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||1852: John Louis Emil Dreyer born ... astronomer. Pic.
||1852: John Louis Emil Dreyer born ... astronomer. Pic.
File:Niles Cartouchian 2.jpg|link=Niles Cartouchian (1800s)|1835: Mathematician, scholar, and alleged time-traveller [[Niles Cartouchian (1800s)|Niles Cartouchian]] helps mathematician Peter Dirichlet break up the [[Forbidden Ratio]] gang.


||1865: Dugald C. Jackson born ... electrical engineer. He received the IEEE Edison Medal for "outstanding and inspiring leadership in engineering education and in the field of generation and distribution of electric power". Pic.
||1865: Dugald C. Jackson born ... electrical engineer. He received the IEEE Edison Medal for "outstanding and inspiring leadership in engineering education and in the field of generation and distribution of electric power". Pic.
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File:William Shockley.jpg|link=William Shockley (nonfiction)|1910: Physicist and inventor [[William Shockley (nonfiction)|William Shockley]] born. He will share the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of the [[Point-contact transistor (nonfiction)|point-contact transistor]].  
File:William Shockley.jpg|link=William Shockley (nonfiction)|1910: Physicist and inventor [[William Shockley (nonfiction)|William Shockley]] born. He will share the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of the [[Point-contact transistor (nonfiction)|point-contact transistor]].  
File:David Hilbert.jpg|link=David Hilbert (nonfiction)|1911: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[David Hilbert (nonfiction)|David Hilbert]] publishes new synthesis of invariant theory and the axiomatization of geometry which detects and prevents [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1919: William Nierenberg born ... physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project and was director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography from 1965 through 1986. Pic.
||1919: William Nierenberg born ... physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project and was director of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography from 1965 through 1986. Pic.
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File:Fay Ajzenberg-Selove.jpg|link=Fay Ajzenberg-Selove (nonfiction)|1926: Nuclear physicist [[Fay Ajzenberg-Selove (nonfiction)|Fay Ajzenberg-Selove]] born. She will do important experimental work in nuclear spectroscopy of light elements, authoring annual reviews of the energy levels of light atomic nuclei.
File:Fay Ajzenberg-Selove.jpg|link=Fay Ajzenberg-Selove (nonfiction)|1926: Nuclear physicist [[Fay Ajzenberg-Selove (nonfiction)|Fay Ajzenberg-Selove]] born. She will do important experimental work in nuclear spectroscopy of light elements, authoring annual reviews of the energy levels of light atomic nuclei.
File:Karl Jansky.jpg|link=Karl Guthe Jansky (nonfiction)|1933: Physicist and engineer [[Karl Guthe Jansky (nonfiction)|Karl Guthe Jansky]] uses radio astronomy antenna to detect and prevent [[crimes against astronomical constants]].


||1947: Erich Hecke dies ... mathematician. Pic.
||1947: Erich Hecke dies ... mathematician. Pic.
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File:Jan Łukasiewicz.jpg|link=Jan Łukasiewicz (nonfiction)|1956: Mathematician and philosopher [[Jan Łukasiewicz (nonfiction)|Jan Łukasiewicz]] dies.  Łukasiewicz' innovative thinking about the principle of non-contradiction and the law of excluded middle extended the bounds of traditional propositional logic.
File:Jan Łukasiewicz.jpg|link=Jan Łukasiewicz (nonfiction)|1956: Mathematician and philosopher [[Jan Łukasiewicz (nonfiction)|Jan Łukasiewicz]] dies.  Łukasiewicz' innovative thinking about the principle of non-contradiction and the law of excluded middle extended the bounds of traditional propositional logic.
File:Canopic Snickers Really Immortalizes.jpg|link=Canopic Snickers|1963: Discovery of '''[[Canopic Snickers]]''' an unlicensed transdimensional corporation which manifests itself as an ancient Egyptian candy bar with alleged life extension properties.


||1967: American researchers discover the Madrid Codices by Leonardo da Vinci in the National Library of Spain. TO_DO
||1967: American researchers discover the Madrid Codices by Leonardo da Vinci in the National Library of Spain. TO_DO
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||2016: Sir Erik Christopher Zeeman FRS dies ... mathematician, known for his work in geometric topology and singularity theory. Pic.
||2016: Sir Erik Christopher Zeeman FRS dies ... mathematician, known for his work in geometric topology and singularity theory. Pic.


File:Pale Blue Dot.png|link=Pale Blue Dot (nonfiction)|2017: Steganographic analysis of the famous ''[[Pale Blue Dot (nonfiction)|Pale Blue Dot]]'' photograph unexpectedly reveals "nearly a terabyte" of encrypted data.


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  • 1787: Polymath Roger Joseph Boscovich dies. Boscovich was a physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, poet, theologian, and Jesuit priest.

    1787: Polymath Roger Joseph Boscovich dies. Boscovich was a physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, poet, theologian, and Jesuit priest.

  • 1805: Mathematician Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet born. Dirichlet will important make contributions to number theory, analysis, and mechanics. He will also be one of the first mathematicians to give the modern formal definition of a function.

    1805: Mathematician Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet born. Dirichlet will important make contributions to number theory, analysis, and mechanics. He will also be one of the first mathematicians to give the modern formal definition of a function.

  • 1910: Physicist and inventor William Shockley born. He will share the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of the point-contact transistor.

    1910: Physicist and inventor William Shockley born. He will share the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of the point-contact transistor.

  • 1926: Nuclear physicist Fay Ajzenberg-Selove born. She will do important experimental work in nuclear spectroscopy of light elements, authoring annual reviews of the energy levels of light atomic nuclei.

    1926: Nuclear physicist Fay Ajzenberg-Selove born. She will do important experimental work in nuclear spectroscopy of light elements, authoring annual reviews of the energy levels of light atomic nuclei.

  • 1956: Mathematician and philosopher Jan Łukasiewicz dies. Łukasiewicz' innovative thinking about the principle of non-contradiction and the law of excluded middle extended the bounds of traditional propositional logic.

    1956: Mathematician and philosopher Jan Łukasiewicz dies. Łukasiewicz' innovative thinking about the principle of non-contradiction and the law of excluded middle extended the bounds of traditional propositional logic.

  • 1963: Discovery of Canopic Snickers an unlicensed transdimensional corporation which manifests itself as an ancient Egyptian candy bar with alleged life extension properties.

    1963: Discovery of Canopic Snickers an unlicensed transdimensional corporation which manifests itself as an ancient Egyptian candy bar with alleged life extension properties.

  • 1992: Mathematician and physicist Nikolay Bogolyubov dies. His method of teaching, based on creation of a warm atmosphere, politeness, and kindness, is renowned in Russia as the "Bogolyubov approach".

    1992: Mathematician and physicist Nikolay Bogolyubov dies. His method of teaching, based on creation of a warm atmosphere, politeness, and kindness, is renowned in Russia as the "Bogolyubov approach".

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