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File:John Arbuthnot.jpg|link=John Arbuthnot (nonfiction)|1667: Physician, satirist, and polymath [[John Arbuthnot (nonfiction)|John Arbuthnot]] born. He will invent the figure of John Bull.
File:John Arbuthnot.jpg|link=John Arbuthnot (nonfiction)|1667: Physician, satirist, and polymath [[John Arbuthnot (nonfiction)|John Arbuthnot]] born. He will invent the figure of John Bull.
||1713: Francis Hauksbee the Elder dies ... scientist best known for his work on electricity and electrostatic repulsion. Pic: diagram.


File:David Rittenhouse by Charles Wilson Peale.jpg|link=David Rittenhouse (nonfiction)|link=David Rittenhouse (nonfiction)|1756: Inventor, astronomer, mathematician, clockmaker, and surveyor [[David Rittenhouse (nonfiction)|David Rittenhouse]] constructs an exceptionally accurate [[Orrery (nonfiction)|orrery]], which he will later use to create an early form of [[Time crystal (nonfiction)|time crystals (nonfiction)]].
File:David Rittenhouse by Charles Wilson Peale.jpg|link=David Rittenhouse (nonfiction)|link=David Rittenhouse (nonfiction)|1756: Inventor, astronomer, mathematician, clockmaker, and surveyor [[David Rittenhouse (nonfiction)|David Rittenhouse]] constructs an exceptionally accurate [[Orrery (nonfiction)|orrery]], which he will later use to create an early form of [[Time crystal (nonfiction)|time crystals (nonfiction)]].


||1768 – Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (b. 1694)
||1768: Georg Brandt dies ... chemist and mineralogist.


||1793 – John Michell, English geologist and astronomer (b. 1724)
||1793: John Michell dies ... geologist and astronomer.


||1833 – William Babington, Anglo-Irish physician and mineralogist (b. 1756)
||1833: William Babington dies ... physician and mineralogist.


||William Edward Story (b. April 29, 1850) was an American mathematician  
||1850: William Edward Story born ... mathematician  


File:Henri Poincaré.jpg|link=Henri Poincaré (nonfiction)|1854: Mathematician, physicist, and engineer [[Henri Poincaré (nonfiction)|Henri Poincaré]] born. He will make many original fundamental contributions to pure and applied mathematics, mathematical physics, and celestial mechanics.
File:Henri Poincaré.jpg|link=Henri Poincaré (nonfiction)|1854: Mathematician, physicist, and engineer [[Henri Poincaré (nonfiction)|Henri Poincaré]] born. He will make many original fundamental contributions to pure and applied mathematics, mathematical physics, and celestial mechanics.


||1872: Forest Ray Moulton born ... astronomer and academic.


||1872 – Forest Ray Moulton, American astronomer and academic (d. 1952)
||1876: Paul Antoine Aristide Montel born ... mathematician. He was born in Nice, France and died in Paris, France. He researched mostly on holomorphic functions in complex analysis.
 
||Paul Antoine Aristide Montel (b. 29 April 1876) was a French mathematician. He was born in Nice, France and died in Paris, France. He researched mostly on holomorphic functions in complex analysis.


||File:Alice Beta and Niles Cartouchian Play Chess.jpg|link=Alice Beta and Niles Cartouchian Play Chess|1880: Signed first edition of ''[[Alice Beta and Niles Cartouchian Play Chess]]'' briefly stolen from the British Museum by the [[Forbidden Ratio]]. The high-speedy robbery, which lasted approximately six hundred milliseconds, failed when one of [[Forbidden Ratio]]'s subsystems tripped and fell on the front steps of the museum.  
||File:Alice Beta and Niles Cartouchian Play Chess.jpg|link=Alice Beta and Niles Cartouchian Play Chess|1880: Signed first edition of ''[[Alice Beta and Niles Cartouchian Play Chess]]'' briefly stolen from the British Museum by the [[Forbidden Ratio]]. The high-speedy robbery, which lasted approximately six hundred milliseconds, failed when one of [[Forbidden Ratio]]'s subsystems tripped and fell on the front steps of the museum.  


||1882 – Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, Dutch printer, typographer, and Nazi resister (d. 1945)
||1882: Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman born ... printer, typographer, and Nazi resister.


||James Victor Uspensky (b. April 29, 1883) was a Russian mathematician notable for writing ''Theory of Equations''.
||1883: James Victor Uspensky born ... mathematician notable for writing ''Theory of Equations''.


