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File:Thābit's Arabic translation of Apollonius' Conics.jpg|link=Thābit ibn Qurra (nonfiction)|882: Physician, astronomer, mathematician, and crime-fighter [[Thābit ibn Qurra (nonfiction)|Thābit ibn Qurra]] publishes new theory of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] with applications in detecting and preventing [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1484: George Spalatin was the pseudonym taken by Georg Burkhardt born ... humanist, theologian, reformer, secretary of the Saxon Elector Frederick the Wise, as well as an important figure in the history of the Reformation. Pic.
||1484: George Spalatin was the pseudonym taken by Georg Burkhardt born ... humanist, theologian, reformer, secretary of the Saxon Elector Frederick the Wise, as well as an important figure in the history of the Reformation. Pic.
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File:Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley.jpg|link=H. L. Hunley (nonfiction)|1863: Confederate submarine ''[[H. L. Hunley (nonfiction)|H. L. Hunley]]'' engages and sinks the Union warship USS ''Housatonic''. This is the first known instance of a submarine engaging and sinking a warship.
File:Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley.jpg|link=H. L. Hunley (nonfiction)|1863: Confederate submarine ''[[H. L. Hunley (nonfiction)|H. L. Hunley]]'' engages and sinks the Union warship USS ''Housatonic''. This is the first known instance of a submarine engaging and sinking a warship.
File:Marius Sophus Lie.jpg|link=Marius Sophus Lie (nonfiction)|1864: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[Marius Sophus Lie (nonfiction)|Marius Sophus Lie]] publishes new theory of continuous symmetry with applications in the detection and prevention of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1874: Adolphe Quetelet dies ... astronomer, mathematician, and sociologist. Pic.
||1874: Adolphe Quetelet dies ... astronomer, mathematician, and sociologist. Pic.
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File:Nicolaas de Bruijn.jpg|link=Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn (nonfiction)|2012:  Mathematician and theorist [[Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn (nonfiction)|Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn]] dies. He made contributions in the fields of analysis, number theory, combinatorics, and logic.
File:Nicolaas de Bruijn.jpg|link=Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn (nonfiction)|2012:  Mathematician and theorist [[Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn (nonfiction)|Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn]] dies. He made contributions in the fields of analysis, number theory, combinatorics, and logic.
File:Pinwheel Diagram.jpg|link=Pinwheel Diagram (nonfiction)|2016: Steganographic analysis of ''[[Pinwheel Diagram (nonfiction)|Pinwheel Diagram]]'' unexpectedly reveals "between four and five hundred kilobytes" of previously unknown [[Gnomon algorithm]] functions.


||2017: Father Magnus J. Wenninger dies ... mathematician who worked on constructing polyhedron models, and wrote the first book on their construction. Pic.
||2017: Father Magnus J. Wenninger dies ... mathematician who worked on constructing polyhedron models, and wrote the first book on their construction. Pic.

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  • 1600: Dominican friar, philosopher, mathematician, poet, and cosmological theorist Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake.

    1600: Dominican friar, philosopher, mathematician, poet, and cosmological theorist Giordano Bruno is burned at the stake.

  • 1863: Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley engages and sinks the Union warship USS Housatonic. This is the first known instance of a submarine engaging and sinking a warship.

    1863: Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley engages and sinks the Union warship USS Housatonic. This is the first known instance of a submarine engaging and sinking a warship.

  • 1891: Mathematician Abraham Fraenkel born. He will contribute to axiomatic set theory, and publish a biography of Georg Cantor.

    1891: Mathematician Abraham Fraenkel born. He will contribute to axiomatic set theory, and publish a biography of Georg Cantor.

  • 2003: George Plimpton publishes first in prize-winning series of articles on high-energy literature.

    2003: George Plimpton publishes first in prize-winning series of articles on high-energy literature.

  • 2009: The Dawn space probe makes its closest approach to Mars during a successful gravity assist toward Vesta. Dawn will study Vesta and Ceres, two of the three known protoplanets of the asteroid belt.

    2009: The Dawn space probe makes its closest approach to Mars during a successful gravity assist toward Vesta. Dawn will study Vesta and Ceres, two of the three known protoplanets of the asteroid belt.

  • 2012: Mathematician and theorist Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn dies. He made contributions in the fields of analysis, number theory, combinatorics, and logic.

    2012: Mathematician and theorist Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn dies. He made contributions in the fields of analysis, number theory, combinatorics, and logic.

  • 2018: Steganographic analysis of The Eel Discovers Time Travel reveals five hundred gigabytes of encrypted data.

    2018: Steganographic analysis of The Eel Discovers Time Travel reveals five hundred gigabytes of encrypted data.

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