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File:Ludolf van Ceulen.jpg|link=Ludolph van Ceulen (nonfiction)|1561: Mathematician and fencer [[Ludolph van Ceulen (nonfiction)|Ludolph van Ceulen]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] techniques to prevent outbreak of [[Wumpus-compass syndrome]].
File:Wilhelm_Schickard_1632.jpg|link=Wilhelm Schickard (nonfiction)|1592: Minister, scholar, astronomer, mathematician, cartographer, and inventor [[Wilhelm Schickard (nonfiction)|Wilhelm Schickard]] born. He will design and build calculating machines, and invent techniques for producing improved maps.
File:J. Robert Oppenheimer.jpg|link=J. Robert Oppenheimer (nonfiction)|1904: American physicist and academic [[J. Robert Oppenheimer (nonfiction)|J. Robert Oppenheimer]] born. His achievements in physics will include the Born–Oppenheimer approximation for molecular wavefunctions, work on the theory of electrons and positrons, the Oppenheimer–Phillips process in nuclear fusion, and the first prediction of quantum tunneling.
File:Ascleplius Myrmidon Ypres ruins 1915.jpg|link=Asclepius Myrmidon|1915: Scientist and combat surgeon [[Asclepius Myrmidon]] provides emergency medical services during a series of chemical warfare attacks in western Europe.
File:Plutonium pellet.jpg|link=Plutonium (nonfiction)|1961: [[Plutonium (nonfiction)|Plutonium]] used for [[crimes against mathematical constants]], says [[Cantor Parabola]].
File:The Hal Jordan Playbook.jpg|link=The Hal Jordan Playbook|1964: Publication of ''[[The Hal Jordan Playbook]]'' reveals new class of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
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1592 – Wilhelm Schickard, German astronomer and mathematician (d. 1635)
File:J. Robert Oppenheimer.jpg|link=J. Robert Oppenheimer (nonfiction)|1904: American physicist and academic [[J. Robert Oppenheimer (nonfiction)|J. Robert Oppenheimer]] born. His achievements in physics will include the Born–Oppenheimer approximation for molecular wavefunctions, and the first prediction of quantum tunneling.  Oppenheimer will be called the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in the Manhattan Project.


1910 – Norman Steenrod, American mathematician and academic (d. 1971)
File:J._R._Oppenheimer.jpg|link=J. R. Oppenheimer|1953: Singer-physicist [[J. R. Oppenheimer]] performs his hit song "Destroyer of Worlds" at the Grand Ole Opry, leading to his being summoned before the [[House Un-American Activities Committee (nonfiction)|House Un-American Activities Committee]].


1916 – Hanfried Lenz, German mathematician and academic (d. 2013)
File:McCarthy Cohn 1954.jpg|link=Army–McCarthy hearings (nonfiction)|1954: Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the [[Army–McCarthy hearings (nonfiction)|Army–McCarthy]] hearings begins.


1929 – Michael Atiyah, English-Lebanese mathematician and academic
File:Earth Day Flag.png|link=Earth Day (nonfiction)|1970: The first [[Earth Day (nonfiction)|Earth Day]] is celebrated.


1935 – Bhama Srinivasan, Indian-American mathematician and academic
Optical_fibers.jpg|link=Optical fiber (nonfiction)|1978: [[Optical fiber (nonfiction)|Optical fiber]] is first used to carry live [[Telephone (nonfiction)|telephone]] traffic.


1945 – Wilhelm Cauer, German mathematician and academic (b. 1900)
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1977 – Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic.

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