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File:Isaac Asimov.jpg|link=Isaac Asimov (nonfiction)|1992: Writer [[Isaac Asimov (nonfiction)|Isaac Asimov]] dies. Asimov is one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers of his generation.
File:Isaac Asimov.jpg|link=Isaac Asimov (nonfiction)|1992: Writer [[Isaac Asimov (nonfiction)|Isaac Asimov]] dies. Asimov is one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers of his generation.
File:Anita Borg.jpg|link=Anita Borg (nonfiction)|2003: Computer scientist [[Anita Borg (nonfiction)|Anita Borg]] dies.  Borg founded the Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology.


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  • 1528: Painter, engraver, and mathematician Albrecht Dürer dies. Dürer is regarded as the greatest German Renaissance artist: his vast body of work will include altarpieces and religious works, numerous portraits and self-portraits, and copper engravings.

    1528: Painter, engraver, and mathematician Albrecht Dürer dies. Dürer is regarded as the greatest German Renaissance artist: his vast body of work will include altarpieces and religious works, numerous portraits and self-portraits, and copper engravings.

  • 1793: During the French Revolution, the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic.

    1793: During the French Revolution, the Committee of Public Safety becomes the executive organ of the republic.

  • 1829: Mathematician and theorist Niels Henrik Abel dies. Abel made pioneering contributions in a variety of fields, including the discovery of Abelian functions, and the first complete proof demonstrating the impossibility of solving the general quintic equation in radicals.

    1829: Mathematician and theorist Niels Henrik Abel dies. Abel made pioneering contributions in a variety of fields, including the discovery of Abelian functions, and the first complete proof demonstrating the impossibility of solving the general quintic equation in radicals.

  • 1926: American comic book artist Gil Kane born. Kane will pioneer graphic novels with his books His Name is...Savage (1968) and Blackmark (1971).

    1926: American comic book artist Gil Kane born. Kane will pioneer graphic novels with his books His Name is...Savage (1968) and Blackmark (1971).

  • 1992: Writer Isaac Asimov dies. Asimov is one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers of his generation.

    1992: Writer Isaac Asimov dies. Asimov is one of the "Big Three" science fiction writers of his generation.

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