Template:Selected anniversaries/November 16

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  • 1717: Mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Jean le Rond d'Alembert born. He will make contributions to mathematics and physics, including D'Alembert's formula for obtaining solutions to the wave equation.

    1717: Mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Jean le Rond d'Alembert born. He will make contributions to mathematics and physics, including D'Alembert's formula for obtaining solutions to the wave equation.

  • 1724: Mechanical soldier Clock Head helps fugitive and alleged thief Jack Sheppard escape thief takers.

    1724: Mechanical soldier Clock Head helps fugitive and alleged thief Jack Sheppard escape thief takers.

  • 1724: Thief Jack Sheppard hanged. He was arrested and imprisoned five times in 1724 but escaped four times from prison, making him a notorious public figure, and wildly popular with the poorer classes.

    1724: Thief Jack Sheppard hanged. He was arrested and imprisoned five times in 1724 but escaped four times from prison, making him a notorious public figure, and wildly popular with the poorer classes.

  • 1838: The Orcagna scrying engine downloads Abū Sahl al-Qūhī's Perfect Compass protocol, and translates the protocol into Italian for the first time. The House of Malevecchio will attempt to monopolize the protocol, but five years later the French will announce Compas Parfait; within fifty years, all of Christendom will have similar systems.

    1838: The Orcagna scrying engine downloads Abū Sahl al-Qūhī's Perfect Compass protocol, and translates the protocol into Italian for the first time. The House of Malevecchio will attempt to monopolize the protocol, but five years later the French will announce Compas Parfait; within fifty years, all of Christendom will have similar systems.

  • 1904: English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).

    1904: English engineer John Ambrose Fleming receives a patent for the thermionic valve (vacuum tube).

  • 1917: Mathematician Derek Taunt born. He will work as a codebreaker at Bletchley Park during World War II.

    1917: Mathematician Derek Taunt born. He will work as a codebreaker at Bletchley Park during World War II.

  • 1939: Industrialist, military contractor, and alleged crime boss Colonel Zersetzung privately advises George P. Metesky to begin a bombing campaign in New York City.

    1939: Industrialist, military contractor, and alleged crime boss Colonel Zersetzung privately advises George P. Metesky to begin a bombing campaign in New York City.

  • 1940: New York City "Mad Bomber" George P. Metesky places his first bomb, at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.

    1940: New York City "Mad Bomber" George P. Metesky places his first bomb, at a Manhattan office building used by Consolidated Edison.

  • 1940: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde secretly invests in George Metesky's bombing campaign.

    1940: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde secretly invests in George Metesky's bombing campaign.

  • 1974: Physicist and crime-fighter Walter Heinrich Heitler publishes new of theory of valence bonding with applications in detecting and preventing crimes against chemistry.

    1974: Physicist and crime-fighter Walter Heinrich Heitler publishes new of theory of valence bonding with applications in detecting and preventing crimes against chemistry.

  • 2016: Signed first edition of Yellow Spiral recovered undamaged by APTO detectives, nine months after it was stolen. APTO will successfully prosecute Forbidden Ratio for the crime, but fail to find proof of Baron Zersetzung's involvement or knowledge.

    2016: Signed first edition of Yellow Spiral recovered undamaged by APTO detectives, nine months after it was stolen. APTO will successfully prosecute Forbidden Ratio for the crime, but fail to find proof of Baron Zersetzung's involvement or knowledge.

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