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|File:Giulio Cesare Vanini.jpg|link=Lucilio Vanini (nonfiction)|1619: Physician, philosopher, and crime-fighter [[Lucilio Vanini (nonfiction)|Lucilio Vanini]] is put to death after being found guilty of atheism and blasphemy. He was the first literate proponent of the thesis that humans evolved from apes.
|File:Giulio Cesare Vanini.jpg|link=Lucilio Vanini (nonfiction)|1619: Physician, philosopher, and crime-fighter [[Lucilio Vanini (nonfiction)|Lucilio Vanini]] is put to death after being found guilty of atheism and blasphemy. He was the first literate proponent of the thesis that humans evolved from apes.


File:Daniel Bernoulli.jpg|link=Daniel Bernoulli (nonfiction)|1700: Mathematician and physicist [[Daniel Bernoulli (nonfiction)|Daniel Bernoulli]] born. He will be particularly remembered for his applications of mathematics to mechanics, especially fluid mechanics, and for his pioneering work in probability and statistics.
File:Daniel Bernoulli.jpg|link=Daniel Bernoulli (nonfiction)|1700: Mathematician and physicist [[Daniel Bernoulli (nonfiction)|Daniel Bernoulli]] born. Bernoulli will be particularly remembered for his applications of mathematics to mechanics, especially fluid mechanics, and for his pioneering work in probability and statistics.


||1777: Bernard Courtois born ... chemist and academic ... first isolated iodine and morphine. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=bernard+courtois
||1777: Bernard Courtois born ... chemist and academic ... first isolated iodine and morphine. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=bernard+courtois
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||1834: Dmitri Mendeleev born ... chemist and academic. Pic.
||1834: Dmitri Mendeleev born ... chemist and academic. Pic.


File:Moses Gomberg.jpg|link=Moses Gomberg (nonfiction)|1866: Chemist [[Moses Gomberg (nonfiction)|Moses Gomberg]] born. He  will identify the triphenylmethyl radical, the first persistent radical to be discovered, and will thus be known as the founder of radical chemistry.
File:Moses Gomberg.jpg|link=Moses Gomberg (nonfiction)|1866: Chemist [[Moses Gomberg (nonfiction)|Moses Gomberg]] born. Gomberg will identify the triphenylmethyl radical, the first persistent radical to be discovered, and will thus be known as the founder of radical chemistry.


File:Didacus automaton profile.jpg|link=Didacus automaton (nonfiction)|1867: [[Didacus automaton (nonfiction)|Didacus automaton]] develops self-awareness, invents new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]].
File:Didacus automaton profile.jpg|link=Didacus automaton (nonfiction)|1867: [[Didacus automaton (nonfiction)|Didacus automaton]] develops self-awareness, invents new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]].
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||1950: The Stasi, the secret police of East Germany, is established.
||1950: The Stasi, the secret police of East Germany, is established.


File:John von Neumann.gif|link=John von Neumann (nonfiction)|1957: Mathematician, physicist, and computer scientist [[John von Neumann (nonfiction)|John von Neumann]] dies. He was a key figure in the development of the digital computer, and developed mathematical models of both nuclear and thermonuclear weapons.  
File:John von Neumann.gif|link=John von Neumann (nonfiction)|1957: Mathematician, physicist, and computer scientist [[John von Neumann (nonfiction)|John von Neumann]] dies. Von Neumann was a key figure in the development of the digital computer, and developed mathematical models of both nuclear and thermonuclear weapons.  


||1957: Walther Bothe dies ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.
||1957: Walther Bothe dies ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.

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  • 1550: Printer, publisher, and APTO Artist-Engineer Christian Egenolff publishes his monumental Field Guide to Gnomon Algorithm Functions.

    1550: Printer, publisher, and APTO Artist-Engineer Christian Egenolff publishes his monumental Field Guide to Gnomon Algorithm Functions.

  • 1700: Mathematician and physicist Daniel Bernoulli born. Bernoulli will be particularly remembered for his applications of mathematics to mechanics, especially fluid mechanics, and for his pioneering work in probability and statistics.

    1700: Mathematician and physicist Daniel Bernoulli born. Bernoulli will be particularly remembered for his applications of mathematics to mechanics, especially fluid mechanics, and for his pioneering work in probability and statistics.

  • 1866: Chemist Moses Gomberg born. Gomberg will identify the triphenylmethyl radical, the first persistent radical to be discovered, and will thus be known as the founder of radical chemistry.

    1866: Chemist Moses Gomberg born. Gomberg will identify the triphenylmethyl radical, the first persistent radical to be discovered, and will thus be known as the founder of radical chemistry.

  • 1867: Didacus automaton develops self-awareness, invents new class of Gnomon algorithm functions.

    1867: Didacus automaton develops self-awareness, invents new class of Gnomon algorithm functions.

  • 1879: Engineer and inventor Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.

    1879: Engineer and inventor Sandford Fleming first proposes adoption of Universal Standard Time at a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute.

  • 1933: Carnivorous dirigibles found responsible for recent wave of cattle mutilations.

    1933: Carnivorous dirigibles found responsible for recent wave of cattle mutilations.

  • 1936: Mathematician and academic Emilie Martin dies. Martin researched primitive substitution groups of degree 15 and primitive substitution groups of degree 18.

    1936: Mathematician and academic Emilie Martin dies. Martin researched primitive substitution groups of degree 15 and primitive substitution groups of degree 18.

  • 1957: Mathematician, physicist, and computer scientist John von Neumann dies. Von Neumann was a key figure in the development of the digital computer, and developed mathematical models of both nuclear and thermonuclear weapons.

    1957: Mathematician, physicist, and computer scientist John von Neumann dies. Von Neumann was a key figure in the development of the digital computer, and developed mathematical models of both nuclear and thermonuclear weapons.

  • 1973: Physicist, engineer, and Gnomon algorithm theorist Dennis Gabor invents new form of holography which detects and prevents crimes against light.

    1973: Physicist, engineer, and Gnomon algorithm theorist Dennis Gabor invents new form of holography which detects and prevents crimes against light.

  • 2016: Steganographic analysis of Triumph reveals "at least four thousand and ninety-six kilobytes" of previously unknown Gnomon algorithm functions.

    2016: Steganographic analysis of Triumph reveals "at least four thousand and ninety-six kilobytes" of previously unknown Gnomon algorithm functions.

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