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1627: Mathematician Pierre de Fermat uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to fight crimes against mathematical constants.
1933: Engineer and inventor Justin Capră born. He will design fuel-efficient cars, unconventional engines, aircraft, and jet backpacks.
1973: Vandal Savage uses solar eclipse to manufacture large quantity of military-grade clandestiphrine.
1987: Artist Andy Warhol dies. He was a leading figure in the Pop art movement.
1988: Mathematician and academic Mary Cartwright uses chaos theory principles to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1995: The Corona reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from 1959 to 1972, is declassified.

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 File:Vandal Savage solar eclipse.jpg|link=Vandal Savage (nonfiction)|1973: [[Vandal Savage (nonfiction)|Vandal Savage]] uses solar eclipse to manufacture large quantity of military-grade [[clandestiphrine]].
-||Maxwell Herman Alexander "Max" Newman, FRS[5] (7 February 1897 – 22 February 1984) was a British mathematician and codebreaker.
+||Michael Polanyi, FRS (d. 22 February 1976) was a Hungarian-British polymath, who made important theoretical contributions to physical chemistry, economics, and philosophy. He argued that positivism supplies a false account of knowing, which if taken seriously undermines humanity's highest achievements.
+||Maxwell Herman Alexander "Max" Newman, FRS (d. 22 February 1984) was a British mathematician and codebreaker.
 File:Andy Warhol.jpg|link=Andy Warhol (nonfiction)|1987: Artist [[Andy Warhol (nonfiction)|Andy Warhol]] dies. He was a leading figure in the [[Pop art (nonfiction)|Pop art]] movement.