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File:Niels Steensen.png|link=Niels Steensen (nonfiction)|1647: [[Niels Steensen (nonfiction)|Niels Steensen]] uses [[scrying engine]] technology to locate fossils.
File:Robert Andrews Millikan.jpg|link=Robert Andrews Millikan (nonfiction)|1868: Physicist [[Robert Andrews Millikan (nonfiction)|Robert Andrews Millikan]] born. Millikan will win the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1923 for the measurement of the elementary electronic charge and for his work on the photoelectric effect.
File:Brion Gysin scrying engine Dreamachine.jpg|link=Brion Gysin|1999: [[Brion Gysin]] uses [[scrying engine]] technology to predict and counteract [[Capacitor plague (nonfiction)|Capacitor plague]].
 
File:Exploded electrolytic capacitor.jpg|link=Capacitor plague (nonfiction)|2001: [[Capacitor plague (nonfiction)|Capacitor plague]] affects several brands of [[portable envy]] devices.
File:Nathan Rosen.jpg|link=Nathan Rosen (nonfiction)|1909: Physicist [[Nathan Rosen (nonfiction)|Nathan Rosen]] born.  Rosen will develop the idea of the Einstein–Rosen bridge, later named the wormhole.
File:Portable envy clock generator.jpg|link=Portable envy|2002: [[Portable envy]] components at risk of [[Capacitor plague (nonfiction)|capacitor plague]].
 
File:Gerald Bull 1964.jpg|link=Gerald  Bull (nonfiction)|1990: Engineer [[Gerald  Bull (nonfiction)|Gerald  Bull]] assassinated. He attempted to build artillery guns which could launch satellites into orbit.
 
File:Philippe_Flajolet.jpg|link=Philippe Flajolet (nonfiction)|2011: Computer scientist [[Philippe Flajolet (nonfiction)|Philippe Flajolet]] dies. Flajolet contributed to general methods for analyzing the computational complexity of algorithms, including the theory of average-case complexity.
 
File:An Alien Home Companion.jpg|link=An Alien Home Companion|2006: Premiere of '''''[[An Alien Home Companion]]''''', an American science fiction comedy film about the behind-the-scenes activities at a long-running public radio show which encounters an aggressive alien guest star. Director: Robert Altman.
 
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  • 1868: Physicist Robert Andrews Millikan born. Millikan will win the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1923 for the measurement of the elementary electronic charge and for his work on the photoelectric effect.

    1868: Physicist Robert Andrews Millikan born. Millikan will win the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1923 for the measurement of the elementary electronic charge and for his work on the photoelectric effect.

  • 1909: Physicist Nathan Rosen born. Rosen will develop the idea of the Einstein–Rosen bridge, later named the wormhole.

    1909: Physicist Nathan Rosen born. Rosen will develop the idea of the Einstein–Rosen bridge, later named the wormhole.

  • 1990: Engineer Gerald Bull assassinated. He attempted to build artillery guns which could launch satellites into orbit.

    1990: Engineer Gerald Bull assassinated. He attempted to build artillery guns which could launch satellites into orbit.

  • 2011: Computer scientist Philippe Flajolet dies. Flajolet contributed to general methods for analyzing the computational complexity of algorithms, including the theory of average-case complexity.

    2011: Computer scientist Philippe Flajolet dies. Flajolet contributed to general methods for analyzing the computational complexity of algorithms, including the theory of average-case complexity.

  • 2006: Premiere of An Alien Home Companion, an American science fiction comedy film about the behind-the-scenes activities at a long-running public radio show which encounters an aggressive alien guest star. Director: Robert Altman.

    2006: Premiere of An Alien Home Companion, an American science fiction comedy film about the behind-the-scenes activities at a long-running public radio show which encounters an aggressive alien guest star. Director: Robert Altman.

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