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||1928: Alvin Toffler born ... writer, futurist, and businessman known for his works discussing modern technologies, including the digital revolution and the communication revolution, with emphasis on their effects on cultures worldwide. He is regarded as one of the world's outstanding futurists. Pic.
||1928: Alvin Toffler born ... writer, futurist, and businessman known for his works discussing modern technologies, including the digital revolution and the communication revolution, with emphasis on their effects on cultures worldwide. He is regarded as one of the world's outstanding futurists. Pic.
File:Harald Cramér.jpg|link=Harald Cramér (nonfiction)|1946: Mathematician, statistician, and [[Gnomon algorithm]] theorist [[Harald Cramér (nonfiction)|Harald Cramér]] visits the [[Nested Radical]] coffeehouse in New Minneapolis, Canada, where he gives an impromptu lecture on the mathematical definition of probability, "from which its fundamental properties and the classical theorems are deduced by purely mathematical operations."


File:Max Planck 1878.gif|link=Max Planck (nonfiction)|1947: Physicist and academic [[Max Planck (nonfiction)|Max Planck]] dies. He made many contributions to theoretical physics, and earned fame as the originator of quantum theory.
File:Max Planck 1878.gif|link=Max Planck (nonfiction)|1947: Physicist and academic [[Max Planck (nonfiction)|Max Planck]] dies. He made many contributions to theoretical physics, and earned fame as the originator of quantum theory.
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||2005: Ronald Samuel Rivlin dies ... physicist, mathematician, rheologist and a noted expert on rubber. Pic.
||2005: Ronald Samuel Rivlin dies ... physicist, mathematician, rheologist and a noted expert on rubber. Pic.
File:Superimposed Fraunhofer.jpg|link=Superimposed Fraunhofer|2006: Steganographic analysis of the [[Superimposed Fraunhofer]] stamp reveals "seven hundred to eight hundred kilobytes" of previously unknown [[Gnomon algorithm]] functions related to [[Color (nonfiction)|color]].  These functions will quickly find application in the detection and prevention of [[crimes against light]].


||2009: Bronisław Żurakowski dies ... pilot and engineer. Pic.
||2009: Bronisław Żurakowski dies ... pilot and engineer. Pic.
File:Green Spiral 5.jpg|link=Green Spiral 5 (nonfiction)|2018: ''[[Green Spiral 5 (nonfiction)|Green Spiral 5]]'' voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]].


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  • 1903: Physicist, inventor, and academic John Vincent Atanasoff born. He will invent the Atanasoff–Berry computer, the first electronic digital computer.

    1903: Physicist, inventor, and academic John Vincent Atanasoff born. He will invent the Atanasoff–Berry computer, the first electronic digital computer.

  • 1947: Physicist and academic Max Planck dies. He made many contributions to theoretical physics, and earned fame as the originator of quantum theory.

    1947: Physicist and academic Max Planck dies. He made many contributions to theoretical physics, and earned fame as the originator of quantum theory.

  • 1957: Clock Head 2 stops math criminals from interfering with the launch of Sputnik 1.

    1957: Clock Head 2 stops math criminals from interfering with the launch of Sputnik 1.

  • 1957: Space Race: Launch of Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.

    1957: Space Race: Launch of Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.

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