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File:Mary Celeste map.jpg|link=Mary Celeste (nonfiction)|1872 | File:Mary Celeste map.jpg|link=Mary Celeste (nonfiction)|1872: The ship [[Mary Celeste (nonfiction)|Mary Celeste]] attacked by [[Neptune Slaughter]] in mid-ocean. | ||
File:Georgy Voronoy.jpg|link=Georgy Voronoy (nonfiction)|1908: Mathematician [[Georgy Voronoy (nonfiction)|Georgy Voronoy]] dies. He invented what are today called [[Voronoi diagram (nonfiction)|Voronoi diagrams]] or Voronoi tessellations. | |||
File:Benoit Mandelbrot.jpg|link=Benoit Mandelbrot (nonfiction)|1924: Mathematician [[Benoit Mandelbrot (nonfiction)|Benoit Mandelbrot]] born. | File:Benoit Mandelbrot.jpg|link=Benoit Mandelbrot (nonfiction)|1924: Mathematician [[Benoit Mandelbrot (nonfiction)|Benoit Mandelbrot]] born. | ||
File:Fugitive_Rubies_interrogation_800x600.jpg|link=Fugitive Rubies|1924: Captive supervillain [[Fugitive Rubies]] gathering strength for escape attempt, says [[Niles Cartouchian]]. | File:Fugitive_Rubies_interrogation_800x600.jpg|link=Fugitive Rubies|1924: Captive supervillain [[Fugitive Rubies]] gathering strength for escape attempt, says [[Niles Cartouchian]]. | ||
Revision as of 20:54, 2 April 2017
1872: The ship Mary Celeste attacked by Neptune Slaughter in mid-ocean.
1908: Mathematician Georgy Voronoy dies. He invented what are today called Voronoi diagrams or Voronoi tessellations.
1924: Mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot born.
1924: Captive supervillain Fugitive Rubies gathering strength for escape attempt, says Niles Cartouchian.
1980: Lake Peigneur drains into an underlying salt deposit. A misplaced Texaco oil probe had been drilled into the Diamond Crystal Salt Mine, causing water to flow down into the mine, eroding the edges of the hole.
1981: Outbreak of Geometrical frustration exposes new class of crimes against mathematical constants.