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||1948: Frank Benford dies ... physicist and engineer. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Frank+Benford&oq=Frank+Benford | ||1948: Frank Benford dies ... physicist and engineer. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Frank+Benford&oq=Frank+Benford | ||
||1969: Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot and killed during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers. | File:Fred Hampton dead body.jpg|link=Fred Hampton (nonfiction)|1969: Black Panther Party members [[Fred Hampton (nonfiction)|Fred Hampton]] and Mark Clark are shot and killed during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers. In January 1970, a coroner's jury held an inquest and ruled the deaths of Hampton and Mark Clark to be justifiable homicide. Critics contend that Hampton was assassinated. | ||
File:Pioneer 10 construction.jpg|link=Pioneer 10 (nonfiction)|1973: The ''[[Pioneer 10 (nonfiction)|Pioneer 10]]'' space probe makes its closest approach to the planet Jupiter, at a range of about 132,252 kilometers (82,178 mi). | File:Pioneer 10 construction.jpg|link=Pioneer 10 (nonfiction)|1973: The ''[[Pioneer 10 (nonfiction)|Pioneer 10]]'' space probe makes its closest approach to the planet Jupiter, at a range of about 132,252 kilometers (82,178 mi). | ||
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1131: Polymath, scholar, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet Omar Khayyám dies.
1681: Mathematician and APTO field agent Seki Takakazu publishes new theory of infinitesimal calculus which uses Gnomon algorithm functions to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1798: Physician and physicist Luigi Galvani dies. In 1780, he discovered that the muscles of dead frogs' legs twitch when struck by an electrical spark.
1820: Physicist John Tyndall dies of chloral hydrate overdose. He studied diamagnetism, and made discoveries in the realms of infrared radiation and the physical properties of air.
1942: Mathematician and crime-fighter Nathan Jacobson uses structure theory of rings without finiteness conditions to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1969: Black Panther Party members Fred Hampton and Mark Clark are shot and killed during a raid by 14 Chicago police officers. In January 1970, a coroner's jury held an inquest and ruled the deaths of Hampton and Mark Clark to be justifiable homicide. Critics contend that Hampton was assassinated.
1973: The Pioneer 10 space probe makes its closest approach to the planet Jupiter, at a range of about 132,252 kilometers (82,178 mi).
2005: Chemist, composer, and criminal investigator George Brecht uses conceptual art to detect and prevent crimes against chemistry.