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File:Edward Lear.jpg|link=Edward Lear (nonfiction)|1812: Artist, musician, author, and poet [[Edward Lear (nonfiction)|Edward Lear]] born either today or yesterday.
File:Alexis Clairault.jpg|link=Alexis Clairaut (nonfiction)|1713: Mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist [[Alexis Clairaut (nonfiction)|Alexis Clairaut]] born. Clairaut's work will help to establish the validity of the principles and results that Sir Isaac Newton had outlined in the ''Principia'' of 1687.
File:Epic of Gilgamesh tablet V.jpg|link=Literature (nonfiction)|[[Literature (nonfiction)|Gilgamesh tablet]] grumpy about missing sections, demands [[high-energy literature]] therapy.
File:Mark Twain by Abdullah Frères, 1867.jpg|link=Mark Twain (nonfiction)|Writer, entrepreneur, publisher and lecturer [[Mark Twain (nonfiction)|Mark Twain]] gives benefit to raise money for the [[Literature (nonfiction)|Gilgamesh tablet]]'s restoration.
File:Roger Zelazny 1988.jpg|link=Roger Zelazny (nonfiction)|1937: Writer [[Roger Zelazny (nonfiction)|Roger Zelazny]] born.
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1713 – Alexis Clairaut, French mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist (d. 1765)
File:Thomas Edison.jpg|link=Thomas Edison (nonfiction)|1880: In Menlo Park, New Jersey, inventor [[Thomas Edison (nonfiction)|Thomas Edison]] performs the first test of his electric railway.


1753 – Lazare Carnot, French general, mathematician, and politician, French Minister of the Interior (d. 1823)
File:Arthur Scherbius.jpg|link=Arthur Scherbius (nonfiction)|1929: Electrical engineer and inventor [[Arthur Scherbius (nonfiction)|Arthur Scherbius]] dies. Scherbius invented and patented the famous mechanical cipher Enigma machine.


1857 – Ronald Ross, Indian-English physician and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1932)
File:Roger Zelazny 1988.jpg|link=Roger Zelazny (nonfiction)|1937: Writer [[Roger Zelazny (nonfiction)|Roger Zelazny]] born. Zelazny will win the Nebula award three times, and the Hugo award six times.


1866 – Nikolai Brashman, Czech-Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1796)
File:Marguerite Perey.jpg|link=Marguerite Perey (nonfiction)|1974: Physicist and chemist [[Marguerite Perey (nonfiction)|Marguerite Perey]] dies. Perey discovered the element francium while purifying samples of lanthanum.  


1880 – In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
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1957 – Michael Fekete, Hungarian-Israeli mathematician and academic (b. 1886)
 
1985 – Police release a bomb on MOVE headquarters in Philadelphia to end a stand-off, killing 11 MOVE members and destroying the homes of 250 city residents.
 
1995 – Hao Wang, Chinese-American logician, philosopher, and mathematician (b. 1921)
 
1998 – India carries out two nuclear tests at Pokhran, following the three conducted on May 11. The United States and Japan impose economic sanctions on India.


2005 – George Dantzig, American mathematician and academic (b. 1914)
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  • 1713: Mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist Alexis Clairaut born. Clairaut's work will help to establish the validity of the principles and results that Sir Isaac Newton had outlined in the Principia of 1687.

    1713: Mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist Alexis Clairaut born. Clairaut's work will help to establish the validity of the principles and results that Sir Isaac Newton had outlined in the Principia of 1687.

  • 1880: In Menlo Park, New Jersey, inventor Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.

    1880: In Menlo Park, New Jersey, inventor Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.

  • 1929: Electrical engineer and inventor Arthur Scherbius dies. Scherbius invented and patented the famous mechanical cipher Enigma machine.

    1929: Electrical engineer and inventor Arthur Scherbius dies. Scherbius invented and patented the famous mechanical cipher Enigma machine.

  • 1937: Writer Roger Zelazny born. Zelazny will win the Nebula award three times, and the Hugo award six times.

    1937: Writer Roger Zelazny born. Zelazny will win the Nebula award three times, and the Hugo award six times.

  • 1974: Physicist and chemist Marguerite Perey dies. Perey discovered the element francium while purifying samples of lanthanum.

    1974: Physicist and chemist Marguerite Perey dies. Perey discovered the element francium while purifying samples of lanthanum.

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