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||1861: American President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus. Pic.
||1861: American President Abraham Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus. Pic.
File:Mark Twain Interviews Wallace War-Heels.jpg|link=Mark Twain Interviews Wallace War-Heels|1869: Only known copy of ''[[Mark Twain Interviews Wallace War-Heels|Interview with Wallace War-Heels]]'' is stolen by [[Baron Zersetzung]]. [[Mark Twain (nonfiction)|Twain]] and [[Wallace War-Heels|War-Heels]] will soon team up to recover the illustration.


||1872: Stefan Meyer born ... physicist involved in research on radioactivity. He became director of the Institute for Radium Research in Vienna and received the Lieben Prize in 1913 for his research on radium. Pic: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Meyer
||1872: Stefan Meyer born ... physicist involved in research on radioactivity. He became director of the Institute for Radium Research in Vienna and received the Lieben Prize in 1913 for his research on radium. Pic: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stefan_Meyer
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||1936: Karl Pearson dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic.
||1936: Karl Pearson dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic.
File:Myoglobin John Kendrew.jpg|link=John Kendrew (nonfiction)|1937: Biochemist and crime-fighter [[John Kendrew (nonfiction)|John Kendrew]] uses data from X-ray crystallography experiments to predict and prevent [[crimes against physical constants]].


File:Edmund Husserl 1910s.jpg|link=Edmund Husserl (nonfiction)|1938: Mathematician and philosopher [[Edmund Husserl (nonfiction)|Edmund Husserl]] dies. He argued that transcendental consciousness sets the limits of all possible knowledge.
File:Edmund Husserl 1910s.jpg|link=Edmund Husserl (nonfiction)|1938: Mathematician and philosopher [[Edmund Husserl (nonfiction)|Edmund Husserl]] dies. He argued that transcendental consciousness sets the limits of all possible knowledge.
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||2015: Alexander Rich dies ... biologist, biophysicist, and academic. Pic search.
||2015: Alexander Rich dies ... biologist, biophysicist, and academic. Pic search.


File:Creature_4.jpg|link=Creature 4 (nonfiction)|2018: Signed first edition of ''[[Creature 4 (nonfiction)|Creature 4]]'' sells for $500,000 USD in charity auction to benefit victims of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


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  • 1791: Painter and inventor Samuel Morse born. He will co-invent the Morse code.

    1791: Painter and inventor Samuel Morse born. He will co-invent the Morse code.

  • 1837: Mathematician Paul Albert Gordan born. Gordon was known as "the king of invariant theory".

    1837: Mathematician Paul Albert Gordan born. Gordon was known as "the king of invariant theory".

  • 1913: Mathematician, author, activist, and academic Irving Adler born. He will be a plaintiff in the McCarthy-era case Adler vs. Board of Education.

    1913: Mathematician, author, activist, and academic Irving Adler born. He will be a plaintiff in the McCarthy-era case Adler vs. Board of Education.

  • 1938: Mathematician and philosopher Edmund Husserl dies. He argued that transcendental consciousness sets the limits of all possible knowledge.

    1938: Mathematician and philosopher Edmund Husserl dies. He argued that transcendental consciousness sets the limits of all possible knowledge.

  • 1953: In a landmark criminal mathematics trial, an undercover Nomogram gives testimony against criminal mathematical functions Gnotilus and Forbidden Ratio.

    1953: In a landmark criminal mathematics trial, an undercover Nomogram gives testimony against criminal mathematical functions Gnotilus and Forbidden Ratio.

  • 1978: Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.

    1978: Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.

  • 1979: Orbital artificial intelligence AESOP makes contact with space activist and detective Gerard K. O'Neill.

    1979: Orbital artificial intelligence AESOP makes contact with space activist and detective Gerard K. O'Neill.

  • 1992: Physicist and space activist Gerard Kitchen O'Neill dies. He invented particle storage rings and mass drivers; in the 1970s he developed a plan to build human settlements in outer space.

    1992: Physicist and space activist Gerard Kitchen O'Neill dies. He invented particle storage rings and mass drivers; in the 1970s he developed a plan to build human settlements in outer space.

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