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||1855 – E. S. Gosney, American philanthropist and eugenicist, founded the Human Betterment Foundation (d. 1942)
||1855 – E. S. Gosney, American philanthropist and eugenicist, founded the Human Betterment Foundation (d. 1942)


||William Albert Noyes (b. November 6, 1857) was an American analytical and organic chemist. He made pioneering determinations of atomic weights. Pic.
||1857: William Albert Noyes born ... analytical and organic chemist. He made pioneering determinations of atomic weights. Pic.


||1861 – James Naismith, Canadian-American physician and educator, invented basketball (d. 1939)
||1861: James Naismith born ... physician and educator, invented basketball.


||1865 – American Civil War: CSS Shenandoah is the last Confederate combat unit to surrender after circumnavigating the globe on a cruise on which it sank or captured 37 unarmed merchant vessels.
||1865: American Civil War: CSS Shenandoah is the last Confederate combat unit to surrender after circumnavigating the globe on a cruise on which it sank or captured 37 unarmed merchant vessels.


||Giusto Bellavitis (d. 6 November 1880) was an Italian mathematician, senator, and municipal councilor. His principle achievement is the invention of the method of equipollences, a new method of analytic geometry that is both philosophical and fruitful. Pic.
||1880: Giusto Bellavitis dies ... mathematician, senator, and municipal councilor. His principle achievement is the invention of the method of equipollences, a new method of analytic geometry that is both philosophical and fruitful. Pic.


||1886 – Ida Barney, American astronomer, mathematician, and academic (d. 1982)
||1886: Ida Barney born ... astronomer, mathematician, and academic.


||Donald Lewes Hings, CM MBE (b. November 6, 1907) was a Canadian inventor. In 1937[1] he created a portable radio signaling system for his employer CM&S, which he called a "packset", but which later became known as the "Walkie-Talkie".
||1906: Emma Lehmer born ... mathematician known for her work on reciprocity laws in algebraic number theory. She preferred to deal with complex number fields and integers, rather than the more abstract aspects of the theory. Pic: https://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2007/05/11_emmalehmer.shtml
 
||1907: Donald Lewes Hings born ... inventor. In 1937 he created a portable radio signaling system for his employer CM&S, which he called a "packset", but which later became known as the "Walkie-Talkie".


||1928 – Arnold Rothstein, American mob boss (b. 1882)
||1928 – Arnold Rothstein, American mob boss (b. 1882)
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||Georges Henri Reeb (d. 6 November 1993) was a French mathematician. He worked in differential topology, differential geometry, differential equations, topological dynamical systems theory and non-standard analysis. Pic.
||Georges Henri Reeb (d. 6 November 1993) was a French mathematician. He worked in differential topology, differential geometry, differential equations, topological dynamical systems theory and non-standard analysis. Pic.


||2002 – Sid Sackson, American game designer (b. 1920) board game designer and collector, best known as the creator of the business game ''Acquire''.
||2002: Sid Sackson dies ... game designer ... board game designer and collector, best known as the creator of the business game ''Acquire''.


File:Pioneer 10 construction.jpg|link=Pioneer 10 (nonfiction)|1973: The ''[[Pioneer 10 (nonfiction)|Pioneer 10]]'' space probe begins taking photographs of Jupiter.  A total of about 500 images will be transmitted.
File:Pioneer 10 construction.jpg|link=Pioneer 10 (nonfiction)|1973: The ''[[Pioneer 10 (nonfiction)|Pioneer 10]]'' space probe begins taking photographs of Jupiter.  A total of about 500 images will be transmitted.


File:Zero knowledge proof.png|link=Zero-knowledge proof (nonfiction)|2015: Advances in [[Zero-knowledge proof (nonfiction)|zero-knowledge proof]] theory "are central to the problem of mathematical reliability," says mathematician and crime-fighter [[Alice Beta]].
File:Zero knowledge proof.png|link=Zero-knowledge proof (nonfiction)|2015: Advances in [[Zero-knowledge proof (nonfiction)|zero-knowledge proof]] theory "are central to the problem of mathematical reliability," says mathematician and crime-fighter [[Alice Beta]].
||File:Galileo's Glassworks in Hydrogen Bubble Chamber.jpg|link=Virtualization of Galileo Galilei|Advances in [[Virtualization of Galileo Galilei|virtualization of Galileo]] use [[Galileo's Glassworks (nonfiction)|book]] in hydrogen bubble chamber.
||File:Galileo_E_pur_si_muove.jpg|link=Galileo Galilei (nonfiction)|[[Galileo Galilei (nonfiction)|Galileo]] may experience virtualization as pain, warns [[John Brunner]].
||File:Septin Sequence Structure.png|link=Do Blade-Runners Shave Their Electric Sheep?|[[Do Blade-Runners Shave Their Electric Sheep?]], new film by [[Ridley Scott]], documents user-programmable lamb chops.
||File:Brownian motion beads in water.gif|link=Brownian motion (nonfiction)|[[Brownian motion (nonfiction)|Brownian motion]] becomes new dance craze.
||File:Jack the Ripper kinetoscope.jpg|link=Kinetoscope (nonfiction)|[[Kinetoscope (nonfiction)|Kinetoscope]] may hold key to identity of Jack the Ripper.
||File:Brer_Rabbit_and_Tar_Baby_9000.jpg|link=Tar-Baby 9000|[[Tar-Baby 9000]] infects Brer Rabbit with the [[Snake Lemma]] (1895).
||File:Der Reichsspritzenmeister.jpg|link=Der Reichsspritzenmeister|[[Der Reichsspritzenmeister]] offers free injections to first-time patients.


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  • 1656: Mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer Jean-Baptiste Morin dies.

    1656: Mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer Jean-Baptiste Morin dies.

  • 1872: Mathematician and crime-fighter Alfred Clebsch publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which use algebraic geometry and invariant theory to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1872: Mathematician and crime-fighter Alfred Clebsch publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which use algebraic geometry and invariant theory to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1944: Plutonium is first produced at the Hanford Atomic Facility and subsequently used in the Fat Man atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.

    1944: Plutonium is first produced at the Hanford Atomic Facility and subsequently used in the Fat Man atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan.

  • 1971: The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.

    1971: The United States Atomic Energy Commission tests the largest U.S. underground hydrogen bomb, code-named Cannikin, on Amchitka Island in the Aleutians.

  • 1973: The Pioneer 10 space probe begins taking photographs of Jupiter. A total of about 500 images will be transmitted.

    1973: The Pioneer 10 space probe begins taking photographs of Jupiter. A total of about 500 images will be transmitted.

  • 2015: Advances in zero-knowledge proof theory "are central to the problem of mathematical reliability," says mathematician and crime-fighter Alice Beta.

    2015: Advances in zero-knowledge proof theory "are central to the problem of mathematical reliability," says mathematician and crime-fighter Alice Beta.

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