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||1635: Johann Joachim Becher born ... physician and alchemist. Pic. | || *** DONE: Pics *** | ||
||1635: [[Johann Joachim Becher (nonfiction)|Johann Joachim Becher]] born ... physician and alchemist. Pic. | |||
File:Investigation into alleged Renaissance-era corruption of the Hindenburg disaster configuration files.jpg|link=File:Investigation into alleged Renaissance-era corruption of the Hindenburg disaster configuration files.jpg|1648: APTO field agents publish "[[Investigation into alleged Renaissance-era corruption of the Hindenburg disaster configuration files]]". The report documents a pattern of petty [[Crimes against mathematical constants|crimes against projective geometry]] during the Renaissance which "imply a centuries-long plan by the House of Malevecchio to prevent the [[Hindenburg disaster (nonfiction)|Hindenburg disaster]]." | File:Investigation into alleged Renaissance-era corruption of the Hindenburg disaster configuration files.jpg|link=File:Investigation into alleged Renaissance-era corruption of the Hindenburg disaster configuration files.jpg|1648: APTO field agents publish "[[Investigation into alleged Renaissance-era corruption of the Hindenburg disaster configuration files]]". The report documents a pattern of petty [[Crimes against mathematical constants|crimes against projective geometry]] during the Renaissance which "imply a centuries-long plan by the House of Malevecchio to prevent the [[Hindenburg disaster (nonfiction)|Hindenburg disaster]]." | ||
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||1915: Ronald Samuel Rivlin born ... physicist, mathematician, rheologist and a noted expert on rubber. Pic. | ||1915: Ronald Samuel Rivlin born ... physicist, mathematician, rheologist and a noted expert on rubber. Pic. | ||
||1916: Robert H. Dicke born ... physicist and astronomer ... physicist who made important contributions to the fields of astrophysics, atomic physics, cosmology and gravity. | ||1916: Robert H. Dicke born ... physicist and astronomer ... physicist who made important contributions to the fields of astrophysics, atomic physics, cosmology and gravity. Pic. | ||
||1927: Géza Fodor born ... mathematician, working in set theory. He will prove Fodor's lemma on stationary sets, one of the most important, and most used results in set theory. Pic. | ||1927: Géza Fodor born ... mathematician, working in set theory. He will prove Fodor's lemma on stationary sets, one of the most important, and most used results in set theory. Pic. | ||
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File:Optical_fibers.jpg|link=Optical fiber (nonfiction)|1978: [[Optical fiber (nonfiction)|Optical fiber]] is first used to commit [[crimes against light]]. | File:Optical_fibers.jpg|link=Optical fiber (nonfiction)|1978: [[Optical fiber (nonfiction)|Optical fiber]] is first used to commit [[crimes against light]]. | ||
||1996: The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he disappeared. | ||1996: The body of former CIA director William Colby is found washed up on a riverbank in southern Maryland, eight days after he disappeared. Pic. | ||
||2000: John Clive Ward dies ... physicist. He introduced the Ward–Takahashi identity, also known as "Ward Identity" (or "Ward's Identities"). He made significant contributions to quantum solid-state physics, statistical mechanics and the Ising model. Pic. | ||2000: John Clive Ward dies ... physicist. He introduced the Ward–Takahashi identity, also known as "Ward Identity" (or "Ward's Identities"). He made significant contributions to quantum solid-state physics, statistical mechanics and the Ising model. Pic. | ||
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||1910: The May 6, 2010, flash crash, also known as the crash of 2:45 or simply the flash crash, was a United States trillion-dollar[3] stock market crash, which started at 2:32 p.m. EDT and lasted for approximately 36 minutes. Pic: graph. | ||1910: The May 6, 2010, flash crash, also known as the crash of 2:45 or simply the flash crash, was a United States trillion-dollar[3] stock market crash, which started at 2:32 p.m. EDT and lasted for approximately 36 minutes. Pic: graph. | ||
||2014: William H. Dana dies ... pilot, engineer, and astronaut | ||2014: William H. Dana dies ... pilot, engineer, and astronaut ... one of twelve pilots who flew the North American X-15, an experimental spaceplane jointly operated by the Air Force and NASA. He was also selected for participation in the X-20 Dyna-Soar program. Pic. | ||
File:Blue City Sunset.jpg|link=Blue City Sunset (nonfiction)|2017: ''[[Blue City Sunset (nonfiction)|Blue City Sunset]]'' voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]]. | File:Blue City Sunset.jpg|link=Blue City Sunset (nonfiction)|2017: ''[[Blue City Sunset (nonfiction)|Blue City Sunset]]'' voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]]. | ||
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Revision as of 09:01, 6 May 2020
1648: APTO field agents publish "Investigation into alleged Renaissance-era corruption of the Hindenburg disaster configuration files". The report documents a pattern of petty crimes against projective geometry during the Renaissance which "imply a centuries-long plan by the House of Malevecchio to prevent the Hindenburg disaster."
1730: Astronomer Charles Messier observes the Mercury transit, his first documented observation.
1840: The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
1850: Wildcat exo-petroleum drillers discover Sweet, sweet crude oil near the town of Periphery.
1872: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer Willem de Sitter born. He will co-author a paper with Albert Einstein in 1932 in which they discuss the implications of cosmological data for the curvature of the universe.
1875: Mathematician and academic Ferdinand von Lindemann uses the transcendental nature of π (pi) to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1895: Mathematician and academic Júlio César de Mello e Souza born. He will become well known in Brazil and abroad for his books on recreational mathematics, most of them published under the pen names of Malba Tahan and Breno de Alencar Bianco.
1936: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises money for new film by selling shares in the upcoming Hindenburg disaster.
1937: Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.
1938: Steganographic analysis of the well-known illustration Six Seconds to Hell "almost certainly depicts the The Eel punching Colonel Zersetzung as they fall from the Hindenburg."
1949: EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation, calculating a table of squares and a list of prime numbers.
1978: Optical fiber is first used to commit crimes against light.
2017: Blue City Sunset voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.
