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File:William Blake by John Flaxman c1804.jpg|link=William Blake (nonfiction)|1827: Poet, painter, and printmaker [[William Blake (nonfiction)|William Blake]] dies. | File:William Blake by John Flaxman c1804.jpg|link=William Blake (nonfiction)|1827: Poet, painter, and printmaker [[William Blake (nonfiction)|William Blake]] dies. | ||
File:William Shockley.jpg|link=William Shockley (nonfiction)|1989: Physicist and inventor [[William Shockley (nonfiction)|William Shockley]] dies. He shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of the [[Point-contact transistor (nonfiction)|point-contact transistor]]. | File:William Shockley.jpg|link=William Shockley (nonfiction)|1989: Physicist and inventor [[William Shockley (nonfiction)|William Shockley]] dies. He shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of the [[Point-contact transistor (nonfiction)|point-contact transistor]]. | ||
File: | File:Mars_Reconnaissance_Orbiter.jpg|link=Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (nonfiction)|2005: The ''[[Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (nonfiction)|Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter]]'' launched. | ||
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1827: Poet, painter, and printmaker William Blake dies.
1989: Physicist and inventor William Shockley dies. He shared the 1956 Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of the point-contact transistor.
2005: The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter launched.