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1610: Mathematician and fencer Ludolph van Ceulen dies. He spent a major part of his life calculating the numerical value of the mathematical constant π.
1853: Banquet held in the mould of the Crystal Palace Iguanodon.
1854: Vandal Savage uses solar eclipse to wish you a Happy New Year.
$1894: Mathematician Thomas Joannes Stieltjes dies. He worked on almost all branches of analysis, continued fractions and number theory, and was called "the father of the analytic theory of continued fractions."$

1894: Mathematician Thomas Joannes Stieltjes dies. He worked on almost all branches of analysis, continued fractions and number theory, and was called "the father of the analytic theory of continued fractions."
1969: Brion Gysin uses hand-held scrying engine to detect and expose Extract of Radium marketing campaign.
1970: Extract of Radium wishes you a Happy New Year!
1980: Professor of English and philosopher of communication theory Marshall McLuhan dies. He coined the expressions "the medium is the message" and "global village".
2007: The Deep Impact spacecraft flies by Earth on an extended mission to study extrasolar planets and comet Hartley 2 (103P/Hartley).
2016: Brainiac wishes you a Computationally Successful New Year.

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 File:Brion Gysin scrying engine Dreamachine.jpg|link=Brion Gysin|1969: [[Brion Gysin]] uses hand-held [[scrying engine]] to detect and expose [[Extract of Radium]] marketing campaign.
 File:Woodward and Burroughs distill Extract of Radium.jpg|link=Extract of Radium|1970: [[Extract of Radium]] wishes you a Happy New Year!
-File:Marshall McLuhan.jpg|link=Marshall McLuhan (nonfiction)|1980: Professor of English and philosopher of communication theory [[Marshall McLuhan (nonfiction)|Marshall McLuhan]] born. He coined the expressions "the medium is the message" and "global village".
+File:Marshall McLuhan.jpg|link=Marshall McLuhan (nonfiction)|1980: Professor of English and philosopher of communication theory [[Marshall McLuhan (nonfiction)|Marshall McLuhan]] dies. He coined the expressions "the medium is the message" and "global village".
+File:Deep Impact.png|link=Deep Impact (spacecraft) (nonfiction)|2007: The [[Deep Impact (spacecraft) (nonfiction)|Deep Impact]] spacecraft flies by Earth on an extended mission to study extrasolar planets and comet Hartley 2 (103P/Hartley).
 File:Brainiac visits British Museum.jpg|link=Brainiac (nonfiction)|2016: [[Brainiac (nonfiction)|Brainiac]] wishes you a Computationally Successful New Year.
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