File:John Havelock and Henri Poincaré.jpg|link=John Havelock and Henri Poincaré|1892: Mathematicians [[John Havelock and Henri Poincaré|John Havelock and Henri Poincaré]] co-publish a pioneering paper on applications of [[Gnomon algorithm]] functions to the early detection of emergent catastrophic events, forecasting the [[Chernobyl disaster (nonfiction)|Chernobyl disaster]] to within 98.37% accuracy.   
File:John Havelock and Henri Poincaré.jpg|link=John Havelock and Henri Poincaré|1892: Mathematicians [[John Havelock and Henri Poincaré|John Havelock and Henri Poincaré]] co-publish a pioneering paper on applications of [[Gnomon algorithm]] functions to the early detection of emergent catastrophic events, forecasting the [[Chernobyl disaster (nonfiction)|Chernobyl disaster]] to within 98.37% accuracy.   


||1893 – Harold Urey, American chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)
||1893: Harold Urey born ... chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate.


||1894 – Marietta Blau, Austrian physicist and academic (d. 1970)
||1894: Marietta Blau born ... physicist and academic.


||Giuseppe Battaglini (d. 29 April 1894) was an Italian mathematician.
||1894: Giuseppe Battaglini born ... mathematician.


||1915 – Henry H. Barschall, German-American physicist and academic (d. 1997)
||1915: Henry H. Barschall born ... physicist and academic.


||1916 – Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1850)
||1916: Jørgen Pedersen Gram dies ... mathematician and academic.


||Ernest Fox Nichols (d. April 29, 1924) was an American educator and physicist. He served as the 10th President of Dartmouth College. Pic.
||1924: Ernest Fox Nichols dies ... educator and physicist. He served as the 10th President of Dartmouth College. Pic.


||Walter Thirring (b. 29 April 1927) was an Austrian physicist after whom the Thirring model in quantum field theory is named.
||1927: Walter Thirring born ... physicist after whom the Thirring model in quantum field theory is named.


||Irving Fisher (d. April 29, 1947) was an American economist, statistician, inventor, and Progressive social campaigner. Fisher made important contributions to utility theory and general equilibrium. His research on the quantity theory of money inaugurated the school of macroeconomic thought known as monetarism. Fisher was also a pioneer of econometrics, including the development of index numbers. Pic.
||1947: Irving Fisher dies ... economist, statistician, inventor, and Progressive social campaigner. Fisher made important contributions to utility theory and general equilibrium. His research on the quantity theory of money inaugurated the school of macroeconomic thought known as monetarism. Fisher was also a pioneer of econometrics, including the development of index numbers. Pic.


||1951 – Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-English philosopher and academic...He worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language.
||1951: Ludwig Wittgenstein dies ... philosopher and academic...He worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language.


||1953 – The first U.S. experimental 3D television broadcast showed an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV.
||1953: The first U.S. experimental 3D television broadcast showed an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV.


||David Raymond Curtiss (d. April 29, 1953) was an American mathematician. He served as president of the Mathematical Association of America from 1935 to 1936.
||1953: David Raymond Curtiss dies ... mathematician. He served as president of the Mathematical Association of America from 1935 to 1936.


||1965 – Pakistan's Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) successfully launches its seventh rocket in its Rehber series.
||1965: Pakistan's Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) successfully launches its seventh rocket in its Rehber series.


||1966 – William Eccles, English physicist and engineer (b. 1875)
||1966: William Eccles dies ... physicist and engineer.


||1967 – After refusing induction into the United States Army the previous day, Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title.
||1967: After refusing induction into the United States Army the previous day, Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title.


File:Nixon April-29-1974.jpg|link=Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|1974: [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|Watergate scandal]]: United States President Richard Nixon announces the release of edited transcripts of White House tape recordings relating to the scandal.
File:Nixon April-29-1974.jpg|link=Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|1974: [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|Watergate scandal]]: United States President Richard Nixon announces the release of edited transcripts of White House tape recordings relating to the scandal.


||1975 – Vietnam War: Operation Frequent Wind: The U.S. begins to evacuate U.S. citizens from Saigon before an expected North Vietnamese takeover. U.S. involvement in the war comes to an end.
||1975: Vietnam War: Operation Frequent Wind: The U.S. begins to evacuate U.S. citizens from Saigon before an expected North Vietnamese takeover. U.S. involvement in the war comes to an end.


||Charles Bradfield Morrey Jr. (d. 29 April 1984) was an American mathematician who made fundamental contributions to the calculus of variations and the theory of partial differential equations.
||1984: Charles Bradfield Morrey Jr. dies ... mathematician who made fundamental contributions to the calculus of variations and the theory of partial differential equations.


