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File:Fugitive_Rubies_interrogation_800x600.jpg|link=Fugitive Rubies|1924: Captive supervillain [[Fugitive Rubies]] gathering strength for escape attempt, says [[Niles Cartouchian]]. | File:Fugitive_Rubies_interrogation_800x600.jpg|link=Fugitive Rubies|1924: Captive supervillain [[Fugitive Rubies]] gathering strength for escape attempt, says [[Niles Cartouchian]]. | ||
File:Lake Peigneur waterfall.png|link=Lake Peigneur (nonfiction)|1980: [[Lake Peigneur (nonfiction)|Lake Peigneur]] drains into an underlying salt deposit. A misplaced Texaco oil probe had been drilled into the Diamond Crystal Salt Mine, causing water to flow down into the mine, eroding the edges of the hole. | File:Lake Peigneur waterfall.png|link=Lake Peigneur (nonfiction)|1980: [[Lake Peigneur (nonfiction)|Lake Peigneur]] drains into an underlying salt deposit. A misplaced Texaco oil probe had been drilled into the Diamond Crystal Salt Mine, causing water to flow down into the mine, eroding the edges of the hole. | ||
File:Voyager spacecraft diagram.png|link=Voyager 1 (nonfiction)|1980: [[Voyager 1 (nonfiction)|Voyager 1]] flies by Saturn, completing its primary mission. | |||
File:Geometrical frustration icosahedron.jpg|link=Geometrical frustration (nonfiction)|1981: Outbreak of [[Geometrical frustration (nonfiction)|Geometrical frustration]] exposes new class of [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Geometrical frustration icosahedron.jpg|link=Geometrical frustration (nonfiction)|1981: Outbreak of [[Geometrical frustration (nonfiction)|Geometrical frustration]] exposes new class of [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
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1872: The ship Mary Celeste attacked by Neptune Slaughter in mid-ocean.
1908: Mathematician Georgy Voronoy dies. He invented what are today called Voronoi diagrams or Voronoi tessellations.
1924: Mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot born.
1924: Captive supervillain Fugitive Rubies gathering strength for escape attempt, says Niles Cartouchian.
1980: Lake Peigneur drains into an underlying salt deposit. A misplaced Texaco oil probe had been drilled into the Diamond Crystal Salt Mine, causing water to flow down into the mine, eroding the edges of the hole.
1980: Voyager 1 flies by Saturn, completing its primary mission.
1981: Outbreak of Geometrical frustration exposes new class of crimes against mathematical constants.