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||1983: The first cases of the 1983 West Bank fainting epidemic begin; Israelis and Palestinians accuse each other of poison gas, but the cause is later determined mostly to be psychosomatic.
||1983: The first cases of the 1983 West Bank fainting epidemic begin; Israelis and Palestinians accuse each other of poison gas, but the cause is later determined mostly to be psychosomatic.


File:Philippe_Flajolet.jpg|link=Philippe Flajolet (nonfiction)|1986: Computer scientist and [[Gnomon algorithm]] theorist [[Philippe Flajolet (nonfiction)|Philippe Flajolet]] uses the theory of average-case complexity to defeat the [[Forbidden Ratio]] in single combat.
Philippe_Flajolet_uses_computational_complexity_to_defeat_the_Forbidden_Ratio.jpg|link=Philippe Flajolet (nonfiction)|1986: Computer scientist and [[Gnomon algorithm]] theorist [[Philippe Flajolet (nonfiction)|Philippe Flajolet]] uses the theory of average-case complexity to defeat the [[Forbidden Ratio]] in single combat.


||1998: Rose Pauline Peltesohn dies ... mathematician.  She solved the Difference Problems of Lothar Heffter (de) (1896) in combinatorics in 1939. Pic.  
||1998: Rose Pauline Peltesohn dies ... mathematician.  She solved the Difference Problems of Lothar Heffter (de) (1896) in combinatorics in 1939. Pic.  

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  • 1768: Mathematician and physicist Joseph Fourier born. Fourier will initiate the investigation of Fourier series and their applications to problems of heat transfer and vibrations.

    1768: Mathematician and physicist Joseph Fourier born. Fourier will initiate the investigation of Fourier series and their applications to problems of heat transfer and vibrations.

  • 1884: Mathematician George David Birkhoff born. Birkhoff will become one of the most important leaders in American mathematics of his generation.

    1884: Mathematician George David Birkhoff born. Birkhoff will become one of the most important leaders in American mathematics of his generation.

  • 1924: Physicist Harry Lehmann born. Lehmann will contribute to the LSZ reduction formula and the Källén–Lehmann spectral representation.

    1924: Physicist Harry Lehmann born. Lehmann will contribute to the LSZ reduction formula and the Källén–Lehmann spectral representation.

  • 1928: Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.

    1928: Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for the first solo trans-Atlantic flight.

  • 1965: NASA launches Ranger 9, the last in a series of unmanned lunar space probes.

    1965: NASA launches Ranger 9, the last in a series of unmanned lunar space probes.

  • 1986: Computer scientist and Gnomon algorithm theorist Philippe Flajolet uses the theory of average-case complexity to defeat the Forbidden Ratio in single combat.

    1986: Computer scientist and Gnomon algorithm theorist Philippe Flajolet uses the theory of average-case complexity to defeat the Forbidden Ratio in single combat.

  • 2009: Mathematician Thierry Aubin dies. Aubin was a leading expert on Riemannian geometry and non-linear partial differential equations.

    2009: Mathematician Thierry Aubin dies. Aubin was a leading expert on Riemannian geometry and non-linear partial differential equations.

  • 2016: Chromatographic analysis of Green Ring 2 reveals "at least two, possibly three" previously unknown shades of the color green.

    2016: Chromatographic analysis of Green Ring 2 reveals "at least two, possibly three" previously unknown shades of the color green.

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