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File:Pedro Mejía.jpg|link=Pedro Mexía (nonfiction)|1551: Writer, humanist, and historian [[Pedro Mexía (nonfiction)|Pedro Mexía]] dies. He wrote ''Silva de varia lección'' ("A Miscellany of Several Lessons"), which became an early best seller across Europe.
File:Pedro Mejía.jpg|link=Pedro Mexía (nonfiction)|1551: Writer, humanist, and historian [[Pedro Mexía (nonfiction)|Pedro Mexía]] dies. He wrote ''Silva de varia lección'' ("A Miscellany of Several Lessons"), which became an early best seller across Europe.
File:Anarchimedes.jpg|link=Anarchimedes|1552: Mathematician and alleged time-traveller [[Anarchimedes]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] to commit [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1560: Gaspard Bauhin born ... botanist, physician, and academic. Pic.
||1560: Gaspard Bauhin born ... botanist, physician, and academic. Pic.
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File:Robert Fludd.jpg|link=Robert Fludd (nonfiction)|1574: Astrologer, mathematician, cosmologist, Qabalist and Rosicrucian apologist [[Robert Fludd (nonfiction)|Robert Fludd]] born.
File:Robert Fludd.jpg|link=Robert Fludd (nonfiction)|1574: Astrologer, mathematician, cosmologist, Qabalist and Rosicrucian apologist [[Robert Fludd (nonfiction)|Robert Fludd]] born.


||1618 Luca Valerio dies mathematician who applied methods of Archimedes to find volumes and centers of gravity of solid bodies. He corresponded with Galileo. *SAU No DOB.  Pic: book cover.
||1618: Luca Valerio dies mathematician who applied methods of Archimedes to find volumes and centers of gravity of solid bodies. He corresponded with Galileo. *SAU No DOB.  Pic: book cover.


||1624: Camillo-Guarino Guarini born ... architect of the Piedmontese Baroque, active in Turin as well as Sicily, France, and Portugal. He was a Theatine priest, mathematician, and writer. Pic.
||1624: Camillo-Guarino Guarini born ... architect of the Piedmontese Baroque, active in Turin as well as Sicily, France, and Portugal. He was a Theatine priest, mathematician, and writer. Pic.
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||1705: John Ray born ... biologist and botanist. He published important works on botany, zoology, and natural theology. His classification of plants in his Historia Plantarum, was an important step towards modern taxonomy. Ray rejected the system of dichotomous division by which species were classified according to a pre-conceived, either/or type system, and instead classified plants according to similarities and differences that emerged from observation. He was among the first to attempt a biological definition for the concept of species. Pic.
||1705: John Ray born ... biologist and botanist. He published important works on botany, zoology, and natural theology. His classification of plants in his Historia Plantarum, was an important step towards modern taxonomy. Ray rejected the system of dichotomous division by which species were classified according to a pre-conceived, either/or type system, and instead classified plants according to similarities and differences that emerged from observation. He was among the first to attempt a biological definition for the concept of species. Pic.


||1706: Benjamin Franklin born ... publisher, inventor, and politician, 6th President of Pennsylvania. Pic.
File:Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky (circa 1816) by Benjamin West.jpg|link=Benjamin Franklin (nonfiction)|1706: Inventor, publisher, and statesman [[Benjamin Franklin (nonfiction)|Benjamin Franklin]] born.


||1757: John Gough born ... natural and experimental philosopher who is known for his own investigations as well as the influence he had on both John Dalton and William Whewell. Pic search maybe: https://www.google.com/search?q=John+Gough+(natural+philosopher)
||1757: John Gough born ... natural and experimental philosopher who is known for his own investigations as well as the influence he had on both John Dalton and William Whewell. Pic search.


||1761: James Hall born ... geologist and geophysicist. Pic search good: https://www.google.com/search?q=james+hall+geologist
||1761: James Hall born ... geologist and geophysicist. Pic search.


