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File:Johannes Stöffler.jpg|link=Johannes Stöffler (nonfiction)|1522: Mathematician [[Johannes Stöffler (nonfiction)|Johannes Stöffler]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] to predict upcoming [[Crimes against mathematical constants| math crimes]] by [[Forbidden Ratio and Gnotilus (crime team)|Forbidden Ratio and Gnotilus]].
File:Eclipse.jpg|link=Eclipse of Odysseus (nonfiction)|1178 BC: A solar eclipse occurs. Homer's ''Odyssey'' contains a passage which may reference the eclipse: "The Sun has been obliterated from the sky, and an unlucky darkness invades the world."
File:Forbidden Ratio and Gnotilus crime team symbol.jpg|link=Forbidden Ratio and Gnotilus (crime team)|1974: [[Turkish delight (nonfiction)|Turkish delight]] found at scene of [[crime against mathematical constants]], crime team of [[Forbidden Ratio and Gnotilus (crime team)|Forbidden Ratio and Gnotilus]] suspected.
 
File:Edward Lorenz.jpg|link=Edward Lorenz (nonfiction)|2008: Mathematician [[Edward Lorenz (nonfiction)|Edward Lorenz]] dies.  He introduced the strange attractor notion, and coined the term butterfly effect.
File:Petrus Apianus.jpg|link=Petrus Apianus (nonfiction)|1495: Mathematician and astronomer [[Petrus Apianus (nonfiction)|Petrus Apianus]] born. Apianus' works on cosmography, ''Astronomicum Caesareum'' (1540) and ''Cosmographicus liber'' (1524), will be extremely influential in his time.
 
File:John_Hadley.jpg|link=John Hadley (nonfiction)|1682: Mathematician [[John Hadley (nonfiction)|John Hadley]] born. Hadley will lay claim to the invention of the octant, two years after Thomas Godfrey claims the same. Hadley will also develope ways to make precision aspheric and parabolic objective mirrors for reflecting telescopes.
 
File:Mk15 nuclear bomb.jpg|link=1958 Tybee Island mid-air collision (nonfiction)|1958: The United States military announces that the search for [[1958 Tybee Island mid-air collision (nonfiction)|hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb was unsuccessful]].
 
File:Edward Lorenz.jpg|link=Edward Lorenz (nonfiction)|2008: Mathematician [[Edward Lorenz (nonfiction)|Edward Lorenz]] dies.  Lorenz introduced the strange attractor notion, and coined the term butterfly effect.
 
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  • 1178 BC: A solar eclipse occurs. Homer's Odyssey contains a passage which may reference the eclipse: "The Sun has been obliterated from the sky, and an unlucky darkness invades the world."

    1178 BC: A solar eclipse occurs. Homer's Odyssey contains a passage which may reference the eclipse: "The Sun has been obliterated from the sky, and an unlucky darkness invades the world."

  • 1495: Mathematician and astronomer Petrus Apianus born. Apianus' works on cosmography, Astronomicum Caesareum (1540) and Cosmographicus liber (1524), will be extremely influential in his time.

    1495: Mathematician and astronomer Petrus Apianus born. Apianus' works on cosmography, Astronomicum Caesareum (1540) and Cosmographicus liber (1524), will be extremely influential in his time.

  • 1682: Mathematician John Hadley born. Hadley will lay claim to the invention of the octant, two years after Thomas Godfrey claims the same. Hadley will also develope ways to make precision aspheric and parabolic objective mirrors for reflecting telescopes.

    1682: Mathematician John Hadley born. Hadley will lay claim to the invention of the octant, two years after Thomas Godfrey claims the same. Hadley will also develope ways to make precision aspheric and parabolic objective mirrors for reflecting telescopes.

  • 1958: The United States military announces that the search for hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb was unsuccessful.

    1958: The United States military announces that the search for hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb was unsuccessful.

  • 2008: Mathematician Edward Lorenz dies. Lorenz introduced the strange attractor notion, and coined the term butterfly effect.

    2008: Mathematician Edward Lorenz dies. Lorenz introduced the strange attractor notion, and coined the term butterfly effect.

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