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File:Joseph Nicollet.jpg|link=Joseph Nicollet (nonfiction)|1786: Mathematician and explorer [[Joseph Nicollet (nonfiction)|Joseph Nicollet]] born. He will map the Upper Mississippi River basin during the 1830s.
File:Joseph Nicollet.jpg|link=Joseph Nicollet (nonfiction)|1786: Mathematician and explorer [[Joseph Nicollet (nonfiction)|Joseph Nicollet]] born. He will map the Upper Mississippi River basin during the 1830s.
File:Dominique Jean Larrey.jpg|link=Dominique Jean Larrey (nonfiction)|1820: Physician and [[APTO]] field surgeon [[Dominique Jean Larrey (nonfiction)|Dominique Jean Larrey]] discovers new class of [[Gnomon algorithm]] functions which improve outcomes in battlefield medicine and triage by up to five percent per kilobyte.


||1821: William Poole born ... boxer and gangster. Dead Rabbits. Pic.
||1821: William Poole born ... boxer and gangster. Dead Rabbits. Pic.
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||1847: Richard March Hoe, American inventor, patented the rotary-type printing press.
||1847: Richard March Hoe, American inventor, patented the rotary-type printing press.


||1851: Friedrich Schottky born ... mathematician and theorist.
||1851: Friedrich Schottky born ... mathematician and theorist. Pic.


||1856: Émile Picard born ... mathematician and academic.
||1856: Émile Picard born ... mathematician and academic.


||Paul Epstein (b. July 24, 1871) was a German mathematician. He was known for his contributions to number theory, in particular the Epstein zeta function. Epstein was appointed to a non-tenured post at the university and he lectured in Frankfurt from 1919. Later he was appointed professor at Frankfurt. However, after the Nazis came to power in Germany he lost his university position. Because of his age he was unable to find a new position abroad, and finally committed suicide by barbital overdose at Dornbusch, fearing Gestapo torture because he was a Jew. Pic: http://www.learn-math.info/mathematicians/historyDetail.htm?id=Epstein
||1871: Paul Epstein born ... mathematician. He was known for his contributions to number theory, in particular the Epstein zeta function. Epstein was appointed to a non-tenured post at the university and he lectured in Frankfurt from 1919. Later he was appointed professor at Frankfurt. However, after the Nazis came to power in Germany he lost his university position. Because of his age he was unable to find a new position abroad, and finally committed suicide by barbital overdose at Dornbusch, fearing Gestapo torture because he was a Jew. Pic: http://www.learn-math.info/mathematicians/historyDetail.htm?id=Epstein


||1877: Calogero Vizzini born ... mob boss.
||1877: Calogero Vizzini born ... mob boss.

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  • 1786: Mathematician and explorer Joseph Nicollet born. He will map the Upper Mississippi River basin during the 1830s.

    1786: Mathematician and explorer Joseph Nicollet born. He will map the Upper Mississippi River basin during the 1830s.

  • 1820: Physician and APTO field surgeon Dominique Jean Larrey discovers new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which improve outcomes in battlefield medicine and triage by up to five percent per kilobyte.

    1820: Physician and APTO field surgeon Dominique Jean Larrey discovers new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which improve outcomes in battlefield medicine and triage by up to five percent per kilobyte.

  • 1896: Celebrity time-traveller Radium Jane receives shipment of time crystals from the future.

    1896: Celebrity time-traveller Radium Jane receives shipment of time crystals from the future.

  • 1897: Pilot and author Amelia Earhart born. She will set many records, write best-selling books about her flying experiences, and be instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots.

    1897: Pilot and author Amelia Earhart born. She will set many records, write best-selling books about her flying experiences, and be instrumental in the formation of The Ninety-Nines, an organization for female pilots.

  • 1899: Judge Havelock and Nikola Tesla demonstrate new data transmission protocols which will be useful in predicting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.

    1899: Judge Havelock and Nikola Tesla demonstrate new data transmission protocols which will be useful in predicting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1901: O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.

    1901: O. Henry is released from prison in Columbus, Ohio after serving three years for embezzlement from a bank.

  • 1934: Mathematician and philosopher Hans Hahn dies. He made contributions to functional analysis, topology, set theory, the calculus of variations, real analysis, and order theory.

    1934: Mathematician and philosopher Hans Hahn dies. He made contributions to functional analysis, topology, set theory, the calculus of variations, real analysis, and order theory.

  • 1973: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises money for his next film by selling shares in the Watergate scandal.

    1973: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises money for his next film by selling shares in the Watergate scandal.

  • 1974: Watergate scandal: The United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed White House tapes and they order him to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.

    1974: Watergate scandal: The United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed White House tapes and they order him to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.

  • 1974: Industrialist, public motivational speaker, and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung says he "advised President Nixon to have one of the Supreme Court justices murdered, as a lesson to the others."

    1974: Industrialist, public motivational speaker, and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung says he "advised President Nixon to have one of the Supreme Court justices murdered, as a lesson to the others."

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