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||AD 41 – Roman Emperor Caligula, known for his eccentricity and sadistic despotism, is assassinated by his disgruntled Praetorian Guards. The Guard then proclaims Caligula's uncle Claudius as Emperor | |||
File:Canterbury_scrying_engine.jpg|link=Canterbury scrying engine|1201: [[Canterbury scrying engine]] retrofitted with [[Gnomon algorithm]] routines. | |||
File:Tycho Brahe.jpg|link=Tycho Brahe (nonfiction)|1569: Astronomer [[Tycho Brahe (nonfiction)|Tycho Brahe]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] make improved astronomical observations. | File:Tycho Brahe.jpg|link=Tycho Brahe (nonfiction)|1569: Astronomer [[Tycho Brahe (nonfiction)|Tycho Brahe]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] make improved astronomical observations. | ||
||1679 – Christian Wolff, German philosopher and academic (d. 1754) | |||
||Karl Georg Christian von Staudt (b. 24 January 1798) was a German mathematician who used synthetic geometry to provide a foundation for arithmetic. | |||
||1835 – Slaves in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil, stage a revolt, which is instrumental in ending slavery there 50 years later. | |||
||1848 – California Gold Rush: James W. Marshall finds gold at Sutter's Mill near Sacramento. | |||
||1872 – Morris Travers, English chemist and academic (d. 1961) | |||
||1877 – Johann Christian Poggendorff, German physicist and journalist (b. 1796) | |||
||1888 – Ernst Heinkel, German engineer and businessman, founded the Heinkel Aircraft Manufacturing Company (d. 1958) | |||
||1931 – Lars Hörmander, Swedish mathematician and academic (d. 2012) | |||
||1942 – World War II: The Allies bombard Bangkok, leading Thailand, then under Japanese control, to declare war against the United States and United Kingdom. | |||
||1946 – The United Nations General Assembly passes its first resolution to establish the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission | |||
File:Goldsboro Mk 39 bomb.jpg|link=1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash (nonfiction)|1961: [[1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash (nonfiction)|Goldsboro B-52 crash]]: A bomber carrying two H-bombs breaks up in mid-air over North Carolina. The uranium core of one weapon remains lost. | File:Goldsboro Mk 39 bomb.jpg|link=1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash (nonfiction)|1961: [[1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash (nonfiction)|Goldsboro B-52 crash]]: A bomber carrying two H-bombs breaks up in mid-air over North Carolina. The uranium core of one weapon remains lost. | ||
||1966 – Homi J. Bhabha, Indian physicist and academic (b. 1909) | |||
File:The Eel Escapes Hydrolab.jpg|link=The Eel Escapes Hydrolab|1972: New evidence suggests that ''[[The Eel Escapes Hydrolab]]'' is based on actual events. | File:The Eel Escapes Hydrolab.jpg|link=The Eel Escapes Hydrolab|1972: New evidence suggests that ''[[The Eel Escapes Hydrolab]]'' is based on actual events. | ||
File:Cosmos-954 debris.png|link=Kosmos 954 (nonfiction)|1978: Soviet satellite [[Kosmos 954 (nonfiction)|Kosmos 954]], with a nuclear reactor on board, burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. Only 1% is recovered. | File:Cosmos-954 debris.png|link=Kosmos 954 (nonfiction)|1978: Soviet satellite [[Kosmos 954 (nonfiction)|Kosmos 954]], with a nuclear reactor on board, burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. Only 1% is recovered. | ||
||1988 – Werner Fenchel, German-Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1905) | |||
||1990 – Japan launches Hiten, the country's first lunar probe, the first robotic lunar probe since the Soviet Union's Luna 24 in 1976, and the first lunar probe launched by a country other than Soviet Union or the United States. | |||
File:John Hoyland Lebanon.jpg|link=John Hoyland (nonfiction)|2016: [[John Hoyland (nonfiction)|John Hoyland's]] ''Lebanon'' stolen in broad daylight by supervillain [[Gnotilus]]. | File:John Hoyland Lebanon.jpg|link=John Hoyland (nonfiction)|2016: [[John Hoyland (nonfiction)|John Hoyland's]] ''Lebanon'' stolen in broad daylight by supervillain [[Gnotilus]]. | ||
File:Marvin Minsky.jpg|link=Marvin Minsky (nonfiction)|2016: Cognitive scientist and artificial intelligence researcher [[Marvin Minsky (nonfiction)|Marvin Minsky]] dies. | File:Marvin Minsky.jpg|link=Marvin Minsky (nonfiction)|2016: Cognitive scientist and artificial intelligence researcher [[Marvin Minsky (nonfiction)|Marvin Minsky]] dies. | ||
File:Zero knowledge proof.png|link=Zero-knowledge proof (nonfiction)|2016: Advances in [[Zero-knowledge proof (nonfiction)|zero-knowledge proof]] theory "are central to the problem of mathematical reliability," says mathematician and crime-fighter [[Alice Beta]]. | File:Zero knowledge proof.png|link=Zero-knowledge proof (nonfiction)|2016: Advances in [[Zero-knowledge proof (nonfiction)|zero-knowledge proof]] theory "are central to the problem of mathematical reliability," says mathematician and crime-fighter [[Alice Beta]]. | ||
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Revision as of 14:42, 5 November 2017
1201: Canterbury scrying engine retrofitted with Gnomon algorithm routines.
1569: Astronomer Tycho Brahe uses Gnomon algorithm functions make improved astronomical observations.
1961: Goldsboro B-52 crash: A bomber carrying two H-bombs breaks up in mid-air over North Carolina. The uranium core of one weapon remains lost.
1972: New evidence suggests that The Eel Escapes Hydrolab is based on actual events.
1978: Soviet satellite Kosmos 954, with a nuclear reactor on board, burns up in Earth's atmosphere, scattering radioactive debris over Canada's Northwest Territories. Only 1% is recovered.
2016: John Hoyland's Lebanon stolen in broad daylight by supervillain Gnotilus.
2016: Cognitive scientist and artificial intelligence researcher Marvin Minsky dies.
2016: Advances in zero-knowledge proof theory "are central to the problem of mathematical reliability," says mathematician and crime-fighter Alice Beta.