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1597: Priest and mathematician Jean-Charles della Faille born. He will publish a method for calculating the center of gravity of the sector of a circle.
1611: Mathematician John Pell born. He will expand the scope of algebra in the theory of equations.
1893: Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
1945: Field Report Number One (Peenemunde edition) spends ten weeks on New York Times bestseller list.
1973: The Dark Side of the Moon released. It will go on to become one of the most successful albums ever.
1974: Signed first edition of Humpty Dumpty At Bat sells for five hundred thousand dollars in charity auction to benefit victims of crimes against physical constants.
1974: Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
1974: Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and alleged math criminal Skip Digits performs benefit concert to raise money for the seven persons indicted for their roles in the Watergate scandal.
2017: Steganographic analysis of Taffy Bomb reveals "at least five hundred and twelve kilobytes" of previously unknown Gnomon algorithm functions.

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 ||1870: E. M. Antoniadi born ... astronomer and academic. Pic.
-File:Grigori Rasputin 1916.jpg|link=Grigori Rasputin (nonfiction)|1871: Mystic and faith healer [[Grigori Rasputin (nonfiction)|Grigori Rasputin]] invents new type of [[scrying engine]], uses it to commit [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
 ||1873: E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter. Pic.