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1873: Physicist and engineer William D. Coolidge born. He will make major contributions to X-ray machines, and develop ductile tungsten for incandescent light bulbs.
1973: Watergate scandal: President Richard M. Nixon agrees to turn over subpoenaed audio tapes of his Oval Office conversations.
2014: Physicist and academic Tullio Regge dies. In 1968 he and G. Ponzano developed a quantum version of Regge calculus in three space-time dimensions now known as the Ponzano-Regge model; this was the first of a whole series of state sum models for quantum gravity known as spin foam models.
2016: Steganographic analysis of The Eel Time-Surfing reveals quantum gravity control software based on spin foam models.

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 ||1581: Michael Neander dies ... mathematician and astronomer. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=michael+neander
-File:Tycho Brahe.jpg|link=Tycho Brahe (nonfiction)|1590: Astronomer and crime analyst [[Tycho Brahe (nonfiction)|Tycho Brahe]] publicly accuses rogue astronomers associated with the [[House of Malevecchio]] of committing a series of high-profile [[crimes against astronomical constants]].
-File:Pierre Gassendi.jpg|link=Pierre Gassendi (nonfiction)|1614: Mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and crime-fighter [[Pierre Gassendi (nonfiction)|Pierre Gassendi]]  uses results of his investigation into the possibility of certain knowledge to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
-File:Wilhelm_Schickard_1632.jpg|link=Wilhelm Schickard (nonfiction)|1634: Minister, scholar, astronomer, mathematician, and crime-fighter [[Wilhelm Schickard (nonfiction)|Wilhelm Schickard]] writes two letters, each describing a new technique for detecting and preventing [[crimes against astronomical constants]].
 ||1760: Surgeon Hanaoka Seishū born ... with a knowledge of Chinese herbal medicine, as well as Western surgical techniques he had learned through Rangaku (literally "Dutch learning", and by extension "Western learning"). Hanaoka is said to have been the first to perform surgery using general anesthesia. Pic.