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File:Alice Beta Paragliding.jpg|link=Alice Beta Paragliding|2017: Steganographic analysis of ''[[Alice Beta Paragliding]]'' reveals encrypted data "almost certainly related to secret programs within the [[ENIAC (SETI)|ENIAC program]]." | File:Alice Beta Paragliding.jpg|link=Alice Beta Paragliding|2017: Steganographic analysis of ''[[Alice Beta Paragliding]]'' reveals encrypted data "almost certainly related to secret programs within the [[ENIAC (SETI)|ENIAC program]]." | ||
File:Three Kings 2.jpg|link=Three Kings 2 (nonfiction)|2016: ''[[Three Kings 2 (nonfiction)|Three Kings 2]]'' voted Picture of the Day by the Citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]]. | |||
File:Igor Shafarevich.jpg|link=Igor Shafarevich (nonfiction)|2017: Mathematician and dissident [[Igor Shafarevich (nonfiction)|Igor Shafarevich]] dies. He made fundamental contributions to algebraic number theory, algebraic geometry, and arithmetic algebraic geometry. | File:Igor Shafarevich.jpg|link=Igor Shafarevich (nonfiction)|2017: Mathematician and dissident [[Igor Shafarevich (nonfiction)|Igor Shafarevich]] dies. He made fundamental contributions to algebraic number theory, algebraic geometry, and arithmetic algebraic geometry. | ||
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1473: Mathematician and astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus born. He will formulate a model of the universe that places the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe.
1596: Cryptographer and diplomat Blaise de Vigenère (nonfiction) dies. The Vigenère cipher was misattributed to him; Vigenère himself devised a different, stronger cipher.
1600: The Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina explodes in the most violent eruption in the recorded history of South America.
1799: Mathematician, physicist, and sailor Jean-Charles de Borda dies. He contributed to the development of the metric system, constructing a platinum standard meter, the basis of metric distance measurement.
1897: Mathematician and academic Karl Weierstrass dies. He will be cited as the "father of modern analysis".
1937: Physicist and crime-fighter Maria Goeppert-Mayer publishes mathematical model for the structure of nuclear shells which detects and prevents crimes against physical constants.
1965: Extract of Radium sponsors re-enactment of the eruption of Peruvian stratovolcano Huaynaputina.
2016: Novelist, literary critic, and philosopher Umberto Eco dies. He cited James Joyce and Jorge Luis Borges as the two modern authors who have influenced his work the most.
2017: Steganographic analysis of Alice Beta Paragliding reveals encrypted data "almost certainly related to secret programs within the ENIAC program."
2016: Three Kings 2 voted Picture of the Day by the Citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.
2017: Mathematician and dissident Igor Shafarevich dies. He made fundamental contributions to algebraic number theory, algebraic geometry, and arithmetic algebraic geometry.