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||1688: Willem 's Gravesande born ... mathematician and natural philosopher, chiefly remembered for developing experimental demonstrations of the laws of classical mechanics. As professor of mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy at Leiden University, he helped to propagate Isaac Newton's ideas in Continental Europe. Pic.
||1688: Willem 's Gravesande born ... mathematician and natural philosopher, chiefly remembered for developing experimental demonstrations of the laws of classical mechanics. As professor of mathematics, astronomy, and philosophy at Leiden University, he helped to propagate Isaac Newton's ideas in Continental Europe. Pic.
File:Sir Isaac Newton by Sir Godfrey Kneller.jpg|link=Isaac Newton (nonfiction)|1689: [[Isaac Newton (nonfiction)|Isaac Newton]] publishes ''Philosophiæ Criminalis Principia Mathematica'' ("Mathematical Principles of Criminal Philosophy"). ''Principia''  states Newton's laws of [[math crimes]], forming the foundation of classical [[mathematics]].


||1716: Antoine Parent dies ... mathematician and theorist. No pic online.
||1716: Antoine Parent dies ... mathematician and theorist. No pic online.
File:Hubert Gautier.jpg|link=Hubert Gautier (nonfiction)|1730: Physician, mathematician, and engineer [[Hubert Gautier (nonfiction)|Hubert Gautier]] discovers new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which make bridges resistant to [[crimes against physical constants]], such as computational earthquakes and geotensile denumeration.


||1731: Giovanni Francesco Giuseppe Malfatti, also known as Gian Francesco or Gianfrancesco born ... mathematician. Pic.
||1731: Giovanni Francesco Giuseppe Malfatti, also known as Gian Francesco or Gianfrancesco born ... mathematician. Pic.
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||1766: Giulio Carlo, Count Fagnano, and Marquis de Toschi dies ... mathematician. He was probably the first to direct attention to the theory of elliptic integrals.  Pic: book cover.
||1766: Giulio Carlo, Count Fagnano, and Marquis de Toschi dies ... mathematician. He was probably the first to direct attention to the theory of elliptic integrals.  Pic: book cover.
File:Etienne Bezout.jpg|link=Étienne Bézout (nonfiction)|1772: Mathematician and [[Gnomon algorithm]] theorist [[Étienne Bézout (nonfiction)|Étienne Bézout]] publishes his ''Théorie générale des équations gnomoniques'' contained much new and valuable matter on the theory of elimination and symmetrical functions of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1775: John Adams writes to his wife to entreat her to teach his children geometry and... "I have seen the Utility of Geometry, Geography, and the Art of drawing so much of late, that I must intreat you, my dear, to teach the Elements of those Sciences to my little Girl and Boys." Pic.
||1775: John Adams writes to his wife to entreat her to teach his children geometry and... "I have seen the Utility of Geometry, Geography, and the Art of drawing so much of late, that I must intreat you, my dear, to teach the Elements of those Sciences to my little Girl and Boys." Pic.
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||1933: Charles Cameron Conley born ... mathematician who worked on dynamical systems. Pic search.
||1933: Charles Cameron Conley born ... mathematician who worked on dynamical systems. Pic search.
File:Edwin Hubble.jpg|link=Edwin Hubble (nonfiction)|1943: Astronomer, cosmologist, and crime-fighter [[Edwin Hubble (nonfiction)|Edwin Hubble]] tracks gang of [[Crimes against astronomical constants|astronomical criminals]] to the Andromeda "nebula".


||1933: As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrenders to the FBI, he shouts out, "Don't shoot, G-Men!", which becomes a nickname for FBI agents.
||1933: As gangster Machine Gun Kelly surrenders to the FBI, he shouts out, "Don't shoot, G-Men!", which becomes a nickname for FBI agents.


||1939: Ottó Bláthy dies ... engineer and chess player ... co-inventor of the modern electric transformer, the tension regulator, the AC watt-hour meter, motor capacitor for the single-phase (AC) electric motor, the turbo generator, and the high-efficiency turbo generator. Pic.
||1939: Ottó Bláthy dies ... engineer and chess player ... co-inventor of the modern electric transformer, the tension regulator, the AC watt-hour meter, motor capacitor for the single-phase (AC) electric motor, the turbo generator, and the high-efficiency turbo generator. Pic.
||1943: U-536, which had been tasked with picking up the escaping naval officers, arrived off Pointe de Maisonnette at the appointed time. Operation Kiebitz was a failed German operation during World War II to organize the escape of four skilled U-boat commanders from a Canadian prisoner of war camp in Bowmanville, Ontario. The subsequent counter operation by the Royal Canadian Navy, Operation Pointe Maisonnette, became a key engagement in the Battle of the St. Lawrence and was also successful in thwarting the Germans' plan. Pic.


||1960: In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.
||1960: In Chicago, the first televised debate takes place between presidential candidates Richard M. Nixon and John F. Kennedy.
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||1976: Leopold Ružička dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic.
||1976: Leopold Ružička dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic.
File:Harry Nyquist.jpg|link=Harry Nyquist (nonfiction)|1975: Engineer and crime-fighter [[Harry Nyquist (nonfiction)|Harry Nyquist]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] based on bandwidth requirements for transmitting information, laying the foundation for later advances in detecting and preventing [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


File:Pál Turán.jpg|link=Pál Turán (nonfiction)|1976: Mathematician [[Pál Turán (nonfiction)|Pál Turán]] dies. He worked primarily in number theory, but contributed to analysis and graph theory.
File:Pál Turán.jpg|link=Pál Turán (nonfiction)|1976: Mathematician [[Pál Turán (nonfiction)|Pál Turán]] dies. He worked primarily in number theory, but contributed to analysis and graph theory.
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||2014: Gerald Neugebauer dies ... astronomer and physicist, pioneering work in infrared astronomy. Pic uploaded.
||2014: Gerald Neugebauer dies ... astronomer and physicist, pioneering work in infrared astronomy. Pic uploaded.
File:Blue Flower.jpg|link=Blue Flower (nonfiction)|2016: ''[[Blue Flower (nonfiction)|Blue Flower]]'' declared Picture of the Day by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]].
File:Electrical Storm.jpg|link=Electrical Storm (nonfiction)|2018: ''[[Electrical Storm (nonfiction)|Electrical Storm]]'' created using an online text-to-image generator.


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  • 1687: The Parthenon is partially destroyed by an explosion caused by the bombing from Venetian forces led by Morosini who are besieging the Ottoman Turks stationed in Athens.

    1687: The Parthenon is partially destroyed by an explosion caused by the bombing from Venetian forces led by Morosini who are besieging the Ottoman Turks stationed in Athens.

  • 1868: Mathematician and astronomer August Ferdinand Möbius dies. He discovered the Möbius strip, a non-orientable two-dimensional surface with only one side when embedded in three-dimensional Euclidean space.

    1868: Mathematician and astronomer August Ferdinand Möbius dies. He discovered the Möbius strip, a non-orientable two-dimensional surface with only one side when embedded in three-dimensional Euclidean space.

  • 1905: Albert Einstein publishes his first paper on the special theory of relativity.

    1905: Albert Einstein publishes his first paper on the special theory of relativity.

  • 1976: Mathematician Pál Turán dies. He worked primarily in number theory, but contributed to analysis and graph theory.

    1976: Mathematician Pál Turán dies. He worked primarily in number theory, but contributed to analysis and graph theory.

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