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File:Christiaan Huygens.jpg|link=Christiaan Huygens (nonfiction)|1694: Mathematician, astronomer, and [[Gnomon algorithm]] theorist [[Christiaan Huygens (nonfiction)|Christiaan Huygens]] publishes his long-awaited autobiography, in which he reveals that he uses statistical analysis and games of chance to catch [[math criminals]] in the act.


File:A la mémoire de J.M. Jacquard.jpg|link=Joseph Marie Jacquard (nonfiction)|1752: Weaver and merchant [[Joseph Marie Jacquard (nonfiction)|Joseph Marie Jacquard]] born. He will invent the [[Jacquard loom (nonfiction)|Jacquard loom]], an early type of programmable machine.
File:A la mémoire de J.M. Jacquard.jpg|link=Joseph Marie Jacquard (nonfiction)|1752: Weaver and merchant [[Joseph Marie Jacquard (nonfiction)|Joseph Marie Jacquard]] born. He will invent the [[Jacquard loom (nonfiction)|Jacquard loom]], an early type of programmable machine.
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File:Howard Hughes 1940s.jpg|link=Howard Hughes (nonfiction)|1946: Aviator [[Howard Hughes (nonfiction)|Howard Hughes]] nearly dies when his XF-11 reconnaissance aircraft prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood.
File:Howard Hughes 1940s.jpg|link=Howard Hughes (nonfiction)|1946: Aviator [[Howard Hughes (nonfiction)|Howard Hughes]] nearly dies when his XF-11 reconnaissance aircraft prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood.
File:Baron Zersetzung.jpg|link=Baron Zersetzung|1947: Industrialist, public speaker, and alleged crime boss [[Baron Zersetzung]] announces plan to sell shares in the career of Joseph McCarthy, calls it "a new day in political campaigning."


||1959: Ben Linder born ... engineer and activist ... Linder will be killed by Contras. Pic.
||1959: Ben Linder born ... engineer and activist ... Linder will be killed by Contras. Pic.
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||1984: Richard E. Bellman dies ... applied mathematician, who introduced dynamic programming in 1953, and important contributions in other fields of mathematics. Pic.
||1984: Richard E. Bellman dies ... applied mathematician, who introduced dynamic programming in 1953, and important contributions in other fields of mathematics. Pic.
||1985: John Scarne dies ... magician and author. Pic (cool).


||2003: NASA Opportunity rover, MER-B or Mars Exploration Rover–B, was launched into space aboard a Delta II rocket.
||2003: NASA Opportunity rover, MER-B or Mars Exploration Rover–B, was launched into space aboard a Delta II rocket.

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