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||1865: US Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery throughout the USA.
||1865: US Secretary of State William Seward proclaims the adoption of the Thirteenth Amendment, prohibiting slavery throughout the USA.


||1880: Michel Chasles dies ... mathematician and academic.
||1880: Michel Chasles dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic.


||1880: Earle C. Anthony born ... businessman and philanthropist based in Los Angeles, California who worked in broadcasting and automobiles. He was also a songwriter, journalist and playwright.
||1880: Earle C. Anthony born ... businessman and philanthropist based in Los Angeles, California who worked in broadcasting and automobiles. He was also a songwriter, journalist and playwright. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=Earle+C.+Anthony


||1887: Charles Galton Darwin born ... physicist who served as director of the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) during the Second World War.[2] He was the son of the mathematician George Howard Darwin and a grandson of Charles Darwin.
||1887: Charles Galton Darwin born ... physicist who served as director of the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) during the Second World War. He was the son of the mathematician George Howard Darwin and a grandson of Charles Darwin. Pic.


||1890: Edwin Howard Armstrong born ... engineer, invented FM radio and the superheterodyne receiver system.
||1890: Edwin Howard Armstrong born ... engineer, invented FM radio and the superheterodyne receiver system. Pic.


||1892: Richard Owen dies ... biologist, comparative anatomist and paleontologist. Despite being a controversial figure, Owen is generally considered to have been an outstanding naturalist with a remarkable gift for interpreting fossils. He produced a vast array of scientific work, but is probably best remembered today for coining the word Dinosauria (meaning "Terrible Reptile" or "Fearfully Great Reptile"). Pic.
||1892: Richard Owen dies ... biologist, comparative anatomist and paleontologist. Despite being a controversial figure, Owen is generally considered to have been an outstanding naturalist with a remarkable gift for interpreting fossils. He produced a vast array of scientific work, but is probably best remembered today for coining the word Dinosauria (meaning "Terrible Reptile" or "Fearfully Great Reptile"). Pic.
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||1917: Roger Conant Lyndon born ... mathematician, for many years a professor at the University of Michigan. He is known for Lyndon words, the Curtis–Hedlund–Lyndon theorem, Craig–Lyndon interpolation and the Lyndon–Hochschild–Serre spectral sequence. Pic: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Lyndon
||1917: Roger Conant Lyndon born ... mathematician, for many years a professor at the University of Michigan. He is known for Lyndon words, the Curtis–Hedlund–Lyndon theorem, Craig–Lyndon interpolation and the Lyndon–Hochschild–Serre spectral sequence. Pic: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Lyndon


File:Robert Andrews Millikan.jpg|link=Robert Andrews Millikan (nonfiction)|1924: Physicist and [[APTO]] consultant [[Robert Andrews Millikan (nonfiction)|Robert Andrews Millikan]] uses the measurement of the elementary electronic charge to detect and prevent [[crimes against physical constants]].
||1936: Andrija Mohorovičić dies ... meteorologist and seismologist ... known for the eponymous Mohorovičić discontinuity and is considered as one of the founders of modern seismology. Pic.
 
||1936: Civil engineer and mathematician Leonardo Torres y Quevedo dies ... invented the Telekine, an early wireless remote-control device. Pic.


||1939: Freya radar first successfully used ... two stations detected an approaching daytime raid on Wilhelmshaven by 22 RAF Vickers Wellington bombers at a range of 113 km and guided fighter planes toward them via radio. Pic.
||1939: Freya radar first successfully used ... two stations detected an approaching daytime raid on Wilhelmshaven by 22 RAF Vickers Wellington bombers at a range of 113 km and guided fighter planes toward them via radio. Pic.
File:Eisenhower in the Oval Office February 1956.jpg|link=Crimes against mathematical constants|1956: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised address to the nation, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "[[Crimes against mathematical constants|math-crimes complex]]."


