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||1916: Peter Maurice Wright born ... principal scientific officer for MI5, the British counter-intelligence agency. His book Spycatcher became an international bestseller with sales of over two million copies. Spycatcher was part memoir, part exposé of what Wright claimed were serious institutional failings in MI5 and his subsequent investigations into those.
||1916: Peter Maurice Wright born ... principal scientific officer for MI5, the British counter-intelligence agency. His book Spycatcher became an international bestseller with sales of over two million copies. Spycatcher was part memoir, part exposé of what Wright claimed were serious institutional failings in MI5 and his subsequent investigations into those.
File:Georg Cantor 1894.png|link=Georg Cantor (nonfiction)|1917: Mathematician and philosopher [[Georg Cantor (nonfiction)|Georg Cantor]] publishes new [[Set theory (nonfiction)|theory of sets]] derived from [[Gnomon algorithm functions]]. Colleagues hail it as "a magisterial contribution to science and art of detecting and preventing [[crimes against mathematical constants]]."


||1919: Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel dies ... biologist, naturalist, philosopher, physician, professor, marine biologist, and artist who discovered, described and named thousands of new species, mapped a genealogical tree relating all life forms, and coined many terms in biology. Pic.
||1919: Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel dies ... biologist, naturalist, philosopher, physician, professor, marine biologist, and artist who discovered, described and named thousands of new species, mapped a genealogical tree relating all life forms, and coined many terms in biology. Pic.
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File:Marvin Minsky.jpg|link=Marvin Minsky (nonfiction)|1927: Cognitive scientist and artificial intelligence researcher [[Marvin Minsky (nonfiction)|Marvin Minsky]] born.
File:Marvin Minsky.jpg|link=Marvin Minsky (nonfiction)|1927: Cognitive scientist and artificial intelligence researcher [[Marvin Minsky (nonfiction)|Marvin Minsky]] born.
File:Vito Volterra.jpg|link=Vito Volterra (nonfiction)|1928: Mathematician, physicist, and crime-fighter [[Vito Volterra (nonfiction)|Vito Volterra]] uses principles of functional analysis to locate and apprehend [[math criminals]].


||1929: Pierre Fatou dies ... French mathematician and astronomer. Pic.
||1929: Pierre Fatou dies ... French mathematician and astronomer. Pic.
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||1957: Soviet submarine K-3 Leninsky Komsomol launched ... the first nuclear submarine of the Soviet Union. Pic.
||1957: Soviet submarine K-3 Leninsky Komsomol launched ... the first nuclear submarine of the Soviet Union. Pic.
||1968: Operation Prairie Flat: nuclear test involving the detonation of a 500-short-ton (454 t) spherical surface charge of TNT to evaluate airblast, ground shock and thermal effects of nuclear weapons. Pic.


||1969: C. F. Powell dies ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic.
||1969: C. F. Powell dies ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic.
File:Egon Rhodomunde.jpg|link=Egon Rhodomunde|1973: Film director and arms dealer [[Egon Rhodomunde]] raises money for his next film by selling shares in the [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|President Nixon's resignation]].


File:Nixon April-29-1974.jpg|link=Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|1974: As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|Watergate scandal]], Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, becomes president.
File:Nixon April-29-1974.jpg|link=Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|1974: As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|Watergate scandal]], Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, becomes president.
File:Baron Zersetzung.jpg|link=Baron Zersetzung|1974: Industrialist, public motivational speaker, and alleged crime boss [[Baron Zersetzung]] says he "advised President Nixon to resign with dignity, and take revenge later."


||1993: Donald William Kerst dies ... physicist who worked on advanced particle accelerator concepts (accelerator physics) and plasma physics. He is most notable for his development of the betatron, a novel type of particle accelerator used to accelerate electrons. Pic.
||1993: Donald William Kerst dies ... physicist who worked on advanced particle accelerator concepts (accelerator physics) and plasma physics. He is most notable for his development of the betatron, a novel type of particle accelerator used to accelerate electrons. Pic.
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||2002: George Alfred Barnard dies ... statistician known particularly for his work on the foundations of statistics and on quality control. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=George+Barnard+statistician
||2002: George Alfred Barnard dies ... statistician known particularly for his work on the foundations of statistics and on quality control. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=George+Barnard+statistician
||2002: American linguist and codebreaker Meredith Knox Gardner born. Gardner worked in counter-intelligence, decoding Soviet intelligence traffic regarding espionage in the United States, in what came to be known as the Venona project. Pic.


File:James Van Allen.jpg|link=James Van Allen (nonfiction)|2006: Physicist and philosopher [[James Van Allen (nonfiction)|James Van Allen]] dies. The Van Allen radiation belts are named after him, following their discovery by his Geiger–Müller tube instruments aboard satellites in 1958.
File:James Van Allen.jpg|link=James Van Allen (nonfiction)|2006: Physicist and philosopher [[James Van Allen (nonfiction)|James Van Allen]] dies. The Van Allen radiation belts are named after him, following their discovery by his Geiger–Müller tube instruments aboard satellites in 1958.
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||2015: John Henry Holland dies ... was an American scientist and Professor of psychology and Professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He was a pioneer in what became known as genetic algorithms. Pic.
||2015: John Henry Holland dies ... was an American scientist and Professor of psychology and Professor of electrical engineering and computer science at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He was a pioneer in what became known as genetic algorithms. Pic.
Green City Skyline.jpg|link=Green City Skyline (nonfiction)|2016: Signed first edition of ''[[Green City Skyline (nonfiction)|Green City Skyline]]'' purchased by "an eminent [[Gnomon algorithm]] theorist residing in [[New Minneapolis, Canada]].


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  • 1899: Chemist Edward Frankland dies. He was one of the originators of organometallic chemistry, introducing the concept of combining power or valence.

    1899: Chemist Edward Frankland dies. He was one of the originators of organometallic chemistry, introducing the concept of combining power or valence.

  • 1927: Cognitive scientist and artificial intelligence researcher Marvin Minsky born.

    1927: Cognitive scientist and artificial intelligence researcher Marvin Minsky born.

  • 1932: Mathematician John Charles Fields dies. He founded the Fields Medal for outstanding achievement in mathematics.

    1932: Mathematician John Charles Fields dies. He founded the Fields Medal for outstanding achievement in mathematics.

  • 1974: As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, becomes president.

    1974: As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, becomes president.

  • 2006: Physicist and philosopher James Van Allen dies. The Van Allen radiation belts are named after him, following their discovery by his Geiger–Müller tube instruments aboard satellites in 1958.

    2006: Physicist and philosopher James Van Allen dies. The Van Allen radiation belts are named after him, following their discovery by his Geiger–Müller tube instruments aboard satellites in 1958.

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