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File:Nixon April-29-1974.jpg|link=Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|1978: Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|Watergate]]-related crimes. | File:Nixon April-29-1974.jpg|link=Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|1978: Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|Watergate]]-related crimes. | ||
File:AESOP.jpg|link=AESOP|1979: Orbital artificial intelligence [[AESOP]] makes contact with space activist and detective [[Gerard K. O'Neill (nonfiction)|Gerard K. O'Neill]]. | |||
||Guido Stampacchia (d. 27 April 1978) was a 20th-century Italian mathematician, known for his work on the theory of variational inequalities, the calculus of variation and the theory of elliptic partial differential equations. Pic. | ||Guido Stampacchia (d. 27 April 1978) was a 20th-century Italian mathematician, known for his work on the theory of variational inequalities, the calculus of variation and the theory of elliptic partial differential equations. Pic. | ||
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||1981 – Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse. | ||1981 – Xerox PARC introduces the computer mouse. | ||
File:Gerard_O'Neill.gif|link=Gerard K. O'Neill (nonfiction)|1992: Physicist and space activist [[Gerard K. O'Neill (nonfiction)|Gerard Kitchen O'Neill]] dies. He invented | File:Gerard_O'Neill.gif|link=Gerard K. O'Neill (nonfiction)|1992: Physicist and space activist [[Gerard K. O'Neill (nonfiction)|Gerard Kitchen O'Neill]] dies. He invented particle storage rings and mass drivers; in the 1970s he developed a plan to build human settlements in outer space. | ||
||Cyrus Derman (d. April 27, 2011) was an American mathematician and amateur musician who did research in Markov decision process, stochastic processes, operations research, statistics and a variety of other fields. Pic. | ||Cyrus Derman (d. April 27, 2011) was an American mathematician and amateur musician who did research in Markov decision process, stochastic processes, operations research, statistics and a variety of other fields. Pic. | ||
Revision as of 20:14, 26 April 2018
1791: Painter and inventor Samuel Morse born. He will co-invent the Morse code.
1869: Only known copy of Interview with Wallace War-Heels is stolen by Baron Zersetzung. Twain and War-Heels will soon team up to recover the illustration.
1913: Mathematician, author, activist, and academic Irving Adler born. He will be a plaintiff in the McCarthy-era case Adler vs. Board of Education.
1937: Biochemist and crime-fighter John Kendrew uses data from X-ray crystallography experiments to predict and prevent crimes against physical constants.
1938: Mathematician and philosopher Edmund Husserl dies. He argued that transcendental consciousness sets the limits of all possible knowledge.
1978: Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.
1979: Orbital artificial intelligence AESOP makes contact with space activist and detective Gerard K. O'Neill.
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1992: Physicist and space activist Gerard Kitchen O'Neill dies. He invented particle storage rings and mass drivers; in the 1970s he developed a plan to build human settlements in outer space.
2018: Signed first edition of Creature 4 sells for $500,000 USD in charity auction to benefit victims of crimes against mathematical constants.