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||1632: John Locke born ... physician and philosopher.
||1632: John Locke born ... physician and philosopher.
File:Christopher Polhem painted by Johan Henrik Scheffel 1741.jpg|link=Christopher Polhem (nonfiction)|1651: Scientist, inventor, and crime-fighter [[Christopher Polhem (nonfiction)|Christopher Polhem]] demonstrates water-powered automaton which detects and prevents [[crimes against geology]].


||1712: Gregory King dies ... genealogist, engraver, and statistician.
||1712: Gregory King dies ... genealogist, engraver, and statistician.
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||1914: Bernard Vonnegut born ... atmospheric scientist credited with discovering that silver iodide could be used effectively in cloud seeding to produce snow and rain. He was the older brother of American novelist Kurt Vonnegut. Pic: http://www.atmos.albany.edu/daes/bvonn/bvonnegut.html
||1914: Bernard Vonnegut born ... atmospheric scientist credited with discovering that silver iodide could be used effectively in cloud seeding to produce snow and rain. He was the older brother of American novelist Kurt Vonnegut. Pic: http://www.atmos.albany.edu/daes/bvonn/bvonnegut.html


||1915: US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.
File:USS_F-4_1915.jpg|link=USS F-4 (nonfiction)|1915: US Navy salvage divers raise [[USS F-4 (nonfiction)|USS F-4]], the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.
 
File:J_J_Thomson.jpg|link=J. J. Thomson (nonfiction)|1929: Physicist, academic, and criminologist [[J. J. Thomson (nonfiction)|J. J. Thomson]] discovers the first evidence that isotopes the stable element neon are vulnerable to [[crimes against physical constants]].


||1937: Otto Ludwig Hölder dies ... mathematician. He will discover Hölder's inequality, a fundamental inequality between integrals and an indispensable tool for the study of Lp spaces. Pic.
||1937: Otto Ludwig Hölder dies ... mathematician. He will discover Hölder's inequality, a fundamental inequality between integrals and an indispensable tool for the study of Lp spaces. Pic.
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File:Shoshichi Kobayashi.jpg|link=Shoshichi Kobayashi (nonfiction)|2012: Mathematician and academic [[Shoshichi Kobayashi (nonfiction)|Shoshichi Kobayashi]] dies. He worked on Riemannian and complex manifolds, transformation groups of geometric structures, and Lie algebras.
File:Shoshichi Kobayashi.jpg|link=Shoshichi Kobayashi (nonfiction)|2012: Mathematician and academic [[Shoshichi Kobayashi (nonfiction)|Shoshichi Kobayashi]] dies. He worked on Riemannian and complex manifolds, transformation groups of geometric structures, and Lie algebras.
File:Carbon 14 formation and decay.svg|link=Carbon-14 (nonfiction)|2017: Concentrated sample of [[Carbon-14 (nonfiction)|carbon-14]] accidentally exposed to unfiltered [[Extract of Radium]], causing a wave of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


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  • 1780: Artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres born. He will assume the role of a guardian of academic orthodoxy against the ascendant Romantic style represented by his nemesis, Eugène Delacroix.

    1780: Artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres born. He will assume the role of a guardian of academic orthodoxy against the ascendant Romantic style represented by his nemesis, Eugène Delacroix.

  • 1863: Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley sinks during a test run, killing five members of her crew.

    1863: Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley sinks during a test run, killing five members of her crew.

  • 1915: US Navy salvage divers raise USS F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.

    1915: US Navy salvage divers raise USS F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.

  • 2012: Mathematician and academic Shoshichi Kobayashi dies. He worked on Riemannian and complex manifolds, transformation groups of geometric structures, and Lie algebras.

    2012: Mathematician and academic Shoshichi Kobayashi dies. He worked on Riemannian and complex manifolds, transformation groups of geometric structures, and Lie algebras.

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