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||1947: Jacob Bekenstein born ... theoretical physicist who made fundamental contributions to the foundation of black hole thermodynamics and to other aspects of the connections between information and gravitation. Pic.
||1947: Jacob Bekenstein born ... theoretical physicist who made fundamental contributions to the foundation of black hole thermodynamics and to other aspects of the connections between information and gravitation. Pic.
File:W._T._Tutte.jpg|link=W. T. Tutte (nonfiction)|1958: Mathematician, codebreaker, and crime analyst [[W. T. Tutte (nonfiction)|W. T. Tutte]] makes a fundamental advance in cryptanalysis of the [[Forbidden Ratio]], a criminal mathematical function.
File:Baron Zersetzung.jpg|link=Baron Zersetzung|1959: Industrialist, public motivational speaker, and alleged crime boss [[Baron Zersetzung]] says he "is confident that the upcoming [[Francis Gary Powers (nonfiction)|U-2 spyplane incident]] is an outstanding investment opportunity."


File:Gary Powers.jpg|link=Francis Gary Powers (nonfiction)|1960: Cold War: U-2 incident: [[Francis Gary Powers (nonfiction)|Francis Gary Powers]], in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis.
File:Gary Powers.jpg|link=Francis Gary Powers (nonfiction)|1960: Cold War: U-2 incident: [[Francis Gary Powers (nonfiction)|Francis Gary Powers]], in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis.
File:Asclepius Myrmidon in Advanced Test Reactor.jpg|link=Asclepius Myrmidon|1961: Scientist and combat surgeon [[Asclepius Myrmidon]] warns that [[Francis Gary Powers (nonfiction)|U-2 spyplane incident]] may have released a new class of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


|link=Béryl incident (nonfiction)|The [[Béryl incident (nonfiction)|Béryl incident]] was a French nuclear test, conducted on May 1, 1962, during which nine soldiers of the 621st Groupe d'Armes Spéciales unit were heavily contaminated by radioactivity.
|link=Béryl incident (nonfiction)|The [[Béryl incident (nonfiction)|Béryl incident]] was a French nuclear test, conducted on May 1, 1962, during which nine soldiers of the 621st Groupe d'Armes Spéciales unit were heavily contaminated by radioactivity.
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||2017: A ransomware attack attacks over 400 thousand computers worldwide, targeting computers of the UK'S National Health Services and Telefónica computers.
||2017: A ransomware attack attacks over 400 thousand computers worldwide, targeting computers of the UK'S National Health Services and Telefónica computers.


File:Creature.jpg|link=Creature (nonfiction)|2018: Steganographic analysis of ''[[Creature (nonfiction)|Creature]]'' unexpectedly reveals "at least fifty terabytes" of encrypted data relating, "apparently a record of top-secret [[Clandestiphrine]] experiments directed against the [[Francis Gary Powers (nonfiction)|U-2 spyplane incident]]."


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  • 1825: Mathematician and physicist Johann Jakob Balmer born. He will develop an empirical formula for the visible spectral lines of the hydrogen atom.

    1825: Mathematician and physicist Johann Jakob Balmer born. He will develop an empirical formula for the visible spectral lines of the hydrogen atom.

  • 1960: Cold War: U-2 incident: Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis.

    1960: Cold War: U-2 incident: Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis.

  • 1970: Electronics researcher Ralph Hartley dies. He invented the Hartley oscillator and the Hartley transform, and contributed to the foundations of information theory.

    1970: Electronics researcher Ralph Hartley dies. He invented the Hartley oscillator and the Hartley transform, and contributed to the foundations of information theory.

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