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||1929: Mathematician and academic Alexei Kostrikin born. He will specialize in algebra and algebraic geometry, making important contributions to the Burnside problem; he also wrote widely used textbooks. Pic search.
||1929: Mathematician and academic Alexei Kostrikin born. He will specialize in algebra and algebraic geometry, making important contributions to the Burnside problem; he also wrote widely used textbooks. Pic search.
File:Jan Łukasiewicz.jpg|link=Jan Łukasiewicz (nonfiction)|1934: Mathematician, philosopher, and private detective [[Jan Łukasiewicz (nonfiction)|Jan Łukasiewicz]] uses the principle of non-contradiction and the law of excluded middle to defeat the [[Forbidden Ratio]] in single combat.


||1935: USS ''Macon'', one of the two largest helium-filled airships ever created, crashes into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California and sinks.
||1935: USS ''Macon'', one of the two largest helium-filled airships ever created, crashes into the Pacific Ocean off the coast of California and sinks.
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||1939: S. P. L. Sørensen dies ... chemist and academic ... famous for the introduction of the concept of pH, a scale for measuring acidity and alkalinity. Pic.
||1939: S. P. L. Sørensen dies ... chemist and academic ... famous for the introduction of the concept of pH, a scale for measuring acidity and alkalinity. Pic.
File:Tunguska-Preservation-TV.jpg|link=Tunguska Event Preservation Society|1946: [[Tunguska Event Preservation Society]] pledge drive meets goal, raises enough computational power to re-create the [[Tunguska event (nonfiction)|original event]].


||1946: World War II: Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 121 of 154 captured U-boats.
||1946: World War II: Operation Deadlight ends after scuttling 121 of 154 captured U-boats.
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File:Oskar_Anderson.jpg|link=Oskar Anderson (nonfiction)|1960: Mathematician and statistician [[Oskar Anderson (nonfiction)|Oskar Anderson]] dies. Anderson made important contributions to mathematical statistics and econometrics.
File:Oskar_Anderson.jpg|link=Oskar Anderson (nonfiction)|1960: Mathematician and statistician [[Oskar Anderson (nonfiction)|Oskar Anderson]] dies. Anderson made important contributions to mathematical statistics and econometrics.
File:Nikolay_Bogolyubov.jpg|link=Nikolay Bogolyubov (nonfiction)|1992: Mathematician, physicist, and [[APTO]] field instructor [[Nikolay Bogolyubov (nonfiction)|Nikolay Bogolyubov]] visits the [[Nested Radical]] coffeehouse in [[New Minneapolis, Canada]], where he gives an impromptu lecture which [[Alice Beta]] will later remember as "redolent of the warm atmosphere, politeness, and kindness which characterize the Bogolyubov Approach."


File:Venera 1.jpg|link=Venera 1 (nonfiction)|1961: Spacecraft [[Venera 1 (nonfiction)|Venera 1]] launched. Venera will become the first man-made object to fly-by another planet by passing Venus (although it will lose contact with Earth and not send back any data).
File:Venera 1.jpg|link=Venera 1 (nonfiction)|1961: Spacecraft [[Venera 1 (nonfiction)|Venera 1]] launched. Venera will become the first man-made object to fly-by another planet by passing Venus (although it will lose contact with Earth and not send back any data).

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  • 1912: Mathematician and logician Hans Hermes born. Hermes will contribute to the foundations of mathematical logic, and pioneer the concept of the Turing machine as a measure of predictability.

    1912: Mathematician and logician Hans Hermes born. Hermes will contribute to the foundations of mathematical logic, and pioneer the concept of the Turing machine as a measure of predictability.

  • 1914: Mathematician and academic Hanna Neumann born. Neumann will contribute to group theory, co-authoring the important paper Wreath products and varieties of groups (with her husband Bernhard and eldest son Peter), and authoring the influential book Varieties of Groups (1967).

    1914: Mathematician and academic Hanna Neumann born. Neumann will contribute to group theory, co-authoring the important paper Wreath products and varieties of groups (with her husband Bernhard and eldest son Peter), and authoring the influential book Varieties of Groups (1967).

  • 1916: Mathematician, philosopher, and academic Richard Dedekind dies. Dedekind made important contributions to abstract algebra (particularly ring theory), algebraic number theory and the definition of the real numbers.

    1916: Mathematician, philosopher, and academic Richard Dedekind dies. Dedekind made important contributions to abstract algebra (particularly ring theory), algebraic number theory and the definition of the real numbers.

  • 1935: Physicist and engineer Robert Van de Graaff receives a patent for his Electrostatic Generator design (U.S. No. 1,991,236), able to generate direct-current voltages much higher than the 700,000-V which was the state of the art at the time using other methods.

    1935: Physicist and engineer Robert Van de Graaff receives a patent for his Electrostatic Generator design (U.S. No. 1,991,236), able to generate direct-current voltages much higher than the 700,000-V which was the state of the art at the time using other methods.

  • 1947: Chemist and academic Moses Gomberg dies. Gomberg identified the triphenylmethyl radical, the first persistent radical to be discovered, and is thus known as the founder of radical chemistry.

    1947: Chemist and academic Moses Gomberg dies. Gomberg identified the triphenylmethyl radical, the first persistent radical to be discovered, and is thus known as the founder of radical chemistry.

  • 1959: Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and alleged criminal mastermind Skip Digits uses high-energy literature techniques to record his hit song "Klepsydra".

    1959: Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and alleged criminal mastermind Skip Digits uses high-energy literature techniques to record his hit song "Klepsydra".

  • 1960: Mathematician and statistician Oskar Anderson dies. Anderson made important contributions to mathematical statistics and econometrics.

    1960: Mathematician and statistician Oskar Anderson dies. Anderson made important contributions to mathematical statistics and econometrics.

  • 1961: Spacecraft Venera 1 launched. Venera will become the first man-made object to fly-by another planet by passing Venus (although it will lose contact with Earth and not send back any data).

    1961: Spacecraft Venera 1 launched. Venera will become the first man-made object to fly-by another planet by passing Venus (although it will lose contact with Earth and not send back any data).

  • 1983: High-energy literature research project accidentally releases new class of crimes against mathematical constants.

    1983: High-energy literature research project accidentally releases new class of crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1994: Mathematical physicist Charles Critchfield dies. Critchfield worked on the Manhattan Project, designing and testing the "Urchin" neutron initiator which provided the burst of neutrons that kick-started the nuclear detonation of the Fat Man weapon.

    1994: Mathematical physicist Charles Critchfield dies. Critchfield worked on the Manhattan Project, designing and testing the "Urchin" neutron initiator which provided the burst of neutrons that kick-started the nuclear detonation of the Fat Man weapon.

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