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File:Harry Laughlin.jpg|link=Harry H. Laughlin (nonfiction)|1880: American eugenicist and sociologist [[Harry H. Laughlin (nonfiction)|Harry H. Laughlin]] born. Laughlin 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.
File:Harry Laughlin.jpg|link=Harry H. Laughlin (nonfiction)|1880: American eugenicist and sociologist [[Harry H. Laughlin (nonfiction)|Harry H. Laughlin]] born. Laughlin 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.
File:Johann Jakob Balmer.jpg|link=Johann Jakob Balmer (nonfiction)|1888: Mathematician and physicist [[Johann Jakob Balmer (nonfiction)|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]].


File:Vannevar_Bush_(between_1940_and_1944).jpg|link=Vannevar Bush (nonfiction)|1890: Engineer and academic [[Vannevar Bush (nonfiction)|Vannevar Bush]] born. Bush develop the Differential Analyzer, initiate the [[Manhattan Project (nonfiction)|Manhattan Project]] and oversee government mobilization of scientific research during World War II, and make pioneering contributions to computer science.
File:Vannevar_Bush_(between_1940_and_1944).jpg|link=Vannevar Bush (nonfiction)|1890: Engineer and academic [[Vannevar Bush (nonfiction)|Vannevar Bush]] born. Bush develop the Differential Analyzer, initiate the [[Manhattan Project (nonfiction)|Manhattan Project]] and oversee government mobilization of scientific research during World War II, and make pioneering contributions to computer science.
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||2017: Lloyd Conover dies ... chemist and inventor ... the inventor of tetracycline. Pic search.
||2017: Lloyd Conover dies ... chemist and inventor ... the inventor of tetracycline. Pic search.


File:Red Spiral.jpg|link=Red Spiral (nonfiction)|2018: Signed first edition of ''[[Red Spiral (nonfiction)|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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  • 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. Le Verrier 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. Le Verrier 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. Bertrand will contribute to number theory, differential geometry, probability theory, economics and thermodynamics.

    1822: Mathematician, economist, and academic Joseph Louis François Bertrand born. Bertrand will contribute to 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. Laughlin 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. Laughlin 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.

  • 1890: Engineer and academic Vannevar Bush born. Bush develop the Differential Analyzer, initiate the Manhattan Project and oversee government mobilization of scientific research during World War II, and make pioneering contributions to computer science.

    1890: Engineer and academic Vannevar Bush born. Bush develop the Differential Analyzer, initiate the Manhattan Project and oversee government mobilization of scientific research during World War II, and make pioneering contributions to computer science.

  • 1955: Biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist Alexander Fleming dies. Fleming discovered the enzyme lysozyme in 1923, and the world's first broadly effective antibiotic substance benzylpenicillin (Penicillin G) in 1928, for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain.

    1955: Biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist Alexander Fleming dies. Fleming discovered the enzyme lysozyme in 1923, and the world's first broadly effective antibiotic substance benzylpenicillin (Penicillin G) in 1928, for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain.

  • 1971: Inventor Philo Farnsworth dies. Farnsworth made pioneering contributions to the development of all-electronic television.

    1971: Inventor Philo Farnsworth dies. Farnsworth made pioneering contributions to the development of all-electronic television.

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

    1996: Engineer and inventor Charles William Oatley dies. Oatley 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").

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