File:Ascleplius Myrmidon Halting Problem.jpg|link=On Halting Problems|1985: [[On Halting Problems|Asclepius Myrmidon discovers an unlicensed halting problem]] "which will almost certainly result in a major radiation release event within a year."
File:Ascleplius Myrmidon Halting Problem.jpg|link=On Halting Problems|1985: [[On Halting Problems|Asclepius Myrmidon discovers an unlicensed halting problem]] "which will almost certainly result in a major radiation release event within a year."
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File:The Shovel.jpg|link=The Shovel|1987: Steganographic analysis of ''[[The Shovel]]'' unexptedly reveals "at least a terabyte" of encrypted data, apparently a transdimensional contract requiring [[Egon Rhodomunde]] and [[Baron Zersetzung]] to "[[Chernobyl disaster (nonfiction)|blow up a nuclear power plant, and this time do it right]]".
File:The Shovel.jpg|link=The Shovel|1987: Steganographic analysis of ''[[The Shovel]]'' unexptedly reveals "at least a terabyte" of encrypted data, apparently a transdimensional contract requiring [[Egon Rhodomunde]] and [[Baron Zersetzung]] to "[[Chernobyl disaster (nonfiction)|blow up a nuclear power plant, and this time do it right]]".


||1992 – Los Angeles riots: Riots in Los Angeles, following the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King. Over the next three days 63 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed.
||1992: Los Angeles riots: Riots in Los Angeles, following the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King. Over the next three days 63 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed.


||Wilhelm Hanle (d. 29 April 1993) was a German experimental physicist. He is known for the Hanle effect. During World War II, he made contributions to the German nuclear energy project, also known as the Uranium Club. Pic.
||1993: Wilhelm Hanle dies ... experimental physicist. He is known for the Hanle effect. During World War II, he made contributions to the German nuclear energy project, also known as the Uranium Club. Pic.


||1997 – The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons by its signatories.
||1997: The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons by its signatories.


||2001 – Arthur B. C. Walker, Jr., American physicist and academic (b. 1936)
||2001: Arthur B. C. Walker, Jr. dies ... physicist and academic.


||2005 – Louis Leithold, American mathematician and academic (b. 1924)
||2005: Louis Leithold dies ... mathematician and academic.


||2008 – Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist and academic (b. 1906)
||2008: Albert Hofmann dies ... chemist and academic.


||2010 – Sandy Douglas, English computer scientist and academic, designed OXO (b. 1921)
||2010: Sandy Douglas dies ... computer scientist and academic, designed OXO.


||2012 – Roland Moreno. French engineer, invented the smart card (b. 1945)
||2012: Roland Moreno dies ... engineer, invented the smart card.


||Joram Lindenstrauss (d. April 29, 2012) was an Israeli mathematician working in functional analysis and geometry, particularly Banach space theory, finite- and infinite-dimensional convexity, geometric nonlinear functional analysis and geometric measure theory. Among his results is the Johnson–Lindenstrauss lemma which concerns low-distortion embeddings of points from high-dimensional into low-dimensional Euclidean space. Pic.
||2012: Joram Lindenstrauss (d. April 29, 2012) was an Israeli mathematician working in functional analysis and geometry, particularly Banach space theory, finite- and infinite-dimensional convexity, geometric nonlinear functional analysis and geometric measure theory. Among his results is the Johnson–Lindenstrauss lemma which concerns low-distortion embeddings of points from high-dimensional into low-dimensional Euclidean space. Pic.


||2013 – Ernest Michael, American mathematician and scholar (b. 1925)
||2013: Ernest Michael dies ... mathematician and scholar.


File:Two Creatures 3.jpg|link=Two Creatures 3 (nonfiction)|2018: The two creatures depicted in ''[[Two Creatures 3 (nonfiction)|Two Creatures 3]]'' officially petition the United Nations for political asylum.
File:Two Creatures 3.jpg|link=Two Creatures 3 (nonfiction)|2018: The two creatures depicted in ''[[Two Creatures 3 (nonfiction)|Two Creatures 3]]'' officially petition the United Nations for political asylum.


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