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||1640: Robert Plot born ... naturalist, first Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford, and the first keeper of the Ashmolean Museum. Pic.
||1640: Robert Plot born ... naturalist, first Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford, and the first keeper of the Ashmolean Museum. Pic.


||1662: Francesco Bianchini born ... astronomer and philosopher. Pic (interesting).
File:Francesco_Bianchini.png|link=Francesco Bianchini (nonfiction)|1662: Astronomer and philosopher Francesco Bianchini born. Bianchini will be secretary of the Papal commission for the reform of the calendar, working on the method to calculate the astronomically correct date for Easter in a given year.
 
File:John Pell.jpg|link=John Pell (nonfiction)|1675: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[John Pell (nonfiction)|John Pell]] publishes new theory of equations with applications in the detection and prevention of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1724: Franz Aepinus born ... astronomer and philosopher. Pic: http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Posters2/Aepinus.html
||1724: Franz Aepinus born ... astronomer and philosopher. Pic: http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Posters2/Aepinus.html
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||1897: Francesco Brioschi dies ... mathematician. Pic.
||1897: Francesco Brioschi dies ... mathematician. Pic.


File:Emmy Noether.jpg|link=Emmy Noether (nonfiction)|1907: Mathematician and adacemic [[Emmy Noether (nonfiction)|Emmy Noether]] received her Ph.D. degree, ''summa cum laude'', from the University of Erlangen, for a dissertation on algebraic invariants directed by Paul Gordan.  
File:Emmy Noether.jpg|link=Emmy Noether (nonfiction)|1907: Mathematician and adacemic [[Emmy Noether (nonfiction)|Emmy Noether]] receives her Ph.D. degree, ''summa cum laude'', from the University of Erlangen, for a dissertation on algebraic invariants directed by Paul Gordan.  


||1908: Leon Bankoff born ... dentist, mathematician and Esperantist. He was responsible for the publication of some 300 top problems in the area of plane geometry, particularly Morley's trisector theorem, and the arbelos of Archimedes. Among his discoveries with the arbelos was the Bankoff circle, which is equal in area to Archimedes' twin circles. Pic: http://math.fau.edu/yiu/AEG2013/BankoffCMJ.pdf
||1908: Leon Bankoff born ... dentist, mathematician and Esperantist. He was responsible for the publication of some 300 top problems in the area of plane geometry, particularly Morley's trisector theorem, and the arbelos of Archimedes. Among his discoveries with the arbelos was the Bankoff circle, which is equal in area to Archimedes' twin circles. Pic: http://math.fau.edu/yiu/AEG2013/BankoffCMJ.pdf
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||1919: Woldemar Voigt dies ... physicist and academic. Pic.
||1919: Woldemar Voigt dies ... physicist and academic. Pic.


||1921: Max Noether dies ... mathematician who worked on algebraic geometry and the theory of algebraic functions. He has been called "one of the finest mathematicians of the nineteenth century". He was the father of Emmy Noether. Pic.
File:Max_Noether_(between_1870_and_1875).jpg|link=Max Noether (nonfiction)|1921: Mathematician [[Max Noether (nonfiction)|Max Noether]] dies. Noether contributed to algebraic geometry and the theory of algebraic functions. He was the father of mathematician Emmy Noether.


||1921: David Gale born ... mathematician and economist. He was a professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, affiliated with the departments of mathematics, economics, and industrial engineering and operations research. He has contributed to the fields of mathematical economics, game theory, and convex analysis. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=david+gale
||1921: David Gale born ... mathematician and economist. He was a professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, affiliated with the departments of mathematics, economics, and industrial engineering and operations research. He has contributed to the fields of mathematical economics, game theory, and convex analysis. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=david+gale
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||1972: Apollo program: Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt begin the third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA) or "Moonwalk" of Apollo 17. To date they are the last humans to set foot on the Moon.
||1972: Apollo program: Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt begin the third and final extra-vehicular activity (EVA) or "Moonwalk" of Apollo 17. To date they are the last humans to set foot on the Moon.


File:Peter Giblets.jpg|link=Peter Giblets|1973: Talk show host [[Peter Giblets]] broadcasts an episode of ''Peter Giblets Hour'' in [[New Minneapolis, Canada]]; his guests include [[Niles Cartouchian]] and Pierre Trudeau.
||1974: John G. Bennett dies ... mathematician and technologist. Pic.


||1976: Geneve Lucy Angela Shaffer dies ... realtor, lecturer and author. In 1909 she was touted by the San Francisco Call as "the first woman in the world to sail in a flying machine". Pic.
||1976: Geneve Lucy Angela Shaffer dies ... realtor, lecturer and author. In 1909 she was touted by the San Francisco Call as "the first woman in the world to sail in a flying machine". Pic.
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||1997: Alexander Oppenheim born ... mathematician. In mathematics, his most notable contribution is his Oppenheim conjecture. Pic: http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Oppenheim.html
||1997: Alexander Oppenheim born ... mathematician. In mathematics, his most notable contribution is his Oppenheim conjecture. Pic: http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Oppenheim.html


File:David Wheeler.jpg|link=David Wheeler (nonfiction)|2004: Computer scientist and academic [[David Wheeler (nonfiction)|David Wheeler]] dies. He will contribute to the development of the Electronic delay storage automatic calculator (EDSAC) and the Burrows–Wheeler transform (BWT).  Wheeler also helped developed the subroutine, and gave the first explanation of how to design software libraries.
File:David Wheeler.jpg|link=David Wheeler (nonfiction)|2004: Computer scientist and academic [[David Wheeler (nonfiction)|David Wheeler]] dies. He contributed to the development of the Electronic delay storage automatic calculator (EDSAC) and the Burrows–Wheeler transform (BWT); helped develop the subroutine; and gave the first explanation of how to design software libraries.


