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||1810: John Frederick Bateman born ... civil engineer whose work formed the basis of the modern United Kingdom water supply industry. For more than 50 years from 1835 he designed and constructed reservoirs and waterworks ... "the greatest dam-builder of his generation". Pic.
||1810: John Frederick Bateman born ... civil engineer whose work formed the basis of the modern United Kingdom water supply industry. For more than 50 years from 1835 he designed and constructed reservoirs and waterworks ... "the greatest dam-builder of his generation". Pic.
File:Samuel Bentham.jpg|link=Samuel Bentham (nonfiction)|1813: Engineer, naval architect, and crime-fighter [[Samuel Bentham (nonfiction)|Samuel Bentham]] uses Pantopticon technology to locate and capture alleged supervillain [[Neptune Slaughter]].


||1814: Eugène Charles Catalan born ... mathematician who worked on continued fractions, descriptive geometry, number theory and combinatorics. His notable contributions included discovering a periodic minimal surface in the space {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{3}} \mathbb {R} ^{3}; stating the famous Catalan's conjecture, which was eventually proved in 2002; and, introducing the Catalan numbers to solve a combinatorial problem. Pic.
||1814: Eugène Charles Catalan born ... mathematician who worked on continued fractions, descriptive geometry, number theory and combinatorics. His notable contributions included discovering a periodic minimal surface in the space {\displaystyle \mathbb {R} ^{3}} \mathbb {R} ^{3}; stating the famous Catalan's conjecture, which was eventually proved in 2002; and, introducing the Catalan numbers to solve a combinatorial problem. Pic.
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File:Leo Szilard.jpg|link=Leo Szilard (nonfiction)|1964: Physicist and academic [[Leo Szilard (nonfiction)|Leo Szilard]] dies. He conceived the nuclear chain reaction in 1933, and patented the idea of a nuclear reactor with Enrico Fermi.  
File:Leo Szilard.jpg|link=Leo Szilard (nonfiction)|1964: Physicist and academic [[Leo Szilard (nonfiction)|Leo Szilard]] dies. He conceived the nuclear chain reaction in 1933, and patented the idea of a nuclear reactor with Enrico Fermi.  
File:800px-Nebra_Schwerter.jpg|link=Weapon (nonfiction)|1967: US Army research team uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] techniques to [[Weapon (nonfiction)|convert modern plowshares into ancient swords]].  In response, [[APTO]] field agents confiscate the weapons and revoke Army access to all [[Gnomon algorithm]] source files.


File:Mariner 9.jpg|link=Mariner 9 (nonfiction)|1971: NASA launches the [[Mariner 9 (nonfiction)|Mariner 9]] spacecraft. It will map 70% of the surface of Mars, and study temporal changes in the atmosphere and surface.
File:Mariner 9.jpg|link=Mariner 9 (nonfiction)|1971: NASA launches the [[Mariner 9 (nonfiction)|Mariner 9]] spacecraft. It will map 70% of the surface of Mars, and study temporal changes in the atmosphere and surface.

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  • 1423: Mathematician and astronomer Georg von Peuerbach born. He will be remembered for his streamlined presentation of Ptolemaic astronomy in the Theoricae Novae Planetarum.

    1423: Mathematician and astronomer Georg von Peuerbach born. He will be remembered for his streamlined presentation of Ptolemaic astronomy in the Theoricae Novae Planetarum.

  • 1739: Jacques de Vaucanson demonstrates his Digesting Duck automaton for the first time.

    1739: Jacques de Vaucanson demonstrates his Digesting Duck automaton for the first time.

  • 1946: Physicist Louis Slotin dies. He was fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

    1946: Physicist Louis Slotin dies. He was fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

  • 1964: Physicist and academic Leo Szilard dies. He conceived the nuclear chain reaction in 1933, and patented the idea of a nuclear reactor with Enrico Fermi.

    1964: Physicist and academic Leo Szilard dies. He conceived the nuclear chain reaction in 1933, and patented the idea of a nuclear reactor with Enrico Fermi.

  • 1971: NASA launches the Mariner 9 spacecraft. It will map 70% of the surface of Mars, and study temporal changes in the atmosphere and surface.

    1971: NASA launches the Mariner 9 spacecraft. It will map 70% of the surface of Mars, and study temporal changes in the atmosphere and surface.

  • 2016: Blue Green Spiral voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

    2016: Blue Green Spiral voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

  • 2017: Dennis Paulson of Mars celebrates the forty-sixth anniversary of the launch of Mariner 9.

    2017: Dennis Paulson of Mars celebrates the forty-sixth anniversary of the launch of Mariner 9.

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