an advocate for women in mathematics. The focus of her mathematical work was on invariant theory. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=mara+neusel
File:Phaeton 9.jpg|link=Phaeton 9 (nonfiction)|2017: ''[[Phaeton 9 (nonfiction)|Phaeton 9]]'' voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]].


||2017: Nicolaas Bloembergen dies ... physicist and Nobel laureate, recognized for his work in developing driving principles behind nonlinear optics for laser spectroscopy. During his career, he was a professor at both Harvard University and later at the University of Arizona. Bloembergen shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics with Arthur Schawlow, along with Kai Siegbahn for his laser spectroscopy work. Pic.
||2017: Nicolaas Bloembergen dies ... physicist and Nobel laureate, recognized for his work in developing driving principles behind nonlinear optics for laser spectroscopy. During his career, he was a professor at both Harvard University and later at the University of Arizona. Bloembergen shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics with Arthur Schawlow, along with Kai Siegbahn for his laser spectroscopy work. Pic.
File:Confessions of a Quantum Artist-Engineer.jpg|link=Confessions of a Quantum Artist-Engineer (1)|2018: Volume one of ''[[Confessions of a Quantum Artist-Engineer (1)|Confessions of a Quantum Artist-Engineer]]'' published.


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  • 1575: Mathematician Federico Commandino born. He will gain fame for his central role as translator of works of ancient mathematicians.

    1575: Mathematician Federico Commandino born. He will gain fame for his central role as translator of works of ancient mathematicians.

  • 1677: Theologian, natural philosopher, and diplomat Henry Oldenburg dies. He was one of the foremost intelligencers of Europe of the seventeenth century, and the creator of scientific peer review.

    1677: Theologian, natural philosopher, and diplomat Henry Oldenburg dies. He was one of the foremost intelligencers of Europe of the seventeenth century, and the creator of scientific peer review.

  • 1725: Mathematician and theorist Jean-Étienne Montucla born. His deep interest in history of mathematics will become apparent with his publication of Histoire des Mathématiques, the first part appearing in 1758.

    1725: Mathematician and theorist Jean-Étienne Montucla born. His deep interest in history of mathematics will become apparent with his publication of Histoire des Mathématiques, the first part appearing in 1758.

  • 1947: Advances in dynastic cellular automata theory reveal new members of Bernoulli family.

    1947: Advances in dynastic cellular automata theory reveal new members of Bernoulli family.

  • 1948: Physicist and chemist Richard C. Tolman dies. He made important contributions to theoretical cosmology in the years soon after Einstein's discovery of general relativity.

    1948: Physicist and chemist Richard C. Tolman dies. He made important contributions to theoretical cosmology in the years soon after Einstein's discovery of general relativity.

  • 1977: Voyager 1 spacecraft launches. It will visit Jupiter, Saturn, and Saturn's large moon Titan.

    1977: Voyager 1 spacecraft launches. It will visit Jupiter, Saturn, and Saturn's large moon Titan.

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