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File:Giordano Bruno.jpg|link=Giordano Bruno (nonfiction)|1593: The Vatican opens the seven-year trial of scholar [[Giordano Bruno (nonfiction)|Giordano Bruno]].  He will be burned at the stake.
File:Giordano Bruno.jpg|link=Giordano Bruno (nonfiction)|1593: The Vatican opens the seven-year trial of scholar [[Giordano Bruno (nonfiction)|Giordano Bruno]].  He will be burned at the stake.
John_Fleming_in_Fleming_tube.jpg|link=John Ambrose Fleming (nonfiction)|1931: Miniaturized version of [[John Ambrose Fleming (nonfiction)|John Ambrose Fleming]] delivers lecture from within Fleming tube.


||1596: Francis Drake dies ... captain and explorer. DOB uncertain. Pic.
||1596: Francis Drake dies ... captain and explorer. DOB uncertain. 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.

  • 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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