File:Atlas-B rocket with SCORE payload.jpg|link=SCORE (satellite) (nonfiction)|1958: [[SCORE (satellite) (nonfiction)|Project SCORE]], the world's first communications satellite, is launched.
File:Atlas-B rocket with SCORE payload.jpg|link=SCORE (satellite) (nonfiction)|1958: [[SCORE (satellite) (nonfiction)|Project SCORE]], the world's first communications satellite, is launched.


||1966: Saturn's moon Epimetheus is discovered by astronomer Richard Walker.
||1966: Saturn's moon Epimetheus is discovered by astronomer Richard Walker. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=richard+walker
 
File:Palomares H-Bomb Incident.jpg|link=Crimes against mathematical constants|1966: Accidental release of nuclear weapons precipitates new class of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1970: Pao-Lu Hsu dies ... mathematician noted for his work in probability theory and statistics. Pic.
||1970: Pao-Lu Hsu dies ... mathematician noted for his work in probability theory and statistics. Pic.
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||1973: The Islamic Development Bank is founded.
||1973: The Islamic Development Bank is founded.
File:Every Which Way But Lost in Space.jpg|link=Every Which Way But Lost in Space|1978: Premier of '''''[[Every Which Way But Lost in Space]]''''', an American action comedy film about an astronaut and bare-knuckle brawler (Clint Eastwood) roaming low Earth orbit in search of a lost robot while accompanied by his pet orangutan, Clyde.


||1981: First flight of the Russian heavy strategic bomber Tu-160, the world's largest combat aircraft, largest supersonic aircraft and largest variable-sweep wing aircraft built.
||1981: First flight of the Russian heavy strategic bomber Tu-160, the world's largest combat aircraft, largest supersonic aircraft and largest variable-sweep wing aircraft built.
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||1992: Jean Kuntzmann dies ... mathematician, known for his works in applied mathematics and computer science, pushing and developing both fields at a very early time. Kuntzmann earned his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Paris under supervision of Georges Valiron (thesis: Contribution à l'étude des systèmes multiformes). Pic: https://aconit.inria.fr/omeka/items/show/677
||1992: Jean Kuntzmann dies ... mathematician, known for his works in applied mathematics and computer science, pushing and developing both fields at a very early time. Kuntzmann earned his Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of Paris under supervision of Georges Valiron (thesis: Contribution à l'étude des systèmes multiformes). Pic: https://aconit.inria.fr/omeka/items/show/677


||1994: Roger Apéry dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic: ...
||1994: Roger Apéry dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=Roger+Ap%C3%A9ry


File:Nathan Rosen.jpg|link=Nathan Rosen (nonfiction)|1995: Physicist [[Nathan Rosen (nonfiction)|Nathan Rosen]] dies.  He developed the idea of the Einstein–Rosen bridge, later named the wormhole.
File:Nathan Rosen.jpg|link=Nathan Rosen (nonfiction)|1995: Physicist [[Nathan Rosen (nonfiction)|Nathan Rosen]] dies.  He developed the idea of the Einstein–Rosen bridge, later named the wormhole.
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||1998: Edwin Evariste Moise dies ... mathematician and mathematics education reformer. Pic.
||1998: Edwin Evariste Moise dies ... mathematician and mathematics education reformer. Pic.
||1999: Physicist and academic Bertha Swirles dies ... carried out research on quantum theory. Pic.


||1999: NASA launches into orbit the Terra platform carrying five Earth Observation instruments, including ASTER, CERES, MISR, MODIS and MOPITT.
||1999: NASA launches into orbit the Terra platform carrying five Earth Observation instruments, including ASTER, CERES, MISR, MODIS and MOPITT.
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||1999: Bertha Swirlesdies ... physicist who carried out research on quantum theory.
||1999: Bertha Swirlesdies ... physicist who carried out research on quantum theory.


||1999: Dennis William Siahou Sciama dies ... physicist who, through his own work and that of his students, played a major role in developing British physics after the Second World War. He is considered one of the fathers of modern cosmology.
||1999: Dennis William Siahou Sciama dies ... physicist who, through his own work and that of his students, played a major role in developing British physics after the Second World War. He is considered one of the fathers of modern cosmology. Pic.
 
