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1473: Priest, philosopher, physicist, and theologian John Cantius dies. He helped develop Jean Buridan's theory of impetus, anticipating the work of Galileo and Newton.
1818: Physicist and brewer James Prescott Joule born. He will study the nature of heat, and discover its relationship to mechanical work
1822: Mathematician Charles Hermite born. He will do research on number theory, quadratic forms, invariant theory, orthogonal polynomials, elliptic functions, and algebra.
1906: Inventor Reginald Fessenden transmits the first radio broadcast; consisting of a poetry reading, a violin solo, and a speech.
1917: Politician Ivan Goremykin dies. He is remembered for his Extreme Moustaches.
1967: Performance artist and crime-fighter Brion Gysin invents hand-held scrying engine, sends Christmas Eve greetings to Hamangia figurines.
2016: New form of Brownian ratchet is hottest Christmas gift of the year.

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+File:Jan Kanty.jpg|link=John Cantius (nonfiction)|1473: Priest, philosopher, physicist, and theologian [[John Cantius (nonfiction)|John Cantius]] dies. He helped develop Jean Buridan's theory of impetus, anticipating the work of Galileo and Newton.
 File:James Prescott Joule.jpg|link=James Prescott Joule (nonfiction)|1818: Physicist and brewer [[James Prescott Joule (nonfiction)|James Prescott Joule]] born. He will study the nature of heat, and discover its relationship to mechanical work
 File:Charles Hermite circa 1901.jpg|link=Charles Hermite (nonfiction)|1822: Mathematician [[Charles Hermite (nonfiction)|Charles Hermite]] born. He will do research on number theory, quadratic forms, invariant theory, orthogonal polynomials, elliptic functions, and algebra.