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File:Jacques Hadamard.jpg|link=Jacques Hadamard (nonfiction)|1963: Mathematician [[Jacques Hadamard (nonfiction)|Jacques Hadamard]] dies. He made major contributions in number theory, complex function theory, differential geometry and partial differential equations. | File:Jacques Hadamard.jpg|link=Jacques Hadamard (nonfiction)|1963: Mathematician [[Jacques Hadamard (nonfiction)|Jacques Hadamard]] dies. He made major contributions in number theory, complex function theory, differential geometry and partial differential equations. | ||
File:Red-Limned Sea Quetzalcoatl.jpg|link=Sea Quetzalcoatl|1965: Red-limned [[Sea Quetzalcoatl]] disguises itself as Tree of Life. | File:Red-Limned Sea Quetzalcoatl.jpg|link=Sea Quetzalcoatl|1965: Red-limned [[Sea Quetzalcoatl]] disguises itself as Tree of Life. | ||
File:Nicholas Metropolis.png|link=Nicholas Metropolis (nonfiction)|1999: Mathematician and physicist [[Nicholas Metropolis (nonfiction)|Nicholas Metropolis]] dies. He led the team of researchers which developed the Monte Carlo method. | File:Nicholas Metropolis.png|link=Nicholas Metropolis (nonfiction)|1999: Mathematician and physicist [[Nicholas Metropolis (nonfiction)|Nicholas Metropolis]] dies. He led the team of researchers which developed the Monte Carlo method. | ||
File:Vostok1 descent module.jpg|link=Spacecraft (nonfiction)|2016: Retired [[Spacecraft (nonfiction)|Vostok 1 descent module]] calls for moment of silence to honor [[Rosetta spacecraft (nonfiction)|Rosetta]]'s courageous self-sacrifice. | File:Vostok1 descent module.jpg|link=Spacecraft (nonfiction)|2016: Retired [[Spacecraft (nonfiction)|Vostok 1 descent module]] calls for moment of silence to honor [[Rosetta spacecraft (nonfiction)|Rosetta]]'s courageous self-sacrifice. | ||
File:Orgasmatron from Sleeper.png|link=Artificial hedonism (nonfiction)|2016: Tiny [[Spacecraft (nonfiction)|spacecraft]] with [[Artificial hedonism (nonfiction)|alien "Happy Ending" software]] converts human sweat into [[Extract of Radium]]. | File:Orgasmatron from Sleeper.png|link=Artificial hedonism (nonfiction)|2016: Tiny [[Spacecraft (nonfiction)|spacecraft]] with [[Artificial hedonism (nonfiction)|alien "Happy Ending" software]] converts human sweat into [[Extract of Radium]]. | ||
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1887: Physicist and academic Gustav Kirchhoff dies. He contributed to the fundamental understanding of electrical circuits, spectroscopy, and the emission of black-body radiation by heated objects.
1901: "Brainiac is planning to kill us all," warns Lord Kelvin.
1942: John Hoyland's Lebanon stolen by supervillain Gnotilus; painting may hold key to abstract expressionist weapons.
1961: Nysa on the Maeander upgrading to full transdimensional corporation.
1963: Mathematician Jacques Hadamard dies. He made major contributions in number theory, complex function theory, differential geometry and partial differential equations.
1965: Red-limned Sea Quetzalcoatl disguises itself as Tree of Life.
1999: Mathematician and physicist Nicholas Metropolis dies. He led the team of researchers which developed the Monte Carlo method.
2016: Retired Vostok 1 descent module calls for moment of silence to honor Rosetta's courageous self-sacrifice.
2016: Tiny spacecraft with alien "Happy Ending" software converts human sweat into Extract of Radium.