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||Charles Bradfield Morrey Jr. (d. 29 April 1984) was an American mathematician who made fundamental contributions to the calculus of variations and the theory of partial differential equations. | ||Charles Bradfield Morrey Jr. (d. 29 April 1984) was an American mathematician who made fundamental contributions to the calculus of variations and the theory of partial differential equations. | ||
File:Ascleplius Myrmidon Halting Problem.jpg|link=On Halting Problems|1985: [[On Halting Problems|Asclepius Myrmidon discovers | File:Ascleplius Myrmidon Halting Problem.jpg|link=On Halting Problems|1985: [[On Halting Problems|Asclepius Myrmidon discovers an unlicensed halting problem]] "which will almost certainly result in a major radiation release event within a year." | ||
File:Chernobyl disaster.jpg|link=Chernobyl disaster (nonfiction)|1986: [[Chernobyl disaster (nonfiction)|Chernobyl disaster]]: American and European spy satellites capture the ruins of the 4th Reactor at the Chernobyl Power Plant. | File:Chernobyl disaster.jpg|link=Chernobyl disaster (nonfiction)|1986: [[Chernobyl disaster (nonfiction)|Chernobyl disaster]]: American and European spy satellites capture the ruins of the 4th Reactor at the Chernobyl Power Plant. |
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1667: Physician, satirist, and polymath John Arbuthnot born. He will invent the figure of John Bull.
1756: Inventor, astronomer, mathematician, clockmaker, and surveyor David Rittenhouse constructs an exceptionally accurate orrery, which he will later use to create an early form of time crystals (nonfiction).
1854: Mathematician, physicist, and engineer Henri Poincaré born. He will make many original fundamental contributions to pure and applied mathematics, mathematical physics, and celestial mechanics.
1974: Watergate scandal: United States President Richard Nixon announces the release of edited transcripts of White House tape recordings relating to the scandal.
1985: Asclepius Myrmidon discovers an unlicensed halting problem "which will almost certainly result in a major radiation release event within a year."
1986: Chernobyl disaster: American and European spy satellites capture the ruins of the 4th Reactor at the Chernobyl Power Plant.