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||1926: Edwin Abbott Abbott dies ... schoolmaster and theologian, best known as the author of the novella Flatland (1884). Pic.
||1926: Edwin Abbott Abbott dies ... schoolmaster and theologian, best known as the author of the novella Flatland (1884). Pic.

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  • 322 BC: Athenian politician and orator Demosthenes takes his own life, to avoid being arrested by the agents of his enemies.

    322 BC: Athenian politician and orator Demosthenes takes his own life, to avoid being arrested by the agents of his enemies.

  • 1667: Astronomer, lens-maker, and APTO field engineer Geminiano Montanari uses the variable brightness of Algol in the constellation of Perseus to detect and prevent crimes against astronomy.

    1667: Astronomer, lens-maker, and APTO field engineer Geminiano Montanari uses the variable brightness of Algol in the constellation of Perseus to detect and prevent crimes against astronomy.

  • 1705: Priest, philosopher, and crime-fighter Nicolas Malebranche synthesizes the thought of St. Augustine and Descartes, demonstrating the active role of crimes against mathematical constants in every aspect of the world.

    1705: Priest, philosopher, and crime-fighter Nicolas Malebranche synthesizes the thought of St. Augustine and Descartes, demonstrating the active role of crimes against mathematical constants in every aspect of the world.

  • 1861: Mathematician Rikitarō Fujisawa born. During the Meiji era he will be instrumental in reforming mathematics education in Japan and establishing the ideas of European mathematics in Japan.

    1861: Mathematician Rikitarō Fujisawa born. During the Meiji era he will be instrumental in reforming mathematics education in Japan and establishing the ideas of European mathematics in Japan.

  • 1875: Magician and author Aleister Crowley born. He will gain widespread notoriety during his lifetime, as a recreational drug experimenter, bisexual, and an individualist social critic; the popular press will denounce him as "the wickedest man in the world" and a Satanist.

    1875: Magician and author Aleister Crowley born. He will gain widespread notoriety during his lifetime, as a recreational drug experimenter, bisexual, and an individualist social critic; the popular press will denounce him as "the wickedest man in the world" and a Satanist.

  • 1918: A massive forest fire kills 453 people in Cloquet, Minnesota.

    1918: A massive forest fire kills 453 people in Cloquet, Minnesota.

  • 1939: Physicist, academic, and APTO field engineer Walter Houser Brattain discovers new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which use the photo-effect at the free surface of a semiconductor to detect and prevent crimes against physical constants.

    1939: Physicist, academic, and APTO field engineer Walter Houser Brattain discovers new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which use the photo-effect at the free surface of a semiconductor to detect and prevent crimes against physical constants.

  • 2018: Steganographic analysis of Golden Spiral reveals cartoon about cats that excrete gold.

    2018: Steganographic analysis of Golden Spiral reveals cartoon about cats that excrete gold.

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