||1775: Vincenzo Riccati dies ... mathematician and physicist. He was the brother of Giordano Riccati, and the second son of Jacopo Riccati. Riccati's main research continued the work of his father in mathematical analysis, especially in the fields of the differential equations and physics. Pic.
||1775: Vincenzo Riccati dies ... mathematician and physicist. He was the brother of Giordano Riccati, and the second son of Jacopo Riccati. Riccati's main research continued the work of his father in mathematical analysis, especially in the fields of the differential equations and physics. Pic.
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||1833: Friedrich Koenig dies ... inventor best known for his high-speed steam-powered printing press, which he built together with watchmaker Andreas Friedrich Bauer. This new style of printing press could print up to 1,100 sheets per hour, printing on both sides of the paper at the same time. Pic.
||1833: Friedrich Koenig dies ... inventor best known for his high-speed steam-powered printing press, which he built together with watchmaker Andreas Friedrich Bauer. This new style of printing press could print up to 1,100 sheets per hour, printing on both sides of the paper at the same time. Pic.


||1834: Giovanni Aldini dies ... physicist and academic ... electro-stimulation deceased limbs. Pic.
File:Giovanni Aldini.jpg|link=Giovanni Aldini (nonfiction)|1834: Physicist and academic [[Giovanni Aldini (nonfiction)|Giovanni Aldini]] dies. Aldini contributed to galvanism, anatomy and its medical applications, the construction and illumination of lighthouses, and the mitigation of the destructive effects of fire.  


||1834: August Weismann born ... biologist, zoologist, and geneticist. Pic.
||1834: August Weismann born ... biologist, zoologist, and geneticist. Pic.


File:Charles Dupin.jpg|link=Charles Dupin (nonfiction)|1835: Mathematician, engineer, cartographer, economist, and crime fighter [[Charles Dupin (nonfiction)|Pierre Charles François Dupin]] uses choropleth map to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
||1857: Eugène Augustin Lauste born ... inventor instrumental in the technological development of the history of cinema. Pic search.
 
||1857: Eugène Augustin Lauste born ... inventor instrumental in the technological development of the history of cinema. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=Eugène+Augustin+Lauste


||1868: Louis Couturat born ... logician, mathematician, philosopher, and linguist. Pic.
||1868: Louis Couturat born ... logician, mathematician, philosopher, and linguist. Pic.
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File:Electrocuting_an_Elephant.png|link=Electrocuting an Elephant (nonfiction)|1903: The short film ''[[Electrocuting an Elephant (nonfiction)|Electrocuting an Elephant]]'' is released.  It documents the deliberate execution of an elephant named Topsy.
File:Electrocuting_an_Elephant.png|link=Electrocuting an Elephant (nonfiction)|1903: The short film ''[[Electrocuting an Elephant (nonfiction)|Electrocuting an Elephant]]'' is released.  It documents the deliberate execution of an elephant named Topsy.
File:Scrimshaw binge residue.jpg|link=Scrimshaw abuse|1904: Outbreak of [[Scrimshaw abuse]] linked to last year's release of ''[[Electrocuting an Elephant (nonfiction)|Electrocuting an Elephant]]''.


||1905: Dattathreya Ramchandra Kaprekar born ... recreational mathematician who described several classes of natural numbers including the Kaprekar, Harshad and Self numbers and discovered the Kaprekar constant, named after him.  Pic. Death date unknown.
||1905: Dattathreya Ramchandra Kaprekar born ... recreational mathematician who described several classes of natural numbers including the Kaprekar, Harshad and Self numbers and discovered the Kaprekar constant, named after him.  Pic. Death date unknown.
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||1917: Daniel Shanks born ... mathematician who worked primarily in numerical analysis and number theory. He is best known as the first to compute π to 100,000 decimal places, and for his book Solved and Unsolved Problems in Number Theory. Pic.
||1917: Daniel Shanks born ... mathematician who worked primarily in numerical analysis and number theory. He is best known as the first to compute π to 100,000 decimal places, and for his book Solved and Unsolved Problems in Number Theory. Pic.


