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File:Jacob Bernoulli.jpg|link=Jacob Bernoulli (nonfiction)|1705: Mathematician [[Jacob Bernoulli (nonfiction)|Jacob Bernoulli]] dies. He discovered the fundamental mathematical constant ''e'', and made important contributions to the field of probability.
File:Jacob Bernoulli.jpg|link=Jacob Bernoulli (nonfiction)|1705: Mathematician [[Jacob Bernoulli (nonfiction)|Jacob Bernoulli]] dies. He discovered the fundamental mathematical constant ''e'', and made important contributions to the field of probability.
||1744 – Pierre Méchain, French astronomer and surveyor (d. 1804)
||1821 – Arthur Cayley, English mathematician and academic (d. 1895)
||1836 – Marc-Antoine Parseval, French mathematician and theorist (b. 1755)
||1842 – Jakob Rosanes, Ukrainian-German mathematician, chess player, and academic (d. 1922)
||1845 – Gabriel Lippmann, Luxembourger-French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1921)


||1858 – U.S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. However, a weak signal forces a shutdown of the service in a few weeks.
||1858 – U.S. President James Buchanan inaugurates the new transatlantic telegraph cable by exchanging greetings with Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. However, a weak signal forces a shutdown of the service in a few weeks.
||1886 – Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Indian mystic and philosopher (b. 1836)
||1888 – John Pemberton, American pharmacist and chemist, invented Coca-Cola (b. 1831)
||1892 – Otto Messmer, American cartoonist and animator, co-created Felix the Cat (d. 1983)
||1893 – Jean-Martin Charcot, French neurologist and academic (b. 1825)
||1899 – Robert Bunsen, German chemist and academic (b. 1811)
||1927 – The Dole Air Race begins from Oakland, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii, during which six out of the eight participating planes crash or disappear.
||1904 – Wendell Meredith Stanley, American biochemist and virologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1971)
||1920 – Charles Bukowski, American poet, novelist, and short story writer (d. 1994)
||1930 – The first color sound cartoon, called Fiddlesticks, is made by Ub Iwerks.


||1942 – World War II: The two-person crew of the U.S. naval blimp L-8 disappears without a trace on a routine anti-submarine patrol over the Pacific Ocean. The blimp drifts without her crew and crash-lands in Daly City, California.
||1942 – World War II: The two-person crew of the U.S. naval blimp L-8 disappears without a trace on a routine anti-submarine patrol over the Pacific Ocean. The blimp drifts without her crew and crash-lands in Daly City, California.
||1957 – Irving Langmuir, American chemist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)


||1966 – Vietnam War: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigations of Americans who have aided the Viet Cong. The committee intends to introduce legislation making these activities illegal. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and 50 people are arrested.
||1966 – Vietnam War: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigations of Americans who have aided the Viet Cong. The committee intends to introduce legislation making these activities illegal. Anti-war demonstrators disrupt the meeting and 50 people are arrested.
||1973 – Selman Waksman, Ukrainian-American biochemist and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1888)
||1989 – A solar flare from the Sun creates a geomagnetic storm that affects micro chips, leading to a halt of all trading on Toronto's stock market.
||2013 – David Rees, Welsh mathematician and academic (b. 1918)


File:Ultravore.jpg|link=Ultravore|2017: Researchers publish new evidence that "suicide-by-[[Ultravore]]" is on the rise.
File:Ultravore.jpg|link=Ultravore|2017: Researchers publish new evidence that "suicide-by-[[Ultravore]]" is on the rise.
||2015 – Jacob Bekenstein, Mexican-American physicist, astronomer, and academic (b. 1947)


|File:Exponential-growth-diagram.svg|link=Crimes against mathematical constants|2016: New class of [[Crimes against mathematical constants]] "reduce to well-known [[Crime (nonfiction)|crime]] algorithms."
|File:Exponential-growth-diagram.svg|link=Crimes against mathematical constants|2016: New class of [[Crimes against mathematical constants]] "reduce to well-known [[Crime (nonfiction)|crime]] algorithms."
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  • 1650: Monk, cosmographer, and cartographer Vincenzo Coronelli born. He will gain fame for his atlases and globes; some of the globes will be very large and highly detailed.

    1650: Monk, cosmographer, and cartographer Vincenzo Coronelli born. He will gain fame for his atlases and globes; some of the globes will be very large and highly detailed.

  • 1694: Mathematician, astronomer, and crime-fighter Christiaan Huygens reveals in autobiography that he uses statistical analysis and games of chance to catch math criminals in the act.

    1694: Mathematician, astronomer, and crime-fighter Christiaan Huygens reveals in autobiography that he uses statistical analysis and games of chance to catch math criminals in the act.

  • 1705: Mathematician Jacob Bernoulli dies. He discovered the fundamental mathematical constant e, and made important contributions to the field of probability.

    1705: Mathematician Jacob Bernoulli dies. He discovered the fundamental mathematical constant e, and made important contributions to the field of probability.

  • 2017: Researchers publish new evidence that "suicide-by-Ultravore" is on the rise.

    2017: Researchers publish new evidence that "suicide-by-Ultravore" is on the rise.

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