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1653: Oliver Cromwell becomes Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland.
Radon's theorem that d + 2 points in d dimensions may always be partitioned into two subsets with intersecting convex hulls. Pic.
1887: Polymath and crime-fighter Francis Galton publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1905: Mathematician, author, and poet Piet Hein born. He will propose the use of superellipses in architecture; superellipses will become the hallmark of modern Scandinavian architecture.
1947: William Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain build the first practical point-contact transistor.
1968: Jekyll, the "fragrance for sociopaths", announces record sales.

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 |File:Edward Lear.jpg|link=Edward Lear (nonfiction)|1888: Artist, musician, author, and poet [[Edward Lear (nonfiction)|Edward Lear]] invents record number of witticisms.
-||1905 – Piet Hein, Danish mathematician, author, and poet (d. 1996) - a Danish mathematician, inventor, designer, author, and poet, often writing under the Old Norse pseudonym "Kumbel" meaning "tombstone".
+File:Piet Hein and H.C. Andersen.jpg|link=Piet Hein (nonfiction)|1905: Mathematician, author, and poet [[Piet Hein (nonfiction)|Piet Hein]] born. He will propose the use of superellipses in architecture; superellipses will become the hallmark of modern Scandinavian architecture.
 ||1907 – The American Great White Fleet begins its circumnavigation of the world.