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File:Nixon April-29-1974.jpg|link=Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|1973: [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)]]: Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of the "Nixon tapes" to the special Senate committee investigating the [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|Watergate break-in]]. | File:Nixon April-29-1974.jpg|link=Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|1973: [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)]]: Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of the "Nixon tapes" to the special Senate committee investigating the [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|Watergate break-in]]. | ||
File:Hilary Putnam.jpg|link=Hilary Putnam (nonfiction)|1974: Philosopher, mathematician, crime-fighter [[Hilary Putnam (nonfiction)|Hilary Putnam]] publishing his landmark paper arguing for that mathematics is not purely logical, but "quasi-empirical", we should beware the possibility of "[[Crimes against mathematical constants|quasi-empirical crimes]]" | |||
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1527: Mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer John Dee born. He will achieve high status as a scholar and play a role in Elizabethan politics.
1972: Signed first edition of Skip Digits, Conductor sells for one million dollars; House Democrats say money trail leads to Richard Nixon.
1973: Watergate scandal (nonfiction): Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of the "Nixon tapes" to the special Senate committee investigating the Watergate break-in.
1974: Philosopher, mathematician, crime-fighter Hilary Putnam publishing his landmark paper arguing for that mathematics is not purely logical, but "quasi-empirical", we should beware the possibility of "quasi-empirical crimes"