||1921: Antonio Prohías born ... cartoonist. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=antonio+prohías
||1919: Mingote dies ... cartoonist and journalist. Pic.


||1923: Corrado Böhm born ... computer scientist and academic known especially for his contributions to the theory of structured programming, constructive mathematics, combinatory logic, lambda calculus, and the semantics and implementation of functional programming languages. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Corrado+Böhm
||1921: Antonio Prohías born ... cartoonist. Pic search.
 
||1923: Corrado Böhm born ... computer scientist and academic known especially for his contributions to the theory of structured programming, constructive mathematics, combinatory logic, lambda calculus, and the semantics and implementation of functional programming languages. Pic search.


||1924: Jewel Plummer Cobb born ... biologist, cancer researcher, and academic. Pic.
||1924: Jewel Plummer Cobb born ... biologist, cancer researcher, and academic. Pic.
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||1929: Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.
||1929: Popeye the Sailor Man, a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, first appears in the Thimble Theatre comic strip.


||1941: Eduard Zintl dies ... chemist. He gained prominence for research on intermetallic compounds. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Eduard+Zintl
||1941: Eduard Zintl dies ... chemist. He gained prominence for research on intermetallic compounds. Pic search.


||1945: Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg is taken into Soviet custody while in Hungary; he is never publicly seen again. Pic.
||1945: Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg is taken into Soviet custody while in Hungary; he is never publicly seen again. Pic.


||1948: Ludwik Silberstein dies ... physicist who helped make special relativity and general relativity staples of university coursework. His textbook The Theory of Relativity was published by Macmillan in 1914 with a second edition, expanded to include general relativity, in 1924. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=ludwik+silberstein
||1948: Ludwik Silberstein dies ... physicist who helped make special relativity and general relativity staples of university coursework. His textbook The Theory of Relativity was published by Macmillan in 1914 with a second edition, expanded to include general relativity, in 1924. Pic search.


File:Anita Borg.jpg|link=Anita Borg (nonfiction)|1949: Computer scientist [[Anita Borg (nonfiction)|Anita Borg]] born.  She will found the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology.
File:Anita Borg.jpg|link=Anita Borg (nonfiction)|1949: Computer scientist [[Anita Borg (nonfiction)|Anita Borg]] born.  She will found the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology.
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||1954: Leonard Eugene Dickson dies ... was an American mathematician. He was one of the first American researchers in abstract algebra, in particular the theory of finite fields and classical groups, and is also remembered for a three-volume history of number theory, History of the Theory of Numbers. Pic not Wikipedia.
||1954: Leonard Eugene Dickson dies ... was an American mathematician. He was one of the first American researchers in abstract algebra, in particular the theory of finite fields and classical groups, and is also remembered for a three-volume history of number theory, History of the Theory of Numbers. Pic not Wikipedia.
File:Mk15 nuclear bomb.jpg|link=1958 Tybee Island mid-air collision (nonfiction)|1958: [[Gnomon algorithm]] forecasting models indicate that an [[1958 Tybee Island mid-air collision (nonfiction)|American hydrogen bomb will be lost within the next thirty days]].


File:Eisenhower in the Oval Office February 1956.jpg|link=Military-industrial complex (nonfiction)|1961: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "[[Military-industrial complex (nonfiction)|military–industrial complex]]."
File:Eisenhower in the Oval Office February 1956.jpg|link=Military-industrial complex (nonfiction)|1961: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "[[Military-industrial complex (nonfiction)|military–industrial complex]]."
File:Baron Zersetzung.jpg|link=Baron Zersetzung|1962: Industrialist, military contractor, and alleged crime boss [[Colonel Zersetzung]] tells reporters that the military-industrial complex is "the most profitable venture ever undertaken by humanity."
File:Phagey the Extract of Radium mascot.png|link=Extract of Radium|1965: [[Extract of Radium]] opens new retail outlet in Palomares, Spain, in preparation for the Palomares nuclear weapons event.


