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File:Toscanelli.jpg|link=Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli (nonfiction)|1469: Mathematician, astronomer, and [[Gnomon (nonfiction)|gnomon]]-builder [[Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli (nonfiction)|Paolo Toscanelli]] accuses the [[House of Malevecchio]] of secretly using the gnomon in the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence to commit [[crimes against astronomical constants]].


||1671: Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal England's Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. No DOB. Pic.
||1671: Thomas Blood, disguised as a clergyman, attempts to steal England's Crown Jewels from the Tower of London. No DOB. Pic.
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||1912: Géza Ottlik born ... mathematician and bridge theorist. His 1979 book ''Adventures in Card Play'', written with Hugh Kelsey, introduced and developed new concepts (such as Backwash squeeze and Entry-shifting squeeze).  Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Géza+Ottlik&oq=Géza+Ottlik
||1912: Géza Ottlik born ... mathematician and bridge theorist. His 1979 book ''Adventures in Card Play'', written with Hugh Kelsey, introduced and developed new concepts (such as Backwash squeeze and Entry-shifting squeeze).  Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Géza+Ottlik&oq=Géza+Ottlik
File:Georg Cantor 1894.png|link=Georg Cantor (nonfiction)|1917: Mathematician and philosopher [[Georg Cantor (nonfiction)|Georg Cantor]] publishes new [[Set theory (nonfiction)|theory of sets]] derived from [[Gnomon algorithm functions]]. Colleagues hail it as "a magisterial contribution to science and art of detecting and preventing [[crimes against mathematical constants]]."


||1931: Albert Abraham Michelson dies ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic.
||1931: Albert Abraham Michelson dies ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic.
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||1970: Louise Freeland Jenkins dies ... astronomer and academic. Compiled a valuable catalogue of stars within 10 parsecs of the sun; edited the 3rd edition of the Yale Bright Star Catalogue. Pic.
||1970: Louise Freeland Jenkins dies ... astronomer and academic. Compiled a valuable catalogue of stars within 10 parsecs of the sun; edited the 3rd edition of the Yale Bright Star Catalogue. Pic.
File:The_Custodian_2.jpg|link=The Custodian|1972: Public servant and alleged supernatural entity [[The Custodian]] tells a funny story about how the [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|Watergate scandal]] will play out.


File:Nixon April-29-1974.jpg|link=Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|1972: [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)]]: The United States House Committee on the Judiciary opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon.
File:Nixon April-29-1974.jpg|link=Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|1972: [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)]]: The United States House Committee on the Judiciary opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon.
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||2004: Anatoli Georgievich Vitushkin dies ... mathematician noted for his work on mathematical analysis and analytic capacity. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=Anatoli+Vitushkin
||2004: Anatoli Georgievich Vitushkin dies ... mathematician noted for his work on mathematical analysis and analytic capacity. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=Anatoli+Vitushkin


Two_Bugs_Dancing.jpg|link=Two Bugs Dancing|2018: Steganographic analysis of ''[[Two Bugs Dancing]]'' unexpectedly releases self-replicating computer virus which spontaneously generates Extract of Radium.


File:Imperial Cruiser Co-Pilot - There goes another one.jpg|link=There goes another one (Star Wars sex satire) (nonfiction)|"[[There goes another one (Star Wars sex satire) (nonfiction)|There goes another one]]" declared Satire of the Day by the Noöarchate of the [[Greater Sol System Co-Prosperity Sphere]].
 


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  • 1746: Mathematician and engineer Gaspard Monge born. He will invent descriptive geometry, and do pioneering work in differential geometry.

    1746: Mathematician and engineer Gaspard Monge born. He will invent descriptive geometry, and do pioneering work in differential geometry.

  • 1941: The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages.

    1941: The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages.

  • 1963: Project West Ford launches, successfully deploying a ring of 480,000,000 copper needles in orbit, forming an artificial ionospheric radio communication system.

    1963: Project West Ford launches, successfully deploying a ring of 480,000,000 copper needles in orbit, forming an artificial ionospheric radio communication system.

  • 1972: Watergate scandal (nonfiction): The United States House Committee on the Judiciary opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon.

    1972: Watergate scandal (nonfiction): The United States House Committee on the Judiciary opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon.

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