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File:Francis Baily.jpg|link=Francis Baily (nonfiction)|1774: Astronomer [[Francis Baily (nonfiction)|Francis Baily]] born. He will observe "Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse (1836). | |||
File:Leopold Kronecker 1865.jpg|link=Leopold Kronecker (nonfiction)|1847: Mathematician [[Leopold Kronecker (nonfiction)|Leopold Kronecker]] uses number theory to predict and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Leopold Kronecker 1865.jpg|link=Leopold Kronecker (nonfiction)|1847: Mathematician [[Leopold Kronecker (nonfiction)|Leopold Kronecker]] uses number theory to predict and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
File:Georgy Voronoy.jpg|link=Georgy Voronoy (nonfiction)|1868: Mathematician [[Georgy Voronoy (nonfiction)|Georgy Voronoy]] born. He will invent what are today called [[Voronoi diagram (nonfiction)|Voronoi diagrams]] or Voronoi tessellations. | File:Georgy Voronoy.jpg|link=Georgy Voronoy (nonfiction)|1868: Mathematician [[Georgy Voronoy (nonfiction)|Georgy Voronoy]] born. He will invent what are today called [[Voronoi diagram (nonfiction)|Voronoi diagrams]] or Voronoi tessellations. |
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1774: Astronomer Francis Baily born. He will observe "Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse (1836).
1847: Mathematician Leopold Kronecker uses number theory to predict and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1868: Mathematician Georgy Voronoy born. He will invent what are today called Voronoi diagrams or Voronoi tessellations.
1986: High levels of radiation resulting from the Chernobyl disaster are detected at a nuclear power plant in Sweden, leading Soviet authorities to publicly announce the accident.
2017: New survey shows that Fantasy Voronoi diagram is more popular than Fantasy Football.