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File:Herman Hollerith.jpg|link=Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|1889: [[Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|Herman Hollerith]] is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
File:Herman Hollerith.jpg|link=Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|1889: [[Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|Herman Hollerith]] is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.
File:Charles-Émile Reynaud.jpg|link=Charles-Émile Reynaud (nonfiction)|1890: Scientist, inventor, and [[APTO]] marketing director [[Charles-Émile Reynaud (nonfiction)|Charles-Émile Reynaud]] discovers a previously unknown [[Gnomon algorithm]] function which causes a Praxinoscope to function as a simple [[scrying engine]].


||1891: Walther Bothe born ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.
||1891: Walther Bothe born ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.
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||1924: Paul Moritz Cohn born ... Professor of Mathematics at University College London, 1986-9, and author of many textbooks on algebra. His work was mostly in the area of algebra, especially non-commutative rings. Pic.
||1924: Paul Moritz Cohn born ... Professor of Mathematics at University College London, 1986-9, and author of many textbooks on algebra. His work was mostly in the area of algebra, especially non-commutative rings. Pic.
File:Jerzy_Rozycki.jpg|link=Jerzy Różycki|1941: Mathematician and cryptologist [[Jerzy Różycki (nonfiction)|Jerzy Różycki]] discovers new class of [[Gnomon algorithm]] functions which cause the Enigma machine to function as a primitive scrying engine.


||1952: Antonia Maury dies ... astronomer and astrophysicist. Pic.
||1952: Antonia Maury dies ... astronomer and astrophysicist. Pic.
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||2005: The nuclear sub ''USS San Francisco'' collides at full speed with an undersea mountain south of Guam. One man is killed, but the sub surfaces and is repaired.
||2005: The nuclear sub ''USS San Francisco'' collides at full speed with an undersea mountain south of Guam. One man is killed, but the sub surfaces and is repaired.
File:Pond At Dawn.jpg|link=Pond At Dawn (nonfiction)|2010: ''[[Pond At Dawn (nonfiction)|Pond At Dawn]]'' voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]].


||2012: Bernhard Schrader dies ... chemist and academic ... pioneer of experimental molecular spectroscopy in Germany, especially of Raman- and Infrared spectroscopy and its routine application in chemical analysis. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=Bernhard+Schrader+chemist
||2012: Bernhard Schrader dies ... chemist and academic ... pioneer of experimental molecular spectroscopy in Germany, especially of Raman- and Infrared spectroscopy and its routine application in chemical analysis. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=Bernhard+Schrader+chemist


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  • 1602: Astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, mathematician, and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1602: Astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, mathematician, and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1642: Astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and mathematician Galileo Galilei dies. He has been called the "father of modern physics".

    1642: Astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, and mathematician Galileo Galilei dies. He has been called the "father of modern physics".

  • 1774: Mathematician, philosopher, theologian, and crime-fighter Maria Gaetana Agnesi uses a new synthesis of differential and integral calculus to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1774: Mathematician, philosopher, theologian, and crime-fighter Maria Gaetana Agnesi uses a new synthesis of differential and integral calculus to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1888: Mathematician Richard Courant born. He will co-write What is Mathematics?.

    1888: Mathematician Richard Courant born. He will co-write What is Mathematics?.

  • 1889: Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.

    1889: Herman Hollerith is issued US patent #395,791 for the 'Art of Applying Statistics' — his punched card calculator.

  • 1896: Geologist Sekiya Seikei dies. He was one of the first seismologists, influential in establishing the study of seismology in Japan and known for his model showing the motion of an earth-particle during an earthquake.

    1896: Geologist Sekiya Seikei dies. He was one of the first seismologists, influential in establishing the study of seismology in Japan and known for his model showing the motion of an earth-particle during an earthquake.

  • 1923: Computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum born. He will become one of the fathers of modern artificial intelligence.

    1923: Computer scientist Joseph Weizenbaum born. He will become one of the fathers of modern artificial intelligence.

  • 1973: Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins.

    1973: Watergate scandal: The trial of seven men accused of illegal entry into Democratic Party headquarters at Watergate begins.

  • The Nostromo Cafe opens. It is the first known take-out restaurant aboard a spaceship.

    The Nostromo Cafe opens. It is the first known take-out restaurant aboard a spaceship.

  • 1981: Mathematician and crime-fighter Marshall Harvey Stone publishes new class of Boolean algebra structures which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1981: Mathematician and crime-fighter Marshall Harvey Stone publishes new class of Boolean algebra structures which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 2002: Statistician Maurice Stevenson Bartlett dies. Bartlett made particular contributions to the analysis of data with spatial and temporal patterns, and is also known for his work in the theory of statistical inference and in multivariate analysis.

    2002: Statistician Maurice Stevenson Bartlett dies. Bartlett made particular contributions to the analysis of data with spatial and temporal patterns, and is also known for his work in the theory of statistical inference and in multivariate analysis.

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