File:Palomares H-Bomb Incident.jpg|link=1966 Palomares B-52 crash (nonfiction)|1966: [[1966 Palomares B-52 crash (nonfiction)|Palomares incident]]: A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, killing seven airmen, and dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea.
File:Palomares H-Bomb Incident.jpg|link=1966 Palomares B-52 crash (nonfiction)|1966: [[1966 Palomares B-52 crash (nonfiction)|Palomares incident]]: A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, killing seven airmen, and dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea.
File:Saccharomyces_cerevisiae_culture.jpg|1969: Mutant culture of ''Saccharomyces cerevisiae'' computing [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] unexpectedly develops [[Artificial intelligence (nonfiction)|artificial intelligence]].


||1975: Georgi Evgen'evich Shilov dies ... mathematician and expert in the field of functional analysis, who contributed to the theory of normed rings and generalized functions. Pic.
||1975: Georgi Evgen'evich Shilov dies ... mathematician and expert in the field of functional analysis, who contributed to the theory of normed rings and generalized functions. Pic.
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||1985: The last day for the card catalog at the New York Public Library. It contained 10 million dog-eared cards in 9,000 oak drawers. It was replaced by 800 bound volumes of photocopies of the cards and a computer catalog. *AP press release, 18 Jan 1985.
||1985: The last day for the card catalog at the New York Public Library. It contained 10 million dog-eared cards in 9,000 oak drawers. It was replaced by 800 bound volumes of photocopies of the cards and a computer catalog. *AP press release, 18 Jan 1985.


||1994: Yevgeni Ivanov dies ... spy. Pic not Wikipedia: http://spartacus-educational.com/SPYivanov.htm
||1994: Yevgeni Ivanov dies ... spy. Pic search.


||1997: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station: A Delta II carrying a GPS2R satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad.
||1997: Cape Canaveral Air Force Station: A Delta II carrying a GPS2R satellite explodes 13 seconds after launch, dropping 250 tons of burning rocket remains around the launch pad.
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File:Clyde W. Tombaugh.jpg|link=Clyde Tombaugh (nonfiction)|1997: Astronomer and academic [[Clyde Tombaugh (nonfiction)|Clyde Tombaugh]] dies. He discovered Pluto, as well as many asteroids.
File:Clyde W. Tombaugh.jpg|link=Clyde Tombaugh (nonfiction)|1997: Astronomer and academic [[Clyde Tombaugh (nonfiction)|Clyde Tombaugh]] dies. He discovered Pluto, as well as many asteroids.


||2000: Eugène Ehrhart dies ... mathematician who introduced Ehrhart polynomials in the 1960s.  Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=eugène+ehrhart
||2000: Eugène Ehrhart dies ... mathematician who introduced Ehrhart polynomials in the 1960s.  Pic search.


File:Tom Kilburn.jpg|link=Tom Kilburn (nonfiction)|2001: Mathematician and computer scientist [[Tom Kilburn (nonfiction)|Tom Kilburn]] dies. Over the course of a productive 30-year career, he was involved in the development of five computers of great historical significance.  
File:Tom Kilburn.jpg|link=Tom Kilburn (nonfiction)|2001: Mathematician and computer scientist [[Tom Kilburn (nonfiction)|Tom Kilburn]] dies. Over the course of a productive 30-year career, he was involved in the development of five computers of great historical significance.  


||2002: Roman Personov dies ... physicist and academic ... one of the founders of selective laser spectroscopy of complex molecules in solids (frozen solutions). Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Roman+Personov
||2002: Roman Personov dies ... physicist and academic ... one of the founders of selective laser spectroscopy of complex molecules in solids (frozen solutions). Pic search.


