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File:Sir Charles Oatley.jpg|link=Charles Oatley (nonfiction)|1996: Engineer and inventor [[Charles Oatley (nonfiction)|Charles William Oatley]] dies. He developed of one of the first commercial scanning electron microscopes.
File:Sir Charles Oatley.jpg|link=Charles Oatley (nonfiction)|1996: Engineer and inventor [[Charles Oatley (nonfiction)|Charles William Oatley]] dies. He developed of one of the first commercial scanning electron microscopes.


Rudolf_Hell_führt_seinen_Wetterkartenschreiber_vor_(Kiel_44.592).jpg|link=Rudolf Hell (nonfiction)|2002: Inventor and engineer [[Rudolf Hell (nonfiction)|Rudolf Hell]] dies. Hell invented the [[Hellschreiber (nonfiction)|Hellschreiber]], a pioneering teleprinter system. Shown here: Hell's ''Wetterkartenschreiber'' ("weather chart recorder").
File:Rudolf_Hell_führt_seinen_Wetterkartenschreiber_vor_(Kiel_44.592).jpg|link=Rudolf Hell (nonfiction)|2002: Inventor and engineer [[Rudolf Hell (nonfiction)|Rudolf Hell]] dies. Hell invented the [[Hellschreiber (nonfiction)|Hellschreiber]], a pioneering teleprinter system. Shown here: Hell's ''Wetterkartenschreiber'' ("weather chart recorder").


||2009: Arthur Dodd Code dies ... astronomer who designed orbiting observatories. Pic.
||2009: Arthur Dodd Code dies ... astronomer who designed orbiting observatories. Pic.

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  • 1437: Korean astronomers record the appearance of a new star, which shines for fourteen days before dimming. This astronomical event will later be known as Nova Scorpii AD 1437.

    1437: Korean astronomers record the appearance of a new star, which shines for fourteen days before dimming. This astronomical event will later be known as Nova Scorpii AD 1437.

  • 1811: Mathematician and astronomer Urbain Le Verrier born. He will predict the existence and position of Neptune using only mathematics, an event which will be widely regarded as one of the most remarkable moments of 19th century science.

    1811: Mathematician and astronomer Urbain Le Verrier born. He will predict the existence and position of Neptune using only mathematics, an event which will be widely regarded as one of the most remarkable moments of 19th century science.

  • 1822: Mathematician, economist, and academic Joseph Louis François Bertrand born. He will work in the fields of number theory, differential geometry, probability theory, economics and thermodynamics.

    1822: Mathematician, economist, and academic Joseph Louis François Bertrand born. He will work in the fields of number theory, differential geometry, probability theory, economics and thermodynamics.

  • 1823: Publication of Niles Cartouchian and Anton Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus causes widespread debate about the role of private citizens in fighting crimes against mathematical constants.

    1823: Publication of Niles Cartouchian and Anton Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus causes widespread debate about the role of private citizens in fighting crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1880: American eugenicist and sociologist Harry H. Laughlin born. He will be the Superintendent of the Eugenics Record Office from its inception in 1910 to its closing in 1939, and among the most active individuals in influencing American eugenics policy, especially compulsory sterilization legislation.

    1880: American eugenicist and sociologist Harry H. Laughlin born. He will be the Superintendent of the Eugenics Record Office from its inception in 1910 to its closing in 1939, and among the most active individuals in influencing American eugenics policy, especially compulsory sterilization legislation.

  • 1888: Mathematician and physicist Johann Jakob Balmer develops a Gnomon algorithm function based on the visible spectral lines of the hydrogen atom which unexpectedly reveals imminent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1888: Mathematician and physicist Johann Jakob Balmer develops a Gnomon algorithm function based on the visible spectral lines of the hydrogen atom which unexpectedly reveals imminent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1971: Inventor Philo Farnsworth dies. He made many crucial contributions to the early development of all-electronic television.

    1971: Inventor Philo Farnsworth dies. He made many crucial contributions to the early development of all-electronic television.

  • 1996: Engineer and inventor Charles William Oatley dies. He developed of one of the first commercial scanning electron microscopes.

    1996: Engineer and inventor Charles William Oatley dies. He developed of one of the first commercial scanning electron microscopes.

  • 2002: Inventor and engineer Rudolf Hell dies. Hell invented the Hellschreiber, a pioneering teleprinter system. Shown here: Hell's Wetterkartenschreiber ("weather chart recorder").

    2002: Inventor and engineer Rudolf Hell dies. Hell invented the Hellschreiber, a pioneering teleprinter system. Shown here: Hell's Wetterkartenschreiber ("weather chart recorder").

  • 2018: Signed first edition of Red Spiral stolen The State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, during a stealthy overnight heist allegedly masterminded by the Forbidden Ratio gang.

    2018: Signed first edition of Red Spiral stolen The State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia, during a stealthy overnight heist allegedly masterminded by the Forbidden Ratio gang.

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