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File:Albertus Magnus.jpg|link=Albertus Magnus (nonfiction)|1280: Bishop, theologian, and philosopher [[Albertus Magnus (nonfiction)|Albertus Magnus]] dies. He was known during his lifetime as ''doctor universalis'' and ''doctor expertus'' and, late in his life, the term ''magnus'' was appended to his name. | File:Albertus Magnus.jpg|link=Albertus Magnus (nonfiction)|1280: Bishop, theologian, and philosopher [[Albertus Magnus (nonfiction)|Albertus Magnus]] dies. He was known during his lifetime as ''doctor universalis'' and ''doctor expertus'' and, late in his life, the term ''magnus'' was appended to his name. | ||
File:Red Eyes Fighting.jpg|link=Red Eyes Fighting|1797: Philosopher and crime-fighter ''[[Red Eyes Fighting]]'' defeats gang of [[Crimes against mathematical constants|math criminals]] in close-quarters combat. | File:Red Eyes Fighting.jpg|link=Red Eyes Fighting|1797: Philosopher and crime-fighter ''[[Red Eyes Fighting]]'' defeats gang of [[Crimes against mathematical constants|math criminals]] in close-quarters combat. | ||
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File:Johannes Kepler 1610.jpg|link=Johannes Kepler (nonfiction)|1630: Mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer [[Johannes Kepler (nonfiction)|Johannes Kepler]] born. He discovered laws of planetary motion. | File:Johannes Kepler 1610.jpg|link=Johannes Kepler (nonfiction)|1630: Mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer [[Johannes Kepler (nonfiction)|Johannes Kepler]] born. He discovered laws of planetary motion. | ||
||1688: Louis Bertrand Castel born ... mathematician and philosopher. | ||1688: Louis Bertrand Castel born ... mathematician and philosopher. Ocular organ (stained glass keyboard). Pic (caricature). | ||
||1738: William Herschel born ... astronomer and composer. | ||1738: William Herschel born ... astronomer and composer. | ||
||1793: Michel Chasles born ... mathematician and academic. | ||1793: Michel Chasles born ... mathematician and academic. Pic. | ||
||1819: Daniel Rutherford dies ... chemist and physician. | ||1819: Daniel Rutherford dies ... chemist and physician. | ||
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||1988: In the Soviet Union, the unmanned Shuttle Buran makes its only space flight. | ||1988: In the Soviet Union, the unmanned Shuttle Buran makes its only space flight. | ||
||1988: Collapse of the first Green Bank telescope, a 90.44 m paraboloid erected in 1962. The telescope collapsed due to the sudden loss of a gusset plate in the box girder assembly, which was a key component for the structural integrity of the telescope. | |||
||1990: Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis launches with flight STS-38. | ||1990: Space Shuttle program: Space Shuttle Atlantis launches with flight STS-38. | ||
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1280: Bishop, theologian, and philosopher Albertus Magnus dies. He was known during his lifetime as doctor universalis and doctor expertus and, late in his life, the term magnus was appended to his name.
1797: Philosopher and crime-fighter Red Eyes Fighting defeats gang of math criminals in close-quarters combat.
1630: Mathematician, astronomer, and astrologer Johannes Kepler born. He discovered laws of planetary motion.
1894: Donnybrook breaks out, Extract of Radium abuse suspected.
1981: Physicist and chemist Walter Heinrich Heitler dies. He made contributions to quantum electrodynamics and quantum field theory, bringing chemistry under quantum mechanics through his theory of valence bonding.
2016: San Francisco Muni hack begins, data held hostage for ransom.
2016: Killer Poke denies involvement in San Francisco Muni hack.
2017: Signed first edition of Pinwheel Diagram stolen from City Hall in New Minneapolis, Canada by agents of the Forbidden Ratio gang.