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File:Gaspard Monge.jpg|link=Gaspard Monge (nonfiction)|1818: Mathematician and engineer [[Gaspard Monge (nonfiction)|Gaspard Monge]] dies. He invented descriptive geometry, and did pioneering work in differential geometry. | File:Gaspard Monge.jpg|link=Gaspard Monge (nonfiction)|1818: Mathematician and engineer [[Gaspard Monge (nonfiction)|Gaspard Monge]] dies. He invented descriptive geometry, and did pioneering work in differential geometry. | ||
File:Brownian ratchet.png|link=Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)|1974: New form of [[Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)|Brownian ratchet]] discovered. | File:Brownian ratchet.png|link=Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)|1974: New form of [[Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)|Brownian ratchet]] discovered, causing wave of [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
File: | File:Nixon April-29-1974.jpg|link=Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|1974: [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|Watergate scandal]]: The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment (for obstruction of justice) against President Richard Nixon. | ||
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Revision as of 12:06, 18 June 2017
1818: Mathematician and engineer Gaspard Monge dies. He invented descriptive geometry, and did pioneering work in differential geometry.
1974: New form of Brownian ratchet discovered, causing wave of crimes against mathematical constants.
1974: Watergate scandal: The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee votes 27 to 11 to recommend the first article of impeachment (for obstruction of justice) against President Richard Nixon.