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File:Johannes Schöner.jpg|link=Johannes Schöner (nonfiction)|1450: Polymath, cartographer, globe-builder, and crime-fighter [[Johannes Schöner (nonfiction)|Johannes Schöner]] demonstrates new type of globe which uses [[scrying engine]] techniques to detect and prevent [[crimes against geology]].
File:Paolo Sarpi.jpg|link=Paolo Sarpi (nonfiction)|1623: Statesman, scientist, and historian [[Paolo Sarpi (nonfiction)|Paolo Sarpi]] dies. He was a proponent of the Copernican system, a friend and patron of Galileo Galilei, and a keen follower of the latest research on anatomy, astronomy, and ballistics at the University of Padua.
File:Paolo Sarpi.jpg|link=Paolo Sarpi (nonfiction)|1623: Statesman, scientist, and historian [[Paolo Sarpi (nonfiction)|Paolo Sarpi]] dies. He was a proponent of the Copernican system, a friend and patron of Galileo Galilei, and a keen follower of the latest research on anatomy, astronomy, and ballistics at the University of Padua.


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||1980: Brain surgeon and academic Herbert Olivecrona dies.  He is credited with founding the field of Swedish neurosurgery, and pioneering developments in modern neurosurgery. Pic.
||1980: Brain surgeon and academic Herbert Olivecrona dies.  He is credited with founding the field of Swedish neurosurgery, and pioneering developments in modern neurosurgery. Pic.


File:Voronoi-diagram-color-commentators.jpg|link=Fantasy Voronoi diagram|1982: [[Fantasy Voronoi diagram]] commentators say that the upcoming [[Stardust (spacecraft) (nonfiction)|Stardust]] mission "is certain to return interesting samples of dust from the coma of comet Wild 2."
File:Asking for a Friend.jpg|link=Asking for a Friend|1981: English rock band the Rolling Stones performs an early version of their song "'''[[Asking for a Friend]]'''".


||1992: Walker Bleakney dies ... physicist, one of inventors of mass spectrometers, and widely noted for his research in the fields of atomic physics, molecular physics, fluid dynamics,the ionization of gases, and blast waves. Pic.
||1992: Walker Bleakney dies ... physicist, one of inventors of mass spectrometers, and widely noted for his research in the fields of atomic physics, molecular physics, fluid dynamics,the ionization of gases, and blast waves. Pic.
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||2001: Leo Marks dies ... cryptographer, playwright, and screenwriter. Pic.
||2001: Leo Marks dies ... cryptographer, playwright, and screenwriter. Pic.
File:Superimposed Fraunhofer.jpg|link=Superimposed Fraunhofer|2003: Chromatographic analysis of the famous [[Superimposed Fraunhofer]] misprint stamps reveals "at least fifty, perhaps as many as sixty" previously unknown [[Color (nonfiction)|colors]].


||2005: ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the Moon.
||2005: ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the Moon.
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||2010: Marshall Warren Nirenberg dies ... biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate for "breaking the genetic code" and describing how it operates in protein synthesis. Pic.
||2010: Marshall Warren Nirenberg dies ... biochemist and geneticist, Nobel Prize laureate for "breaking the genetic code" and describing how it operates in protein synthesis. Pic.
File:Greedy colorings.svg|link=Greedy coloring (nonfiction)|2018: High-energy physicists discover a "[[Greedy coloring (nonfiction)|Greedy coloring]]" particle which "drains all the color from [[Color commentator (nonfiction)|color commentary]]."


||2013: Walter Lewis Baily, Jr. dies ... mathematician. Pic.
||2013: Walter Lewis Baily, Jr. dies ... mathematician. Pic.
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||2014: John Dobson dies ... astronomer and author .. best known for the Dobsonian telescope, a portable, low-cost Newtonian reflector telescope; also known for his efforts to promote awareness of astronomy (and his unorthodox views of physical cosmology) through public lectures including his performances of "sidewalk astronomy." Pic.
||2014: John Dobson dies ... astronomer and author .. best known for the Dobsonian telescope, a portable, low-cost Newtonian reflector telescope; also known for his efforts to promote awareness of astronomy (and his unorthodox views of physical cosmology) through public lectures including his performances of "sidewalk astronomy." Pic.


File:Phaeton 9.jpg|link=Phaeton 9 (nonfiction)|2019: ''[[Phaeton 9 (nonfiction)|Phaeton 9]]'' voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]].


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  • 1623: Statesman, scientist, and historian Paolo Sarpi dies. He was a proponent of the Copernican system, a friend and patron of Galileo Galilei, and a keen follower of the latest research on anatomy, astronomy, and ballistics at the University of Padua.

    1623: Statesman, scientist, and historian Paolo Sarpi dies. He was a proponent of the Copernican system, a friend and patron of Galileo Galilei, and a keen follower of the latest research on anatomy, astronomy, and ballistics at the University of Padua.

  • 1818: A paper by British physicist David Brewster is read to the Royal Society, belatedly announcing his discovery of what we now call the biaxial class of doubly-refracting crystals.

    1818: A paper by British physicist David Brewster is read to the Royal Society, belatedly announcing his discovery of what we now call the biaxial class of doubly-refracting crystals.

  • 1850: Mathematician and physicist Sofia Kovalevskaya born. Kovalevskaya will contribute to analysis, partial differential equations, and mechanics.

    1850: Mathematician and physicist Sofia Kovalevskaya born. Kovalevskaya will contribute to analysis, partial differential equations, and mechanics.

  • 1896: Photographer and journalist Mathew Brady dies. He was one of the first American photographers, best known for his scenes of the Civil War.

    1896: Photographer and journalist Mathew Brady dies. He was one of the first American photographers, best known for his scenes of the Civil War.

  • 1905: Physicist and academic John D. Strong born. Strong will contribute to optical physics: he will be the first to detect water vapor in the atmosphere of Venus, and he will develop optical devices and materials including improved telescope mirrors and anti-reflective coatings.

    1905: Physicist and academic John D. Strong born. Strong will contribute to optical physics: he will be the first to detect water vapor in the atmosphere of Venus, and he will develop optical devices and materials including improved telescope mirrors and anti-reflective coatings.

  • 1908: Theoretical physicist and academic Edward Teller born. He will be known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb", although he will not care for the epithet.

    1908: Theoretical physicist and academic Edward Teller born. He will be known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb", although he will not care for the epithet.

  • 1945: Mathematician Wilhelm Wirtinger dies. He contributed to complex analysis, geometry, algebra, number theory, Lie groups and knot theory.

    1945: Mathematician Wilhelm Wirtinger dies. He contributed to complex analysis, geometry, algebra, number theory, Lie groups and knot theory.

  • 1981: English rock band the Rolling Stones performs an early version of their song "Asking for a Friend".

    1981: English rock band the Rolling Stones performs an early version of their song "Asking for a Friend".

  • 2006: A capsule of dust samples collected by the spacecraft Stardust returns to Earth.

    2006: A capsule of dust samples collected by the spacecraft Stardust returns to Earth.

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