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1713: Mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist Alexis Clairaut born. His work will help to establish the validity of the principles and results that Sir Isaac Newton had outlined in the Principia of 1687.
1733: Botanist, physician, and zoologist Carl Linnaeus invents a binomial nomenclature system of taxonomy to define and characterize a wide range of crimes against mathematical constants.
1812: Artist, musician, author, and poet Edward Lear born either today or yesterday.
1936: The Safe-Cracker wins Pulitzer Prize, hailed as "most daring illustration of the year."
1937: Writer Roger Zelazny born. He will win the Nebula award three times, and the Hugo award six times.

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-File:Christiaan Huygens.jpg|link=Christiaan Huygens (nonfiction)|1629: Mathematician, astronomer, and physicist [[Christiaan Huygens (nonfiction)|Christiaan Huygens]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
 File:Alexis Clairault.jpg|link=Alexis Clairaut (nonfiction)|1713: Mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist [[Alexis Clairaut (nonfiction)|Alexis Clairaut]] born. His work will help to establish the validity of the principles and results that Sir Isaac Newton had outlined in the ''Principia'' of 1687.
 File:Carl von Linné.jpg|link=Carl Linnaeus (nonfiction)|1733: Botanist, physician, and zoologist [[Carl Linnaeus (nonfiction)|Carl Linnaeus]] invents a binomial nomenclature system of taxonomy to define and characterize a wide range of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].