Template:Selected anniversaries/November 12

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  • 1608: Physicist, inventor, and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei uses Gnomon algorithm functions to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1608: Physicist, inventor, and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei uses Gnomon algorithm functions to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1793: Astronomer, mathematician, and political leader Jean Sylvain Bailly is guillotined during the Reign of Terror. He participated in the early stages of the French Revolution, presiding over the Tennis Court Oath, and serving as the mayor of Paris from 1789 to 1791.

    1793: Astronomer, mathematician, and political leader Jean Sylvain Bailly is guillotined during the Reign of Terror. He participated in the early stages of the French Revolution, presiding over the Tennis Court Oath, and serving as the mayor of Paris from 1789 to 1791.

  • 1941: New York mobster and hit man turned goverment informant Abe Reles falls to his death while under police custody. Despite knotted sheets and other evidence of an escape attempt, there is widespread belief that Reles was murdered to prevent him from testifying.

    1941: New York mobster and hit man turned goverment informant Abe Reles falls to his death while under police custody. Despite knotted sheets and other evidence of an escape attempt, there is widespread belief that Reles was murdered to prevent him from testifying.

  • 1942: Mathematician and soldier Janet Beta discovers evidence Colonel Zersetzung is secretly diverting government-issued Extract of Radium for his personal use.

    1942: Mathematician and soldier Janet Beta discovers evidence Colonel Zersetzung is secretly diverting government-issued Extract of Radium for his personal use.

  • 1944: Mathematician George David Birkhoff dies. He was one of the most important leaders in American mathematics in his generation.

    1944: Mathematician George David Birkhoff dies. He was one of the most important leaders in American mathematics in his generation.

  • 1946: Military officer and alleged crime bos Colonel Zersetzung uses Extract of Radium to secretly synthesize illegal Clandestiphrine.

    1946: Military officer and alleged crime bos Colonel Zersetzung uses Extract of Radium to secretly synthesize illegal Clandestiphrine.

  • 1947: Painter and forger Han van Meegeren is convicted on falsification and fraud charges.

    1947: Painter and forger Han van Meegeren is convicted on falsification and fraud charges.

  • 1989: AESOP predicts that Tim Berners-Lee will propose the World Wide Web one year from today.

    1989: AESOP predicts that Tim Berners-Lee will propose the World Wide Web one year from today.

  • 1990: Engineer and computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee publishes a formal proposal for the World Wide Web.

    1990: Engineer and computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee publishes a formal proposal for the World Wide Web.

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