File:Arnold's cat map.png|link=Arnold's cat map (nonfiction)|2000: [[Arnold's cat map (nonfiction)|Arnold's cat map]] is "better than a laser pointer for keeping a cat amused," says mathematician and cat psychologist [[Vladimir Arnold (nonfiction)|Vladimir Arnold]].


||2005: Dmitry Yevgenyevich Okhotsimsky dies ... aerospace engineer and scientist who was the pioneer of space ballistics in the USSR. He wrote fundamental works in applied celestial mechanics, spaceflight dynamics and robotics. Pic.
||2005: Dmitry Yevgenyevich Okhotsimsky dies ... aerospace engineer and scientist who was the pioneer of space ballistics in the USSR. He wrote fundamental works in applied celestial mechanics, spaceflight dynamics and robotics. Pic.


||2006: Joseph Barbera dies ... animator, director, and producer, co-founded Hanna-Barbera.
||2006: Joseph Barbera dies ... animator, director, and producer, co-founded Hanna-Barbera. Pic.


||2008: Mark Felt dies ... FBI agent and informant.
||2008: Mark Felt dies ... FBI agent and informant.
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||2010: Max Jammer dies ... physicist and philosopher of physics. Pic.
||2010: Max Jammer dies ... physicist and philosopher of physics. Pic.


Spinning_Thistle.jpg|link=Spinning Thistle (nonfiction)|2016: Signed first edition of ''[[Spinning Thistle (nonfiction)|Spinning Thistle]]'' stolen from the Smithsonian by agents of the criminal mathematical function [[Gnotilus]].


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  • 1661: Scientist, inventor, and industrialist Christopher Polhem born. He will make significant contributions to the economic and industrial development of Sweden, particularly mining.

    1661: Scientist, inventor, and industrialist Christopher Polhem born. He will make significant contributions to the economic and industrial development of Sweden, particularly mining.

  • 1799: Mathematician and theorist Jean-Étienne Montucla dies. His deep interest in history of mathematics became apparent with his publication of Histoire des Mathématiques, the first part appearing in 1758.

    1799: Mathematician and theorist Jean-Étienne Montucla dies. His deep interest in history of mathematics became apparent with his publication of Histoire des Mathématiques, the first part appearing in 1758.

  • 1856: Physicist and academic J. J. Thomson born. His research in cathode rays will lead to the discovery of the electron. Thomson will also discover the first evidence for isotopes of a stable element.

    1856: Physicist and academic J. J. Thomson born. His research in cathode rays will lead to the discovery of the electron. Thomson will also discover the first evidence for isotopes of a stable element.

  • 1958: Project SCORE, the world's first communications satellite, is launched.

    1958: Project SCORE, the world's first communications satellite, is launched.

  • 1978: Premier of Every Which Way But Lost in Space, an American action comedy film about an astronaut and bare-knuckle brawler (Clint Eastwood) roaming low Earth orbit in search of a lost robot while accompanied by his pet orangutan, Clyde.

    1978: Premier of Every Which Way But Lost in Space, an American action comedy film about an astronaut and bare-knuckle brawler (Clint Eastwood) roaming low Earth orbit in search of a lost robot while accompanied by his pet orangutan, Clyde.

  • 1995: Physicist Nathan Rosen dies. He developed the idea of the Einstein–Rosen bridge, later named the wormhole.

    1995: Physicist Nathan Rosen dies. He developed the idea of the Einstein–Rosen bridge, later named the wormhole.

  • 1995: Engineer, inventor, and pioneering computer scientist Konrad Zuse dies. He invent the Z3, the world's first working programmable, fully automatic computer.

    1995: Engineer, inventor, and pioneering computer scientist Konrad Zuse dies. He invent the Z3, the world's first working programmable, fully automatic computer.

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