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File:John Arbuthnot.jpg|link=John Arbuthnot (nonfiction)|1667: Physician, satirist, and polymath [[John Arbuthnot (nonfiction)|John Arbuthnot]] born. He will invent the figure of John Bull.
File:John Arbuthnot.jpg|link=John Arbuthnot (nonfiction)|1667: Physician, satirist, and polymath [[John Arbuthnot (nonfiction)|John Arbuthnot]] born. He will invent the figure of John Bull.
File:David Rittenhouse by Charles Wilson Peale.jpg|link=David Rittenhouse (nonfiction)|link=David Rittenhouse (nonfiction)|1756: Inventor, astronomer, mathematician, clockmaker, and surveyor [[David Rittenhouse (nonfiction)|David Rittenhouse]] constructs an exceptionally accurate [[Orrery (nonfiction)|orrery]], which he will later use to create an early form of [[Time crystal (nonfiction)|time crystals (nonfiction)]].
 
File:Henri Poincaré.jpg|link=Henri Poincaré (nonfiction)|1854: Mathematician, physicist, and engineer [[Henri Poincaré (nonfiction)|Henri Poincaré]] born. He will make many original fundamental contributions to pure and applied mathematics, mathematical physics, and celestial mechanics.
File:Henri Poincaré.jpg|link=Henri Poincaré (nonfiction)|1854: Mathematician, physicist, and engineer [[Henri Poincaré (nonfiction)|Henri Poincaré]] born. He will make many original fundamental contributions to pure and applied mathematics, mathematical physics, and celestial mechanics.
File:Ascleplius Myrmidon Halting Problem.jpg|link=On Halting Problems|1985: [[On Halting Problems|Asclepius Myrmidon discovers unregistered halting problem]], predicts imminent wave of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
 
File:Harold_Urey.jpg|link=Harold Urey (nonfiction)|1893: Chemist and astronomer [[Harold Urey (nonfiction)|Harold Urey]] born. Urey's pioneering work on isotopes will earn him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1934 for the discovery of deuterium; he will also play a significant role in the development of the atom bomb, and contribute to theories on the development of organic life from non-living matter.
 
File:Chernobyl disaster.jpg|link=Chernobyl disaster (nonfiction)|1986: [[Chernobyl disaster (nonfiction)|Chernobyl disaster]]: American and European spy satellites capture the ruins of the 4th Reactor at the Chernobyl Power Plant.
File:Chernobyl disaster.jpg|link=Chernobyl disaster (nonfiction)|1986: [[Chernobyl disaster (nonfiction)|Chernobyl disaster]]: American and European spy satellites capture the ruins of the 4th Reactor at the Chernobyl Power Plant.
File:Albert Hoffman.jpg|link=Albert Hoffman (nonfiction)|2008: Chemist and academic [[Albert Hoffman (nonfiction)|Albert Hoffman]] dies.  Hoffman is famous for discovering LSD, which he called his "problem child".
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  • 1667: Physician, satirist, and polymath John Arbuthnot born. He will invent the figure of John Bull.

    1667: Physician, satirist, and polymath John Arbuthnot born. He will invent the figure of John Bull.

  • 1854: Mathematician, physicist, and engineer Henri Poincaré born. He will make many original fundamental contributions to pure and applied mathematics, mathematical physics, and celestial mechanics.

    1854: Mathematician, physicist, and engineer Henri Poincaré born. He will make many original fundamental contributions to pure and applied mathematics, mathematical physics, and celestial mechanics.

  • 1893: Chemist and astronomer Harold Urey born. Urey's pioneering work on isotopes will earn him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1934 for the discovery of deuterium; he will also play a significant role in the development of the atom bomb, and contribute to theories on the development of organic life from non-living matter.

    1893: Chemist and astronomer Harold Urey born. Urey's pioneering work on isotopes will earn him the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1934 for the discovery of deuterium; he will also play a significant role in the development of the atom bomb, and contribute to theories on the development of organic life from non-living matter.

  • 1986: Chernobyl disaster: American and European spy satellites capture the ruins of the 4th Reactor at the Chernobyl Power Plant.

    1986: Chernobyl disaster: American and European spy satellites capture the ruins of the 4th Reactor at the Chernobyl Power Plant.

  • 2008: Chemist and academic Albert Hoffman dies. Hoffman is famous for discovering LSD, which he called his "problem child".

    2008: Chemist and academic Albert Hoffman dies. Hoffman is famous for discovering LSD, which he called his "problem child".

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