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||1684 – Edme Mariotte, French physicist and priest (b. 1620) | ||1684 – Edme Mariotte, French physicist and priest (b. 1620). Pic: book cover. | ||
||Charles Mason (April 1728 [baptised 1 May]) was an English astronomer who made significant contributions to 18th-century science and American history, particularly through his involvement with the survey of the Mason–Dixon line | ||Charles Mason (April 1728 [baptised 1 May]) was an English astronomer who made significant contributions to 18th-century science and American history, particularly through his involvement with the survey of the Mason–Dixon line. Pic: plan. | ||
||1748 – Thomas Lowndes, English astronomer and academic (b. 1692) | ||1748 – Thomas Lowndes, English astronomer and academic (b. 1692) | ||
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File:Ralph Hartley.jpg|link=Ralph Hartley (nonfiction)|1970: Electronics researcher [[Ralph Hartley (nonfiction)|Ralph Hartley]] dies. He invented the Hartley oscillator and the Hartley transform, and contributed to the foundations of information theory. | File:Ralph Hartley.jpg|link=Ralph Hartley (nonfiction)|1970: Electronics researcher [[Ralph Hartley (nonfiction)|Ralph Hartley]] dies. He invented the Hartley oscillator and the Hartley transform, and contributed to the foundations of information theory. | ||
||2001 | ||2001: Alexei Tupolev, Russian engineer, designed the Tupolev Tu-144 (b. 1925). Son of Andrei Tupolev. | ||
||Solomon | ||Solomon W. Golomb (d. May 1, 2016) was an American mathematician, engineer, and adacemic. He specialized in problems of combinatorial analysis, number theory, coding theory, and communications. His game of pentomino inspired Tetris. Pic. | ||
||2017 – A ransomware attack attacks over 400 thousand computers worldwide, targeting computers of the UK'S National Health Services and Telefónica computers. | ||2017 – A ransomware attack attacks over 400 thousand computers worldwide, targeting computers of the UK'S National Health Services and Telefónica computers. | ||
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1825: Mathematician and physicist Johann Jakob Balmer born. He will develop an empirical formula for the visible spectral lines of the hydrogen atom.
1891: Inventor Herman Hollerith uses census data to predict and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1985: Industrialist, public motivational speaker, and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung says he "is confident that the upcoming U-2 spyplane incident is an outstanding investment opportunity."
1960: Cold War: U-2 incident: Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis.
1961: Scientist and combat surgeon Asclepius Myrmidon warns that U-2 spyplane incident may have released a new class of crimes against mathematical constants.
1970: Electronics researcher Ralph Hartley dies. He invented the Hartley oscillator and the Hartley transform, and contributed to the foundations of information theory.
2018: Steganographic analysis of Creature unexpectedly reveals "at least fifty terabytes" of encrypted data relating, "apparently a record of top-secret Clandestiphrine experiments directed against the U-2 spyplane incident."