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File:Grigori Rasputin 1916.jpg|link=Grigori Rasputin (nonfiction)|1869: Mystic and faith healer [[Grigori Rasputin (nonfiction)|Grigori Rasputin]] born. A mystic and self-proclaimed holy man who befriended the family of Emperor Nicholas II, Rasputin gained considerable influence in late imperial Russia. | File:Grigori Rasputin 1916.jpg|link=Grigori Rasputin (nonfiction)|1869: Mystic and faith healer [[Grigori Rasputin (nonfiction)|Grigori Rasputin]] born. A mystic and self-proclaimed holy man who befriended the family of Emperor Nicholas II, Rasputin gained considerable influence in late imperial Russia. | ||
||1872: Mathematician Lucjan Böttcher born ... He will contribute to functional equations, theory of iterations, and the dynamics of holomorphic functions. Pic search | ||1872: Mathematician Lucjan Böttcher born ... He will contribute to functional equations, theory of iterations, and the dynamics of holomorphic functions. Pic search. | ||
||1874: René-Louis Baire born ... mathematician most famous for his Baire category theorem, which helped to generalize and prove future theorems. Pic. | ||1874: René-Louis Baire born ... mathematician most famous for his Baire category theorem, which helped to generalize and prove future theorems. Pic. | ||
File:Firing_a_woman_from_a_cannon_-_Otago_Daily_Times_-_21_Jan_1887.png|1887: "Mrs Mary Steadman Aldis, has appealed to the City Council to stop the performances of Delo, the woman fired from a cannon at City Hall...." | |||
||1882: Pavel Florensky born ... mathematician and theologian. Pic. | ||1882: Pavel Florensky born ... mathematician and theologian. Pic. | ||
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||1897: Alexander Weinstein born ... mathematician who worked on boundary value problems in fluid dynamics. Pic. | ||1897: Alexander Weinstein born ... mathematician who worked on boundary value problems in fluid dynamics. Pic. | ||
||1898: Eduard Zintl born ... chemist. He gained prominence for research on intermetallic compounds. Pic search | ||1898: Eduard Zintl born ... chemist. He gained prominence for research on intermetallic compounds. Pic search. | ||
File:Richard August Carl Emil Erlenmeyer.jpg|link=Emil Erlenmeyer (nonfiction)|1899: Chemist and crime-fighter [[Emil Erlenmeyer (nonfiction)|Emil Erlenmeyer]] uses the Erlenmeyer rule to detect and prevent [[crimes against chemistry]]. | File:Richard August Carl Emil Erlenmeyer.jpg|link=Emil Erlenmeyer (nonfiction)|1899: Chemist and crime-fighter [[Emil Erlenmeyer (nonfiction)|Emil Erlenmeyer]] uses the Erlenmeyer rule to detect and prevent [[crimes against chemistry]]. | ||
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File:Egon Rhodomunde.jpg|link=Egon Rhodomunde|1969: Film director and arms dealer [[Egon Rhodomunde]] announces new film about the [[1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash (nonfiction)|Thule Air Base B-52 crash]]. | File:Egon Rhodomunde.jpg|link=Egon Rhodomunde|1969: Film director and arms dealer [[Egon Rhodomunde]] announces new film about the [[1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash (nonfiction)|Thule Air Base B-52 crash]]. | ||
||1971: Leonard Isaac Schiff dies ... physicist best known for his book ''Quantum Mechanics''. Pic search | ||1971: Leonard Isaac Schiff dies ... physicist best known for his book ''Quantum Mechanics''. Pic search. | ||
||1974: Mathematician Arnaud Denjoy dies. His contributions included work in harmonic analysis and differential equations; he was the first to define an integral which integrates all derivatives (now known as the Henstock–Kurzweil integral). Pic: https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnaud_Denjoy | ||1974: Mathematician Arnaud Denjoy dies. His contributions included work in harmonic analysis and differential equations; he was the first to define an integral which integrates all derivatives (now known as the Henstock–Kurzweil integral). Pic: https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnaud_Denjoy | ||
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||2004: NASA's MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies in the management of its flash memory and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6. | ||2004: NASA's MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies in the management of its flash memory and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6. | ||
||2013: Donald Hornig dies ... chemist, explosives expert, teacher and presidential science advisor; Project Stormfury weather weather modification. Pic search | ||2013: Donald Hornig dies ... chemist, explosives expert, teacher and presidential science advisor; Project Stormfury weather weather modification. Pic search. | ||
||2015: Fabrizio de Miranda dies ... bridges and structural engineer and university professor. Pic. | ||2015: Fabrizio de Miranda dies ... bridges and structural engineer and university professor. Pic. | ||
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1714: Anatomist and anatomical wax modeler Anna Morandi Manzolini born. Her collection of wax models will be known throughout Europe as Supellex Manzoliniana and be sought after to aid in the study of anatomy.
1780: Steganographic analysis of The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters unexpectedly reveals previously unknown templates for organic golems.
1828: Mathematician and crime-fighter Joseph Ludwig Raabe publishes new version of Raabe's ratio test, which uses the convergence or divergence of an infinite series to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1869: Mystic and faith healer Grigori Rasputin born. A mystic and self-proclaimed holy man who befriended the family of Emperor Nicholas II, Rasputin gained considerable influence in late imperial Russia.
1887: "Mrs Mary Steadman Aldis, has appealed to the City Council to stop the performances of Delo, the woman fired from a cannon at City Hall...."
1899: Chemist and crime-fighter Emil Erlenmeyer uses the Erlenmeyer rule to detect and prevent crimes against chemistry.
1899: Physician, confidence trickster, and suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams is born.
1900: Mathematician, theologian, and Anglican crime-fighter George Salmon uses algebraic geometry detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1901: Electrical engineer Elisha Gray dies. He did pioneering work in electrical information technologies, including the telephone.
1913: Social activist and alleged superhero The Governess warns the Great Powers not to use nuclear weapons ahead of schedule.
1915: Physicist and mathematician André Lichnerowicz born. He will work in differential geometry and mathematical physics.
1951: Numbered cake algorithm used to manufacture new type of organic golems.
1959: Project SCORE satellite re-enters Earth's atmosphere.
1974: Industrialist, public motivational speaker, and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung says he "is confident that the upcoming Thule Air Base B-52 crash is a sound business investment."
1968: A B-52 bomber crashes near Thule Air Base, contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptures. One of the four bombs remains unaccounted for after the cleanup operation is complete.
1969: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde announces new film about the Thule Air Base B-52 crash.
2018: Signed first edition of Dragons Fighting purchased for an undisclosed amount by "a well-known Gnomon algorithm theorist" in charity auction to benefit victims of crimes against physical constants.
