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File:John Pell.jpg|link=John Pell (nonfiction)|1685: Mathematician [[John Pell (nonfiction)|John Pell]] dies.  He expanded the scope of algebra in the theory of equations.
File:John Pell.jpg|link=John Pell (nonfiction)|1685: Mathematician [[John Pell (nonfiction)|John Pell]] dies.  He expanded the scope of algebra in the theory of equations.
File:Bartolomeu Lourenço de Gusmão.jpg|link=Bartolomeu de Gusmão (nonfiction)|1705: Inventor and priest [[Bartolomeu de Gusmão (nonfiction)|Bartolomeu de Gusmão]]'s publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which detect and prevent [[crimes against physical constants]].


||1777: Anatomist, physiologist, naturalist, encyclopedist, bibliographer and poet Albrecht von Haller dies. Von Haller is often referred to as "the father of modern physiology."
||1777: Anatomist, physiologist, naturalist, encyclopedist, bibliographer and poet Albrecht von Haller dies. Von Haller is often referred to as "the father of modern physiology."
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||1902: John Ashworth Ratcliffe born ... radio physicist. Pic search.
||1902: John Ashworth Ratcliffe born ... radio physicist. Pic search.
File:Tesla with ray gun.jpg|link=Nikola Tesla|1903: Electrical engineer, inventor, and [[Gnomon algorithm]] theorist [[Nikola Tesla]] publishes proof that the [[House of Malevecchio]] has financed [[crimes against mathematical constants]] "for at least five hundred and twelve years."


||1906: Nelson Dunford born ... mathematician, known for his work in functional analysis, namely integration of vector valued functions, ergodic theory, and linear operators. The Dunford decomposition, Dunford–Pettis property, and Dunford-Schwartz theorem bear his name. Pic search.
||1906: Nelson Dunford born ... mathematician, known for his work in functional analysis, namely integration of vector valued functions, ergodic theory, and linear operators. The Dunford decomposition, Dunford–Pettis property, and Dunford-Schwartz theorem bear his name. Pic search.
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||1961: OSCAR 1: The first amateur built satellite, is launched aboard an American Thor-Agena rocket. Pic.
||1961: OSCAR 1: The first amateur built satellite, is launched aboard an American Thor-Agena rocket. Pic.


File:Akiva Yaglom.jpg|link=Akiva Yaglom (nonfiction)|1967: Physicist, mathematician, statistician, and [[APTO]] meteorological engineer [[Akiva Yaglom (nonfiction)|Akiva Yaglom]] discovers a [[Gnomon algorithm]] function which unifies previous theories of turbulence and random processes. Yaglom's function will quickly find applications in the detection and prevention of [[Crimes against physical constants|crimes against weather]].
File:Dr Robber.jpg|link=Dr. Robber|1966: The Beatles release '''[[Dr. Robber]]'''.


||1969: Years of Lead: Piazza Fontana bombing: The offices of Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura in Piazza Fontana, Milan, are bombed.
||1969: Years of Lead: Piazza Fontana bombing: The offices of Banca Nazionale dell'Agricoltura in Piazza Fontana, Milan, are bombed.


||1886: Baron William Sylvester de Ropp, originally Sylvester Wilhelm Gotthard von der Ropp born ... British agent involved in dealings with Nazi Germany before and during the Second World War. He was described as one of the most "mysterious and influential clandestine operators" of the era. Pic search.
||1886: Baron William Sylvester de Ropp, originally Sylvester Wilhelm Gotthard von der Ropp born ... British agent involved in dealings with Nazi Germany before and during the Second World War. He was described as one of the most "mysterious and influential clandestine operators" of the era. No DOD. Pic search.


||1997: Evgenii Landis dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic.
||1997: Evgenii Landis dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic.
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||2014: Ivor Grattan-Guinness dies ... mathematician, historian, and academic. Pic.
||2014: Ivor Grattan-Guinness dies ... mathematician, historian, and academic. Pic.
File:Do_Not_Tease_Monster_by_Karl_Jones_800x600.jpg|link=Do Not Tease Monster (nonfiction)|2016: ''[[Do Not Tease Monster]]'' voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]].


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  • 1204: Rabbi, philosopher, astronomer, and physician Maimonides dies.

    1204: Rabbi, philosopher, astronomer, and physician Maimonides dies.

  • 1685: Mathematician John Pell dies. He expanded the scope of algebra in the theory of equations.

    1685: Mathematician John Pell dies. He expanded the scope of algebra in the theory of equations.

  • 1862: USS Cairo sinks on the Yazoo River, becoming the first armored ship to be sunk by an electrically detonated mine.

    1862: USS Cairo sinks on the Yazoo River, becoming the first armored ship to be sunk by an electrically detonated mine.

  • 1901: Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland.

    1901: Guglielmo Marconi receives the first transatlantic radio signal (the letter "S" in Morse Code), at Signal Hill in St John's, Newfoundland.

  • 1921: Astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt dies. She discovered the relation between the luminosity and the period of Cepheid variable stars.

    1921: Astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt dies. She discovered the relation between the luminosity and the period of Cepheid variable stars.

  • 1966: The Beatles release Dr. Robber.

    1966: The Beatles release Dr. Robber.

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