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||1635: The first public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, is founded in Boston.
||1635: The first public school in the United States, Boston Latin School, is founded in Boston.
File:Thomas Fincke.jpg|link=Thomas Fincke (nonfiction)|1640: Mathematician, physicist, and crime-fighter [[Thomas Fincke (nonfiction)|Thomas Fincke]] uses the trigonometric functions tangent and secant to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1661: Issachar Berend Lehmann born ... banker, merchant and diplomat. Pic search.
||1661: Issachar Berend Lehmann born ... banker, merchant and diplomat. Pic search.
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File:Max Planck 1878.gif|link=Max Planck (nonfiction)|1858: Physicist and academic [[Max Planck (nonfiction)|Max Planck]] born. He will make many contributions to theoretical physics, earning fame as the originator of quantum theory.
File:Max Planck 1878.gif|link=Max Planck (nonfiction)|1858: Physicist and academic [[Max Planck (nonfiction)|Max Planck]] born. He will make many contributions to theoretical physics, earning fame as the originator of quantum theory.
File:Gnotilus_Klein_bottles.jpg|link=Gnotilus|1859: Artificial intelligence and alleged supervillain [[Gnotilus]] manifests itself as three-stage [[Klein bottle (nonfiction)|Klein bottle]]. This will quickly lead to a major spike in [[crimes against mathematical constants]], as well as outbreaks of [[Scrimshaw abuse]].


||1863: Edward Joshua Cooper dies ... landowner, politician and astronomer from Markree Castle in County Sligo. He sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1830 to 1841 and from 1857 to 1859, but is best known for his astronomy, and as the creator of Markree Observatory. No DOB. Pic.
||1863: Edward Joshua Cooper dies ... landowner, politician and astronomer from Markree Castle in County Sligo. He sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1830 to 1841 and from 1857 to 1859, but is best known for his astronomy, and as the creator of Markree Observatory. No DOB. Pic.
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||1908: Solomon Grigor'evich Mikhlin born ... mathematician of who worked in the fields of linear elasticity, singular integrals and numerical analysis: he is best known for the introduction of the concept of "symbol of a singular integral operator", which eventually led to the foundation and development of the theory of pseudodifferential operators. Pic.
||1908: Solomon Grigor'evich Mikhlin born ... mathematician of who worked in the fields of linear elasticity, singular integrals and numerical analysis: he is best known for the introduction of the concept of "symbol of a singular integral operator", which eventually led to the foundation and development of the theory of pseudodifferential operators. Pic.
File:Franck–Hertz experiment using neon.png|link=Franck–Hertz experiment (nonfiction)|1914: The day before the famous [[Franck–Hertz experiment (nonfiction)|Franck–Hertz experiment]], is presented to the German Physical Society, [[APTO]] field engineers discover a [[time bomb]] bomb within the experiment. The engineers will disable the bomb by cutting both the red and the blue wires, moments before Franck and Hertz begin the experiment.


||1915: Arnold Alexander Hall, English engineer, academic, and businessman. Pic.
||1915: Arnold Alexander Hall, English engineer, academic, and businessman. Pic.
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||2013: Frank W. J. Olver dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic.
||2013: Frank W. J. Olver dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic.


File:Spiral.jpg|link=Spiral (image) (nonfiction)|2018: Steganographic analysis of ''[[Spiral (image) (nonfiction)|Spiral]]'' unexpectedly reveals "at least a hundred kilobytes" of encrypted data, "probably some new function in the [[Gnomon algorithm]] family."
 
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  • 1858: Physicist and academic Max Planck born. He will make many contributions to theoretical physics, earning fame as the originator of quantum theory.

    1858: Physicist and academic Max Planck born. He will make many contributions to theoretical physics, earning fame as the originator of quantum theory.

  • 1869: Inventor Edward Hugh Hebern born. He will be a pioneer of rotor encryption machines.

    1869: Inventor Edward Hugh Hebern born. He will be a pioneer of rotor encryption machines.

  • 1933: Computer scientist, mathematician, and engineer Annie Easley born. She will be a leading member of the team which develops software for the Centaur rocket stage, and one of the first African-Americans to work as a computer scientist at NASA.

    1933: Computer scientist, mathematician, and engineer Annie Easley born. She will be a leading member of the team which develops software for the Centaur rocket stage, and one of the first African-Americans to work as a computer scientist at NASA.

  • 1933: Mathematician and crime fighter Alice Beta stops the Forbidden Ratio from kidnapping newborn infant Annie Easley. The Forbidden Ratio is one of several criminal mathematical functions which prey upon mathematicians and other scientists.

    1933: Mathematician and crime fighter Alice Beta stops the Forbidden Ratio from kidnapping newborn infant Annie Easley. The Forbidden Ratio is one of several criminal mathematical functions which prey upon mathematicians and other scientists.

  • 1941: Computer programmer and engineer Ray Tomlinson born. He will implement the first email system on the the ARPANET system, including the "@" separator which is still in use today.

    1941: Computer programmer and engineer Ray Tomlinson born. He will implement the first email system on the the ARPANET system, including the "@" separator which is still in use today.

  • 1955: The Flying Diner begins twice-daily breakfast and lunch flights between Saint Paul, Minnesota and New Minneapolis, Canada.

    1955: The Flying Diner begins twice-daily breakfast and lunch flights between Saint Paul, Minnesota and New Minneapolis, Canada.

  • 1956: Cryptographer and intelligence officer Edward Travis dies. Travis became the operational head of Bletchley Park during World War II, and was later the head of GCHQ.

    1956: Cryptographer and intelligence officer Edward Travis dies. Travis became the operational head of Bletchley Park during World War II, and was later the head of GCHQ.

  • 1967: Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1) a manned spaceflight carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov is launched into orbit.

    1967: Soviet space program: Soyuz 1 (Russian: Союз 1, Union 1) a manned spaceflight carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov is launched into orbit.

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