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File:Antonio Manetti.jpg|link=Antonio Manetti (nonfiction)|1488: Mathematician, architect, and [[APTO]] theological liason [[Antonio Manetti (nonfiction)|Antonio Manetti]] publishes new study of Dante's ''Inferno'' which anticipates later developments in [[high-energy literature]].
File:Antonio Manetti.jpg|link=Antonio Manetti (nonfiction)|1488: Mathematician, architect, and [[APTO]] theological liason [[Antonio Manetti (nonfiction)|Antonio Manetti]] publishes new study of Dante's ''Inferno'' which anticipates later developments in [[high-energy literature]].


||1555: Gemma Frisius dies ... physician, mathematician, and cartographer. Pic.
File:Reinerus Frisius Gemma, by Maarten van Heemskerck.jpg|link=Gemma Frisius (nonfiction)|1555: Physician, mathematician, and cartographer [[Gemma Frisius (nonfiction)|Gemma Frisius]] dies. He created important globes, improved the mathematical instruments of his day, and applied mathematics to surveying and navigation in new ways.


||1632: Adam Tanner dies ... Jesuit, mathematician, and philosopher. No pic online.
||1632: Adam Tanner dies ... Jesuit, mathematician, and philosopher. No pic online.

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  • 986: Astronomer Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi dies.

    986: Astronomer Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi dies.

  • 1488: Mathematician, architect, and APTO theological liason Antonio Manetti publishes new study of Dante's Inferno which anticipates later developments in high-energy literature.

    1488: Mathematician, architect, and APTO theological liason Antonio Manetti publishes new study of Dante's Inferno which anticipates later developments in high-energy literature.

  • 1555: Physician, mathematician, and cartographer Gemma Frisius dies. He created important globes, improved the mathematical instruments of his day, and applied mathematics to surveying and navigation in new ways.

    1555: Physician, mathematician, and cartographer Gemma Frisius dies. He created important globes, improved the mathematical instruments of his day, and applied mathematics to surveying and navigation in new ways.

  • 1828: Mathematician Karl Mikhailovich Peterson born. He will discover equations which will subsequently be named the Gauss–Codazzi equations, fundamental to the theory of embedded hypersurfaces in a Euclidean space.

    1828: Mathematician Karl Mikhailovich Peterson born. He will discover equations which will subsequently be named the Gauss–Codazzi equations, fundamental to the theory of embedded hypersurfaces in a Euclidean space.

  • 1889: Aircraft designer Igor Sikorsky born. He will pioneer both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.

    1889: Aircraft designer Igor Sikorsky born. He will pioneer both helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.

  • 1981: Physicist and educator Nikolay Basov publishes study on applications of quantum electronics research in detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.

    1981: Physicist and educator Nikolay Basov publishes study on applications of quantum electronics research in detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1961: Apollo program: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces before a special joint session of the Congress his goal to initiate a project to put a "man on the Moon" before the end of the decade.

    1961: Apollo program: U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces before a special joint session of the Congress his goal to initiate a project to put a "man on the Moon" before the end of the decade.

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