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||1632: John Locke born ... physician and philosopher.
||1632: John Locke born ... physician and philosopher.
File:Christopher Polhem painted by Johan Henrik Scheffel 1741.jpg|link=Christopher Polhem (nonfiction)|1651: Scientist, inventor, and crime-fighter [[Christopher Polhem (nonfiction)|Christopher Polhem]] demonstrates water-powered automaton which detects and prevents [[crimes against geology]].


||1712: Gregory King dies ... genealogist, engraver, and statistician.
||1712: Gregory King dies ... genealogist, engraver, and statistician.
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File:USS_F-4_1915.jpg|link=USS F-4 (nonfiction)|1915: US Navy salvage divers raise [[USS F-4 (nonfiction)|USS F-4]], the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.
File:USS_F-4_1915.jpg|link=USS F-4 (nonfiction)|1915: US Navy salvage divers raise [[USS F-4 (nonfiction)|USS F-4]], the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.
File:J_J_Thomson.jpg|link=J. J. Thomson (nonfiction)|1929: Physicist, academic, and criminologist [[J. J. Thomson (nonfiction)|J. J. Thomson]] discovers the first evidence that isotopes the stable element neon are vulnerable to [[crimes against physical constants]].


||1937: Otto Ludwig Hölder dies ... mathematician. He will discover Hölder's inequality, a fundamental inequality between integrals and an indispensable tool for the study of Lp spaces. Pic.
||1937: Otto Ludwig Hölder dies ... mathematician. He will discover Hölder's inequality, a fundamental inequality between integrals and an indispensable tool for the study of Lp spaces. Pic.
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File:Shoshichi Kobayashi.jpg|link=Shoshichi Kobayashi (nonfiction)|2012: Mathematician and academic [[Shoshichi Kobayashi (nonfiction)|Shoshichi Kobayashi]] dies. He worked on Riemannian and complex manifolds, transformation groups of geometric structures, and Lie algebras.
File:Shoshichi Kobayashi.jpg|link=Shoshichi Kobayashi (nonfiction)|2012: Mathematician and academic [[Shoshichi Kobayashi (nonfiction)|Shoshichi Kobayashi]] dies. He worked on Riemannian and complex manifolds, transformation groups of geometric structures, and Lie algebras.
File:Carbon 14 formation and decay.svg|link=Carbon-14 (nonfiction)|2017: Concentrated sample of [[Carbon-14 (nonfiction)|carbon-14]] accidentally exposed to unfiltered [[Extract of Radium]], causing a wave of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


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  • 1780: Artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres born. He will assume the role of a guardian of academic orthodoxy against the ascendant Romantic style represented by his nemesis, Eugène Delacroix.

    1780: Artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres born. He will assume the role of a guardian of academic orthodoxy against the ascendant Romantic style represented by his nemesis, Eugène Delacroix.

  • 1863: Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley sinks during a test run, killing five members of her crew.

    1863: Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley sinks during a test run, killing five members of her crew.

  • 1915: US Navy salvage divers raise USS F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.

    1915: US Navy salvage divers raise USS F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.

  • 2012: Mathematician and academic Shoshichi Kobayashi dies. He worked on Riemannian and complex manifolds, transformation groups of geometric structures, and Lie algebras.

    2012: Mathematician and academic Shoshichi Kobayashi dies. He worked on Riemannian and complex manifolds, transformation groups of geometric structures, and Lie algebras.

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