File:Akiva Yaglom.jpg|link=Akiva Yaglom (nonfiction)|2007: Physicist, mathematician, statistician, and meteorologist [[Akiva Yaglom (nonfiction)|Akiva Yaglom]] dies. He contributed to statistical turbulence theory and random process theory.
File:Akiva Yaglom.jpg|link=Akiva Yaglom (nonfiction)|2007: Physicist, mathematician, statistician, and meteorologist [[Akiva Yaglom (nonfiction)|Akiva Yaglom]] dies. He contributed to statistical turbulence theory and random process theory.


||2012: The Chinese lunar probe Chang'e 2 departed from the Sun–Earth L2 point in April 2012[27] and made a flyby of Toutatis on 13 December 2012, with closest approach being 3.2 kilometers and a relative velocity of 10.73 km/s, when Toutatis was near its closest approach to Earth.[10][28][29] It took several pictures of the asteroid, revealing it to be a dusty red/orange color. Pic.
||2012: The Chinese lunar probe Chang'e 2 departed from the Sun–Earth L2 point in April 2012[27] and made a flyby of Toutatis on 13 December 2012, with closest approach being 3.2 kilometers and a relative velocity of 10.73 km/s, when Toutatis was near its closest approach to Earth.[10][28][29] It took several pictures of the asteroid, revealing it to be a dusty red/orange color. Pic.
File:Three Kings 3.jpg|link=Three Kings 3 (nonfiction)|2016: Signed first edition of ''[[Three Kings 3 (nonfiction)|Three Kings 3]]'' stolen from the New MIA in [[New Minneapolis, Canada]] by agents of the [[Killer Poke]] gang.


||2018: Timothy May dies ... technical and political writer, and was an electronic engineer and senior scientist at Intel in the company's early history. Pic: https://en.m.bitcoinwiki.org/wiki/File:Tim_may.jpg#mw-jump-to-license
||2018: Timothy May dies ... technical and political writer, and was an electronic engineer and senior scientist at Intel in the company's early history. Pic: https://en.m.bitcoinwiki.org/wiki/File:Tim_may.jpg#mw-jump-to-license


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  • 1516: Polymath Johannes Trithemius dies. He is remembered as a lexicographer, chronicler, cryptographer, and occultist.

    1516: Polymath Johannes Trithemius dies. He is remembered as a lexicographer, chronicler, cryptographer, and occultist.

  • 1662: Astronomer and philosopher Francesco Bianchini born. Bianchini will be secretary of the Papal commission for the reform of the calendar, working on the method to calculate the astronomically correct date for Easter in a given year.

    1662: Astronomer and philosopher Francesco Bianchini born. Bianchini will be secretary of the Papal commission for the reform of the calendar, working on the method to calculate the astronomically correct date for Easter in a given year.

  • 1887: Mathematician George Pólya born. He will make fundamental contributions to combinatorics, number theory, numerical analysis and probability theory.

    1887: Mathematician George Pólya born. He will make fundamental contributions to combinatorics, number theory, numerical analysis and probability theory.

  • 1907: Mathematician and adacemic Emmy Noether receives her Ph.D. degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Erlangen, for a dissertation on algebraic invariants directed by Paul Gordan.

    1907: Mathematician and adacemic Emmy Noether receives her Ph.D. degree, summa cum laude, from the University of Erlangen, for a dissertation on algebraic invariants directed by Paul Gordan.

  • 1921: Mathematician Max Noether dies. Noether contributed to algebraic geometry and the theory of algebraic functions. He was the father of mathematician Emmy Noether.

    1921: Mathematician Max Noether dies. Noether contributed to algebraic geometry and the theory of algebraic functions. He was the father of mathematician Emmy Noether.

  • 2004: Computer scientist and academic David Wheeler dies. He contributed to the development of the Electronic delay storage automatic calculator (EDSAC) and the Burrows–Wheeler transform (BWT); helped develop the subroutine; and gave the first explanation of how to design software libraries.

    2004: Computer scientist and academic David Wheeler dies. He contributed to the development of the Electronic delay storage automatic calculator (EDSAC) and the Burrows–Wheeler transform (BWT); helped develop the subroutine; and gave the first explanation of how to design software libraries.

  • 2007: Physicist, mathematician, statistician, and meteorologist Akiva Yaglom dies. He contributed to statistical turbulence theory and random process theory.

    2007: Physicist, mathematician, statistician, and meteorologist Akiva Yaglom dies. He contributed to statistical turbulence theory and random process theory.

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