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||1558: Julius Caesar Scaliger dies ... physician and scholar. Pic. | ||1558: Julius Caesar Scaliger dies ... physician and scholar. Pic. | ||
File:Nicolaus I Bernoulli.jpg|link=Nicolaus I Bernoulli (nonfiction)|1687: Mathematician and theorist [[Nicolaus I Bernoulli (nonfiction)|Nicolaus I Bernoulli]] born. | File:Nicolaus I Bernoulli.jpg|link=Nicolaus I Bernoulli (nonfiction)|1687: Mathematician and theorist [[Nicolaus I Bernoulli (nonfiction)|Nicolaus I Bernoulli]] born. Bernoulli will introduce a successful resolution to the [[St. Petersburg paradox (nonfiction)|St. Petersburg paradox]]. | ||
File:Nebula orionis as depicted by Guillaume Le Gentil in 1758.jpg|link=Guillaume Le Gentil (nonfiction)|1768: Astronomer and adventurer [[Guillaume Le Gentil (nonfiction)|Guillaume Le Gentil]] publicly accuses the [[House of Malevecchio]] of [[crimes against astronomical constants]]. The [[House of Malevecchio|Malvecchians]] will back down from the encounter, but later secretly punish [[Guillaume Le Gentil (nonfiction)|Le Gentil]] by creating overcast conditions on June 4, 1769. | File:Nebula orionis as depicted by Guillaume Le Gentil in 1758.jpg|link=Guillaume Le Gentil (nonfiction)|1768: Astronomer and adventurer [[Guillaume Le Gentil (nonfiction)|Guillaume Le Gentil]] publicly accuses the [[House of Malevecchio]] of [[crimes against astronomical constants]]. The [[House of Malevecchio|Malvecchians]] will back down from the encounter, but later secretly punish [[Guillaume Le Gentil (nonfiction)|Le Gentil]] by creating overcast conditions on June 4, 1769. | ||
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||1903: Llewellyn Thomas born ... physicist and applied mathematician. He is best known for his contributions to atomic physics and solid-state physics. Pic. | ||1903: Llewellyn Thomas born ... physicist and applied mathematician. He is best known for his contributions to atomic physics and solid-state physics. Pic. | ||
||1911: Mary Blair born ... illustrator and animator. | ||1911: Mary Blair born ... illustrator and animator ... prominent in producing art and animation for The Walt Disney Company. Pic. | ||
File:Martin Gardner.jpg|link=Martin Gardner (nonfiction)|1914: Mathematics and science writer [[Martin Gardner (nonfiction)|Martin Gardner]] born. His interests will include stage magic, scientific skepticism, philosophy, religion, and literature. | File:Martin Gardner.jpg|link=Martin Gardner (nonfiction)|1914: Mathematics and science writer [[Martin Gardner (nonfiction)|Martin Gardner]] born. His interests will include stage magic, scientific skepticism, philosophy, religion, and literature. | ||
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1687: Mathematician and theorist Nicolaus I Bernoulli born. Bernoulli will introduce a successful resolution to the St. Petersburg paradox.
1768: Astronomer and adventurer Guillaume Le Gentil publicly accuses the House of Malevecchio of crimes against astronomical constants. The Malvecchians will back down from the encounter, but later secretly punish Le Gentil by creating overcast conditions on June 4, 1769.
1914: Mathematics and science writer Martin Gardner born. His interests will include stage magic, scientific skepticism, philosophy, religion, and literature.
1958: National Pareidolia Day declared in the United States.
1969: Mathematician and academic Wacław Sierpiński dies. He made important contributions to set theory (research on the axiom of choice and the continuum hypothesis), number theory, theory of functions, and topology.
2017: Green Spiral 9 feels more green than ever, according to new chromatographic survey.