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||1852: Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist dies. Pic: stamp.
||1852: Johan Gadolin, Finnish chemist, physicist, and mineralogist dies. Pic: stamp.
File:Robert Bunsen.jpg|link=Robert Bunsen (nonfiction)|1888: Chemist and crime-fighter [[Robert Bunsen (nonfiction)|Robert Bunsen]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] based on the emission spectra of heated elements which detect and prevent [[crimes against chemistry]].


||1889: Elias Loomis dies ... mathematician. Pic.
||1889: Elias Loomis dies ... mathematician. Pic.
File:Alice Beta and Niles Cartouchian Play Chess.jpg|link=Alice Beta and Niles Cartouchian Play Chess|1891: Signed first edition of ''[[Alice Beta and Niles Cartouchian Play Chess]]'' sells for ninety thousand dollars at charity benefit auction for victims of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


File:Louis de Broglie.jpg|link=Louis de Broglie (nonfiction)|1892: Physicist and academic [[Louis de Broglie (nonfiction)|Louis de Broglie]] born.  He will postulate the wave nature of electrons and suggest that all matter has wave properties, winning the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1929, after the wave-like behavior of matter is first experimentally demonstrated in 1927.
File:Louis de Broglie.jpg|link=Louis de Broglie (nonfiction)|1892: Physicist and academic [[Louis de Broglie (nonfiction)|Louis de Broglie]] born.  He will postulate the wave nature of electrons and suggest that all matter has wave properties, winning the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1929, after the wave-like behavior of matter is first experimentally demonstrated in 1927.
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||1932: Robert L. Forward dies ... physicist and engineer. Pic.
||1932: Robert L. Forward dies ... physicist and engineer. Pic.
File:Janet Beta at ENIAC.jpg|link=Janet Beta at ENIAC|1946: Signed first edition of ''Janet Beta at ENIAC'' stolen from the Library of Congress.


||1951: Sidney Michael Dancoff dies ... an American theoretical physicist best known for the Tamm–Dancoff approximation method and for nearly developing a renormalization method for solving quantum electrodynamics (QED). Pic search.
||1951: Sidney Michael Dancoff dies ... an American theoretical physicist best known for the Tamm–Dancoff approximation method and for nearly developing a renormalization method for solving quantum electrodynamics (QED). Pic search.
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||1971: President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors.
||1971: President Richard Nixon completes the break from the gold standard by ending convertibility of the United States dollar into gold by foreign investors.
File:Rabbi Dr. Eliezer (Leon) Ehrenpreis.jpg|link=Leon Ehrenpreis (nonfiction)|1976: Mathematician, academic, and rabbinical private detective [[Leon Ehrenpreis (nonfiction)|Eliezer 'Leon' Ehrenpreis]] uses the Malgrange–Ehrenpreis theorem to break up a [[Transdimensional corporation|transdimensional gang]] of antisemitic [[Crimes against mathematical constants|math thieves]].


File:Wow signal.jpg|link=Wow! signal (nonfiction)|1977: The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "[[Wow! signal (nonfiction)|Wow! signal]]" from the notation made by a volunteer on the project.
File:Wow signal.jpg|link=Wow! signal (nonfiction)|1977: The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "[[Wow! signal (nonfiction)|Wow! signal]]" from the notation made by a volunteer on the project.
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||India: Three die as kite string slits their throats ... http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-37103668 ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manja_(kite)
||India: Three die as kite string slits their throats ... http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-37103668 ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manja_(kite)
File:Umberto Eco 1984.jpg|link=Umberto Eco (nonfiction)|2015: Author, philosopher, and crime-fighter [[Umberto Eco (nonfiction)|Umberto Eco]] publishes influential monograph on the origins and early development of [[high-energy literature]].
File:Pinwheel Diagram.jpg|link=Pinwheel Diagram|2016: ''[[Pinwheel Diagram (nonfiction)|Pinwheel Diagram]]'' voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.


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  • 1758: Mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer Pierre Bouguer dies. He is known as "the father of naval architecture".

    1758: Mathematician, geophysicist, and astronomer Pierre Bouguer dies. He is known as "the father of naval architecture".

  • 1863: Mathematician and naval engineer Aleksey Krylov born. Fame will come to him in the 1890s, when his pioneering theory of oscillating motions of the ship becomes internationally known.

    1863: Mathematician and naval engineer Aleksey Krylov born. Fame will come to him in the 1890s, when his pioneering theory of oscillating motions of the ship becomes internationally known.

  • 1892: Physicist and academic Louis de Broglie born. He will postulate the wave nature of electrons and suggest that all matter has wave properties, winning the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1929, after the wave-like behavior of matter is first experimentally demonstrated in 1927.

    1892: Physicist and academic Louis de Broglie born. He will postulate the wave nature of electrons and suggest that all matter has wave properties, winning the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1929, after the wave-like behavior of matter is first experimentally demonstrated in 1927.

  • 1977: The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "Wow! signal" from the notation made by a volunteer on the project.

    1977: The Big Ear, a radio telescope operated by Ohio State University as part of the SETI project, receives a radio signal from deep space; the event is named the "Wow! signal" from the notation made by a volunteer on the project.

  • 1979: Led Zeppelin releases"Olive My Love".

    1979: Led Zeppelin releases"Olive My Love".

  • 1922: Physicist Peter Mazur dies. Mazur was a pioneer the field of non-equilibrium thermodynamics.

    1922: Physicist Peter Mazur dies. Mazur was a pioneer the field of non-equilibrium thermodynamics.

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