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||1986: Edward Adelbert Doisy dies ... biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.
||1986: Edward Adelbert Doisy dies ... biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.
||2007: David George Kendall dies ... statistician and mathematician, known for his work on probability, statistical shape analysis, ley lines and queueing theory.  Pic.


||2011: Herbert A. Hauptman dies ... chemist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate.
||2011: Herbert A. Hauptman dies ... chemist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate.
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||2016: Jack Chick dies ... cartoonist and publisher.
||2016: Jack Chick dies ... cartoonist and publisher.


|File:Hazmatterhorn.jpg|link=Hazmatterhorn|Matterhorn encapsulated in gigantic glass vial, converted to copper sulfate pentahydrate crystals. See [[Hazmatterhorn]].
|File:Fugitive Rubies and hand x-ray.jpg|link=Evil bit release|This photograph, if genuine, may show the moment following the [[Evil bit release|release of an evil bit]] by supervillain [[Fugitive Rubies]].
|File:The Eel.jpg|link=The Eel|[[The Eel]], freshly incarcerated in the [[Nacreum]], remains defiant: "No prison can hold me!"
|File:Wild Man in Hydrogen Bubble Chamber.jpg|link=Time travel (nonfiction)|Inventor of [[Time travel (nonfiction)|time travel]] travels to distant past, [[Wild man (nonfiction)|goes insane, becomes own ancestor]] -- not necessarily in that order.
|File:Niente da Fare Antonio Rotta.jpg|link=Scarpomancy (nonfiction)|Cobbler admits inability to divine [[Scarpomancy (nonfiction)|future of old boots]].
|File:Mispent Youth.jpg|link=Mispent Youth|Taste sensation: [[Methylphenidate (nonfiction)|Methylphenidate]] + [[Extract of Radium]] = [[Mispent Youth]]. Shown here with vodka and olives.
|File:Alberta sulfur pyramids.jpg|link=Alberta sulphur pyramids (nonfiction)|Delicious aroma of [[Alberta sulphur pyramids (nonfiction)|sulfur pyramids]] attracts [[Comer's Midden Monster|Comer's Midden Monsters]] to Alberta.
|File:First computer bug.jpg|link=Software defect (nonfiction)|[[Software defect (nonfiction)|Computer bug]] demands rematch. "That relay sucker-punched me!" says moth.
|File:Bacteriophage Exterior.svg|link=Transdimensional corporation|[[Transdimensional corporation|Transdimensional corporation mascot]] spontaneously generates sales pitch for [[Mark Twain (nonfiction)|Mark Twain]].
|File:Mark Twain by Abdullah Frères, 1867.jpg|link=Mark Twain (nonfiction)|[[Mark Twain (nonfiction)|Mark Twain]] declines to invest in [[transdimensional corporation]], denounces offer as "a pyramid scheme of Pharaonic proportions."
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  • 1590: Astronomer and crime analyst Tycho Brahe publicly accuses rogue astronomers associated with the House of Malevecchio of committing a series of high-profile crimes against astronomical constants.

    1590: Astronomer and crime analyst Tycho Brahe publicly accuses rogue astronomers associated with the House of Malevecchio of committing a series of high-profile crimes against astronomical constants.

  • 1634: Minister, scholar, astronomer, mathematician, and crime-fighter Wilhelm Schickard writes two letters, each describing a new technique for detecting and preventing crimes against astronomical constants.

    1634: Minister, scholar, astronomer, mathematician, and crime-fighter Wilhelm Schickard writes two letters, each describing a new technique for detecting and preventing crimes against astronomical constants.

  • 1873: Physicist and engineer William D. Coolidge born. He will make major contributions to X-ray machines, and develop ductile tungsten for incandescent light bulbs.

    1873: Physicist and engineer William D. Coolidge born. He will make major contributions to X-ray machines, and develop ductile tungsten for incandescent light bulbs.

  • 1973: Watergate scandal: President Richard M. Nixon agrees to turn over subpoenaed audio tapes of his Oval Office conversations.

    1973: Watergate scandal: President Richard M. Nixon agrees to turn over subpoenaed audio tapes of his Oval Office conversations.

  • 2014: Physicist and academic Tullio Regge dies. In 1968 he and G. Ponzano developed a quantum version of Regge calculus in three space-time dimensions now known as the Ponzano-Regge model; this was the first of a whole series of state sum models for quantum gravity known as spin foam models.

    2014: Physicist and academic Tullio Regge dies. In 1968 he and G. Ponzano developed a quantum version of Regge calculus in three space-time dimensions now known as the Ponzano-Regge model; this was the first of a whole series of state sum models for quantum gravity known as spin foam models.

  • 2016: Steganographic analysis of The Eel Time-Surfing reveals quantum gravity control software based on spin foam models.

    2016: Steganographic analysis of The Eel Time-Surfing reveals quantum gravity control software based on spin foam models.

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