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||1848: Jöns Jacob Berzelius dies ... chemist and academic. Pic.
||1848: Jöns Jacob Berzelius dies ... chemist and academic. Pic.
File:Sir Francis Ronalds.jpg|link=Francis Ronalds (nonfiction)|1847: Scientist, inventor, crime-fighter [[Francis Ronalds (nonfiction)|Francis Ronalds]] demonstrates new method of electric telegraphy which detects and prevents [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1869: Mathematician Mary Frances Winston Newson born. Pic.
||1869: Mathematician Mary Frances Winston Newson born. Pic.
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File:Plumbbob-Stokes barrage balloon.jpg|link=Stokes (nonfiction)|1957: [[Stokes (nonfiction)|Stokes nuclear weapon test]] conducted by the United States.
File:Plumbbob-Stokes barrage balloon.jpg|link=Stokes (nonfiction)|1957: [[Stokes (nonfiction)|Stokes nuclear weapon test]] conducted by the United States.


||1958: Herbert Yardley dies ... cryptologist. He founded and led the cryptographic organization the Black Chamber. Under Yardley, the cryptanalysts of The American Black Chamber broke Japanese diplomatic codes and were able to furnish American negotiators with significant information during the Washington Naval Conference of 1921-1922.  Pic.
File:Herbert Osborn Yardley.jpg|link=Herbert Yardley (nonfiction)|1958: Cryptologist and author [[Herbert Yardley (nonfiction)|Herbert Yardley]] dies. Yardley founded and led the Black Chamber, a secret American government cryptographic organization which broke Japanese diplomatic codes, furnishing American negotiators with significant information during the Washington Naval Conference of 1921-1922.  


||1959: Explorer program: Explorer 6 launches from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
||1959: Explorer program: Explorer 6 launches from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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||1970: California judge Harold Haley is taken hostage in his courtroom and killed during an effort to free George Jackson from police custody.
||1970: California judge Harold Haley is taken hostage in his courtroom and killed during an effort to free George Jackson from police custody.
File:Clock Head 2.jpg|link=Clock Head 2|1973: [[Clock Head 2]] generates computational model of High-wire artist Philippe Petit's [[Philippe Petit World Trade Center walk (nonfiction)|high wire act between the twin towers of the World Trade Center]]. A year later, Petit will use this model to improve his balance during the actual walk.


File:Philippe_Petit.jpg|link=Philippe Petit World Trade Center walk (nonfiction)|1974: High-wire artist Philippe Petit [[Philippe Petit World Trade Center walk (nonfiction)|performs a high wire act between the twin towers of the World Trade Center]].
File:Philippe_Petit.jpg|link=Philippe Petit World Trade Center walk (nonfiction)|1974: High-wire artist Philippe Petit [[Philippe Petit World Trade Center walk (nonfiction)|performs a high wire act between the twin towers of the World Trade Center]].
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File:Viking orbiter.jpg|link=Viking 2 (nonfiction)|1976: Viking program: [[Viking 2 (nonfiction)|Viking 2]] inserted into a 1500 x 33,000 km, 24.6 h orbit around Mars.
File:Viking orbiter.jpg|link=Viking 2 (nonfiction)|1976: Viking program: [[Viking 2 (nonfiction)|Viking 2]] inserted into a 1500 x 33,000 km, 24.6 h orbit around Mars.
File:Fay Ajzenberg-Selove.jpg|link=Fay Ajzenberg-Selove (nonfiction)|1977: Nuclear physicist and crime-fighter [[Fay Ajzenberg-Selove (nonfiction)|Fay Ajzenberg-Selove]] uses experimental work in nuclear spectroscopy of light elements to detect and prevent [[crimes against physical constants]].


||1985: Gábor Szegő dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic: http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/PictDisplay/Szego.html
||1985: Gábor Szegő dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic: http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/PictDisplay/Szego.html
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||2015: Frances Oldham Kelsey dies ... pharmacologist and physician ... thalidomide intervention. Pic.
||2015: Frances Oldham Kelsey dies ... pharmacologist and physician ... thalidomide intervention. Pic.
File:Butterfly.jpg|link=Butterfly (image) (nonfiction)|2016: Signed first edition of ''[[Butterfly (image) (nonfiction)|Butterfly]]'' purchased for an undisclosed amount by "an eminent [[mathematician]] living in [[New Minneapolis, Canada]]."


File:Dennis_Paulson_of_Mars.jpg|link=Dennis Paulson of Mars|2017: [[Dennis Paulson of Mars|Dennis Paulson]] celebrates twenty-first anniversary of [[Viking 2 (nonfiction)|Viking 2]] entering Mars orbit.
File:Dennis_Paulson_of_Mars.jpg|link=Dennis Paulson of Mars|2017: [[Dennis Paulson of Mars|Dennis Paulson]] celebrates twenty-first anniversary of [[Viking 2 (nonfiction)|Viking 2]] entering Mars orbit.


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