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File:800px-Nebra_Schwerter.jpg|link=Weapon (nonfiction)|1963: Army research laboratories [[Weapon (nonfiction)|convert modern plowshares into ancient swords]]. Military contractors call technique "Astonishing breakthrough." | File:800px-Nebra_Schwerter.jpg|link=Weapon (nonfiction)|1963: Army research laboratories [[Weapon (nonfiction)|convert modern plowshares into ancient swords]]. Military contractors call technique "Astonishing breakthrough." | ||
File:Culvert Origenes and The Governess.jpg|link=Culvert Origenes and The Governess|2017: Signed first edition of ''Culvert Origenes and The Governess'' sells for two million dollars in charity benefit auction for victims of [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | |||
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1555: Mathematician and cartographer Oronce Finé dies. He was imprisoned in 1524, probably for practicing judicial astrology.
1872: Adventurer and alleged time-travelling "Pirate of the Prairies" Wallace War-Heels defeats Baron Zersetzung in single combat.
1873: Scientist, inventor, and engineer Francis Ronalds dies. He was knighted for creating the first working electric telegraph.
1963: Army research laboratories convert modern plowshares into ancient swords. Military contractors call technique "Astonishing breakthrough."
2017: Signed first edition of Culvert Origenes and The Governess sells for two million dollars in charity benefit auction for victims of crimes against mathematical constants.