||2005: Albert Schatz dies ... microbiologist and academic. Pic.
||2005: Albert Schatz dies ... microbiologist and academic. Pic.


||2008: Bobby Fischer dies ... chess player and author. Pic.
||2008: Bobby Fischer dies ... chess player and author. Pic.
File:Angry_Feller.jpg|link=Angry Feller (nonfiction)|2018: Signed first edition of ''[[Angry Feller (nonfiction)|Angry Feller]]'' sells for fifty dollars in charity auction to benefit victims of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


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  • 1492: Mathematician Adam Ries born (uncertain). He will write textbooks for practical mathematics, promoting the advantages of Arabic/Indian numerals over Roman numerals.

    1492: Mathematician Adam Ries born (uncertain). He will write textbooks for practical mathematics, promoting the advantages of Arabic/Indian numerals over Roman numerals.

  • 1551: Writer, humanist, and historian Pedro Mexía dies. He wrote Silva de varia lección ("A Miscellany of Several Lessons"), which became an early best seller across Europe.

    1551: Writer, humanist, and historian Pedro Mexía dies. He wrote Silva de varia lección ("A Miscellany of Several Lessons"), which became an early best seller across Europe.

  • 1574: Astrologer, mathematician, cosmologist, Qabalist and Rosicrucian apologist Robert Fludd born.

    1574: Astrologer, mathematician, cosmologist, Qabalist and Rosicrucian apologist Robert Fludd born.

  • 1647: Astronomer Elisabeth Hevelius born. One of the first female astronomers, Hevelius will be called "the mother of moon charts".

    1647: Astronomer Elisabeth Hevelius born. One of the first female astronomers, Hevelius will be called "the mother of moon charts".

  • 1706: Inventor, publisher, and statesman Benjamin Franklin born.

    1706: Inventor, publisher, and statesman Benjamin Franklin born.

  • 1834: Physicist and academic Giovanni Aldini dies. Aldini contributed to galvanism, anatomy and its medical applications, the construction and illumination of lighthouses, and the mitigation of the destructive effects of fire.

    1834: Physicist and academic Giovanni Aldini dies. Aldini contributed to galvanism, anatomy and its medical applications, the construction and illumination of lighthouses, and the mitigation of the destructive effects of fire.

  • 1903: The short film Electrocuting an Elephant is released. It documents the deliberate execution of an elephant named Topsy.

    1903: The short film Electrocuting an Elephant is released. It documents the deliberate execution of an elephant named Topsy.

  • 1911: Statistician, progressive, polymath, sociologist, psychologist, anthropologist, eugenicist, tropical explorer, geographer, inventor, meteorologist, proto-geneticist, and psychometrician Francis Galton dies.

    1911: Statistician, progressive, polymath, sociologist, psychologist, anthropologist, eugenicist, tropical explorer, geographer, inventor, meteorologist, proto-geneticist, and psychometrician Francis Galton dies.

  • 1949: Computer scientist Anita Borg born. She will found the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology.

    1949: Computer scientist Anita Borg born. She will found the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology.

  • 1961: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "military–industrial complex."

    1961: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "military–industrial complex."

  • 1966: Palomares incident: A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, killing seven airmen, and dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea.

    1966: Palomares incident: A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, killing seven airmen, and dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea.

  • 1997: Astronomer and academic Clyde Tombaugh dies. He discovered Pluto, as well as many asteroids.

    1997: Astronomer and academic Clyde Tombaugh dies. He discovered Pluto, as well as many asteroids.

  • 2001: Mathematician and computer scientist Tom Kilburn dies. Over the course of a productive 30-year career, he was involved in the development of five computers of great historical significance.

    2001: Mathematician and computer scientist Tom Kilburn dies. Over the course of a productive 30-year career, he was involved in the development of five computers of great historical significance.

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