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1837: Theoretical physicist and academic Johannes Diderik van der Waals born. He will win the 1910 Nobel Prize in physics for his work on the equation of state for gases and liquids.
1889 – The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.

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-File:Tycho Brahe.jpg|link=Tycho Brahe (nonfiction)|1569: Astronomer [[Tycho Brahe (nonfiction)|Tycho Brahe]] uses [[scrying engine]] make improved astronomical observations.
+||1553 – Prospero Alpini, Italian physician and botanist (d. 1617)
+|File:Tycho Brahe.jpg|link=Tycho Brahe (nonfiction)|1569: Astronomer [[Tycho Brahe (nonfiction)|Tycho Brahe]] uses [[scrying engine]] make improved astronomical observations.+
+||1715 – Pierre Charles Le Monnier, French astronomer and author (d. 1799)
+||1820 – Isaac Todhunter, English mathematician and author (d. 1884)
 File:Johannes Diderik van der Waals.jpg|link=Johannes Diderik van der Waals (nonfiction)|1837: Theoretical physicist and academic [[Johannes Diderik van der Waals (nonfiction)|Johannes Diderik van der Waals]] born. He will win the 1910 Nobel Prize in physics for his work on the equation of state for gases and liquids.
-File:Codd neck bottles.jpg|link=Codd-neck bottle (nonfiction)|[[Codd-neck bottle (nonfiction)|Codd-neck bottles]] making comeback, say Codd-neck bottle industry spokespeople.
-File:Madge_Palmolive.jpg|Consumer spokespersona says "[[geometry solvent]]" is nothing more than dish soap plus [[Extract of Radium]].
+||1869 – Valdemar Poulsen, Danish engineer (d. 1942) wire recorder
-File:Epic of Gilgamesh tablet V.jpg|link=Literature (nonfiction)|[[Literature (nonfiction)|Gilgamesh tablet]] grumpy about missing sections, demands [[high-energy literature]] therapy.
-File:Cherenkov-radiation Advanced-Test-Reactor.jpg|link=High-energy literature|[[High-energy literature]] may cause [[Literature (nonfiction)|Gilgamesh tablet]] more harm than good, according to aggregated reader reviews.
+||1887 – Henry Moseley, English physicist and chemist (d. 1915)
-File:Roman dodecahedron.jpg|link=Roman dodecahedron (nonfiction)|[[Roman dodecahedron (nonfiction)|Roman dodecahedra]] used as [[Polyhedral dice (nonfiction)|polyhedral dice]].
-File:Dungeons and Dragons game.jpg|link=Dungeons & Dragons (nonfiction)|[[Dungeons & Dragons (nonfiction)|Dungeons & Dragons]] players invite [[Roman dodecahedron (nonfiction)|Roman dodecahedron]] to join party.
+– The first jukebox goes into operation at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco.
-File:Polyhedra.jpg|link=Polyhedron (nonfiction)|[[Polyhedron (nonfiction)|Polyhedra support group]] offers counseling services to victims of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
-File:Euclid Lueneburg ms page 8.jpg|link=Mathematical diagram (nonfiction)|Ancient manuscript is actually [[Mathematical diagram (nonfiction)|secret diary of Euclid]], says supervillain [[Abomynous]].
+||1897 – Karl Gebhardt, German physician and war criminal (d. 1948)
+||1907 – Lars Leksell, Swedish physician and neurosurgeon (d. 1986) invented radiosurgery
+||1915 – Anne Burns, British aeronautical engineer and glider pilot (d. 2001)
+||1924 – Edwin Hubble's discovery, that the Andromeda "nebula" is actually another island galaxy far outside of our own Milky Way, is first published in The New York Times.
+||1953 – Pilot Felix Moncla and Lieutenant Robert Wilson disappear while in pursuit of a mysterious craft over Lake Superior.
+||1972 – The Soviet Union makes its final attempt at successfully launching the N1 rocket.
+||1981 – Iran–Contra affair: Ronald Reagan signs the top secret National Security Decision Directive 17 (NSDD-17), giving the Central Intelligence Agency the authority to recruit and support Contra rebels in Nicaragua.
+||1992 – The first smartphone, the IBM Simon, is introduced at COMDEX in Las Vegas, Nevada.
+||2015 – Blue Origin's New Shepard space vehicle became the first rocket to successfully fly to space and then return to Earth for a controlled, vertical landing.
+|File:Codd neck bottles.jpg|link=Codd-neck bottle (nonfiction)|[[Codd-neck bottle (nonfiction)|Codd-neck bottles]] making comeback, say Codd-neck bottle industry spokespeople.
+|File:Madge_Palmolive.jpg|Consumer spokespersona says "[[geometry solvent]]" is nothing more than dish soap plus [[Extract of Radium]].
+|File:Epic of Gilgamesh tablet V.jpg|link=Literature (nonfiction)|[[Literature (nonfiction)|Gilgamesh tablet]] grumpy about missing sections, demands [[high-energy literature]] therapy.
+|File:Cherenkov-radiation Advanced-Test-Reactor.jpg|link=High-energy literature|[[High-energy literature]] may cause [[Literature (nonfiction)|Gilgamesh tablet]] more harm than good, according to aggregated reader reviews.
+|File:Roman dodecahedron.jpg|link=Roman dodecahedron (nonfiction)|[[Roman dodecahedron (nonfiction)|Roman dodecahedra]] used as [[Polyhedral dice (nonfiction)|polyhedral dice]].
+|File:Dungeons and Dragons game.jpg|link=Dungeons & Dragons (nonfiction)|[[Dungeons & Dragons (nonfiction)|Dungeons & Dragons]] players invite [[Roman dodecahedron (nonfiction)|Roman dodecahedron]] to join party.
+|File:Polyhedra.jpg|link=Polyhedron (nonfiction)|[[Polyhedron (nonfiction)|Polyhedra support group]] offers counseling services to victims of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
+|File:Euclid Lueneburg ms page 8.jpg|link=Mathematical diagram (nonfiction)|Ancient manuscript is actually [[Mathematical diagram (nonfiction)|secret diary of Euclid]], says supervillain [[Abomynous]].
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