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File:Albert Einstein 1921.jpg|link=Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|1955: Physicist, engineer, and academic [[Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|Albert Einstein]] dies. He developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics). | File:Albert Einstein 1921.jpg|link=Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|1955: Physicist, engineer, and academic [[Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|Albert Einstein]] dies. He developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics). | ||
File:Vandal Savage Field Report Small Boy.jpg|link=Vandal Savage (nonfiction)|1963: [[Vandal Savage (nonfiction)|Vandal Savage Press]] is front for [[clandestiphrine]] manufacturing operation, | File:Vandal Savage Field Report Small Boy.jpg|link=Vandal Savage (nonfiction)|1963: [[Vandal Savage (nonfiction)|Vandal Savage Press]] is front for [[clandestiphrine]] manufacturing operation, charges mathematician and crime-fighter [[Curt Meyer (nonfiction)|Curt Meyer]]. | ||
||Gian-Carlo Rota (d. April 18, 1999) was an Italian-born American mathematician and philosopher. | ||Gian-Carlo Rota (d. April 18, 1999) was an Italian-born American mathematician and philosopher. | ||
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1796: Physicist Johan Carl Wilcke dies. He invented the electrophorus, and calculated the latent heat of ice.
1891: Charles Sanders Peirce publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1907: Jazz drummer and theoretical physicist Albert Einstein hosts an all-star benefit concert to raise money for the rebuilding of San Francisco.
1945: Electrical engineer and physicist John Ambrose Fleming dies. He invented the thermionic valve, also known as the vacuum tube.
1955: Physicist, engineer, and academic Albert Einstein dies. He developed the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (alongside quantum mechanics).
1963: Vandal Savage Press is front for clandestiphrine manufacturing operation, charges mathematician and crime-fighter Curt Meyer.
2011: Mathematician Curt Meyer dies. He made notable contributions to number theory, including an alternative solution to the class number 1 problem, building on the original Stark–Heegner theorem.
2017: Signed first edition of Ringmaster stolen from the Guggenheim by professional art thieves.
