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File:Johann Jakob Balmer.jpg|link=Johann Jakob Balmer (nonfiction)|1825: Mathematician and physicist [[Johann Jakob Balmer (nonfiction)|Johann Jakob Balmer]] born. He will develop an empirical formula for the visible spectral lines of the hydrogen atom.
File:Johann Jakob Balmer.jpg|link=Johann Jakob Balmer (nonfiction)|1825: Mathematician and physicist [[Johann Jakob Balmer (nonfiction)|Johann Jakob Balmer]] born. He will develop an empirical formula for the visible spectral lines of the hydrogen atom.
File:Herman_Hollerith.jpg|link=Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|1891: Inventor [[Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|Herman Hollerith]] uses census data to predict and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


File:Gary Powers.jpg|link=Francis Gary Powers (nonfiction)|1960: Cold War: U-2 incident: [[Francis Gary Powers (nonfiction)|Francis Gary Powers]], in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis.
File:Gary Powers.jpg|link=Francis Gary Powers (nonfiction)|1960: Cold War: U-2 incident: [[Francis Gary Powers (nonfiction)|Francis Gary Powers]], in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis.
File:Asclepius Myrmidon in Advanced Test Reactor.jpg|link=Asclepius Myrmidon|1961: Scientist and combat surgeon [[Asclepius Myrmidon]] warns that U-2 incident may have released a new class of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


File:Ralph Hartley.jpg|link=Ralph Hartley (nonfiction)|1970:  Electronics researcher [[Ralph Hartley (nonfiction)|Ralph Hartley]] dies.  He invented the Hartley oscillator and the Hartley transform, and contributed to the foundations of information theory.
File:Ralph Hartley.jpg|link=Ralph Hartley (nonfiction)|1970:  Electronics researcher [[Ralph Hartley (nonfiction)|Ralph Hartley]] dies.  He invented the Hartley oscillator and the Hartley transform, and contributed to the foundations of information theory.


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  • 1825: Mathematician and physicist Johann Jakob Balmer born. He will develop an empirical formula for the visible spectral lines of the hydrogen atom.

    1825: Mathematician and physicist Johann Jakob Balmer born. He will develop an empirical formula for the visible spectral lines of the hydrogen atom.

  • 1960: Cold War: U-2 incident: Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis.

    1960: Cold War: U-2 incident: Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis.

  • 1970: Electronics researcher Ralph Hartley dies. He invented the Hartley oscillator and the Hartley transform, and contributed to the foundations of information theory.

    1970: Electronics researcher Ralph Hartley dies. He invented the Hartley oscillator and the Hartley transform, and contributed to the foundations of information theory.

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