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File:Marin Mersenne.jpg|link=Marin Mersenne (nonfiction)|1588: Mathematician, theologian, and philosopher [[Marin Mersenne (nonfiction)|Marin Mersenne]] born. He will be remembered as the "father of acoustics".
File:Marin Mersenne.jpg|link=Marin Mersenne (nonfiction)|1588: Mathematician, theologian, and philosopher [[Marin Mersenne (nonfiction)|Marin Mersenne]] born. He will be remembered as the "father of acoustics".


File:Adriaan Metius.jpg|link=Adriaan Metius (nonfiction)|1635: Mathematician, astronomer, and crime-fighter [[Adriaan Metius (nonfiction)|Adriaan Metius]] manufactures precision optical instruments for detecting and preventing [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Adriaan Metius.jpg|link=Adriaan Metius (nonfiction)|1635: Mathematician, astronomer, and crime-fighter [[Adriaan Metius (nonfiction)|Adriaan Metius]] manufactures precision optical instruments for detecting and preventing [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


File:Robert Fludd.jpg|link=Robert Fludd (nonfiction)|1637: Astrologer, mathematician, cosmologist, Qabalist and Rosicrucian apologist [[Robert Fludd (nonfiction)|Robert Fludd]] dies.
File:Robert Fludd.jpg|link=Robert Fludd (nonfiction)|1637: Astrologer, mathematician, cosmologist, Qabalist and Rosicrucian apologist [[Robert Fludd (nonfiction)|Robert Fludd]] dies.
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||1761: Bernard Forest de Bélidor dies ... mathematician and engineer.
||1761: Bernard Forest de Bélidor dies ... mathematician and engineer.
||1829: Lester Allen Pelton born ... inventor who contributed significantly to the development of hydroelectricity and hydropower in the old West and world-wide. In the late 1870s, he invented the Pelton water wheel, at that time the most efficient design of the impulse water turbine. Pic.


||1836: Arthur Williams Wright born ... physicist. His research, which ranged from electricity to astronomy, produced the first X-ray image and experimented with Röntgen rays.  Pic.
||1836: Arthur Williams Wright born ... physicist. His research, which ranged from electricity to astronomy, produced the first X-ray image and experimented with Röntgen rays.  Pic.

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  • 1588: Mathematician, theologian, and philosopher Marin Mersenne born. He will be remembered as the "father of acoustics".

    1588: Mathematician, theologian, and philosopher Marin Mersenne born. He will be remembered as the "father of acoustics".

  • 1635: Mathematician, astronomer, and crime-fighter Adriaan Metius manufactures precision optical instruments for detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.

    1635: Mathematician, astronomer, and crime-fighter Adriaan Metius manufactures precision optical instruments for detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1637: Astrologer, mathematician, cosmologist, Qabalist and Rosicrucian apologist Robert Fludd dies.

    1637: Astrologer, mathematician, cosmologist, Qabalist and Rosicrucian apologist Robert Fludd dies.

  • 1973: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises money for his next film by selling shares in the President Ford's pardon of former President Richard Nixon.

    1973: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises money for his next film by selling shares in the President Ford's pardon of former President Richard Nixon.

  • 1974: As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, becomes president. US President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.

    1974: As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, becomes president. US President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.

  • 1974: Industrialist, public motivational speaker, and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung says he is "confident that President Ford did the right thing by pardoning Nixon."

    1974: Industrialist, public motivational speaker, and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung says he is "confident that President Ford did the right thing by pardoning Nixon."

  • 2013: Rhizolith Group performs new work in remembrance of mathematician Robert Fludd.

    2013: Rhizolith Group performs new work in remembrance of mathematician Robert Fludd.

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