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||1947: James Victor Uspensky dies ... mathematician notable for writing ''Theory of Equations''. Pic.
||1947: James Victor Uspensky dies ... mathematician notable for writing ''Theory of Equations''. Pic.
File:Nikolai Luzin stamp.jpg|link=Nikolai Luzin (nonfiction)|1948: Mathematician, theorist, and crime-fighter [[Nikolai Luzin (nonfiction)|Nikolai Luzin]] uses point-set topology to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1951: Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site begins with Operation Ranger. Pic.
||1951: Nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site begins with Operation Ranger. Pic.
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||2015: Charles Hard Townes dies ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic.
||2015: Charles Hard Townes dies ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic.


File:Ringmaster-img075-1.jpg|link=Ringmaster (nonfiction)|2016: ''[[Ringmaster (nonfiction)|Ringmaster]]'' declared Picture of the Day by citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]].


||2017: Arthur H. Rosenfeld dies ... physicist. Pic.
||2017: Arthur H. Rosenfeld dies ... physicist. Pic.


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  • 1593: The Vatican opens the seven-year trial of scholar Giordano Bruno. He will be burned at the stake.

    1593: The Vatican opens the seven-year trial of scholar Giordano Bruno. He will be burned at the stake.

  • 1931: Miniaturized version of John Ambrose Fleming delivers lecture from within Fleming tube.

    1931: Miniaturized version of John Ambrose Fleming delivers lecture from within Fleming tube.

  • 1832: Novelist, poet, and mathematician Lewis Carroll born. He will write Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass.

    1832: Novelist, poet, and mathematician Lewis Carroll born. He will write Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass.

  • 1860: Mathematician and academic János Bolyai dies. He was one of the founders of non-Euclidean geometry.

    1860: Mathematician and academic János Bolyai dies. He was one of the founders of non-Euclidean geometry.

  • 1880: Thomas Edison receives the patent on the incandescent lamp.

    1880: Thomas Edison receives the patent on the incandescent lamp.

  • 1972: Mathematician Richard Courant dies. He co-wrote What is Mathematics?.

    1972: Mathematician Richard Courant dies. He co-wrote What is Mathematics?.

  • 1993: Mathematician Nils Aall Barricelli dies. Barricelli pioneered computer-assisted experiments in symbiogenesis and evolution (artificial life).

    1993: Mathematician Nils Aall Barricelli dies. Barricelli pioneered computer-assisted experiments in symbiogenesis and evolution (artificial life).

  • 2010: Historian, playwright, and social activist Howard Zinn dies. He wrote extensively about the civil rights and anti-war movements, and labor history of the United States.

    2010: Historian, playwright, and social activist Howard Zinn dies. He wrote extensively about the civil rights and anti-war movements, and labor history of the United States.

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