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1946: Engineer and inventor John Logie Baird dies. He was one of the inventors of the mechanical television.
1966: Mathematician Edward Lorenz uses scrying engine to reveal previously unknown crimes against mathematical constants.
1986: Short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator Jorge Luis Borges dies. His best-known books, Ficciones (Fictions) and El Aleph (The Aleph), published in the 1940s, are compilations of short stories interconnected by common themes, including dreams, labyrinths, libraries, mirrors, fictional writers, philosophy, and religion.
1995: Writer Roger Zelazny dies. He won the Nebula award three times, and the Hugo award six times.
1995:The Custodian offers supernatural crime fighter job to deceased writer Roger Zelazny.

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 File:Edward Lorenz.jpg|link=Edward Lorenz (nonfiction)|1966: Mathematician [[Edward Lorenz (nonfiction)|Edward Lorenz]] uses [[scrying engine]] to reveal previously unknown [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
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+File:Jorge Luis Borges.jpg|link=Jorge Luis Borges (nonfiction)|1986: Short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator [[Jorge Luis Borges (nonfiction)|Jorge Luis Borges]] dies. His best-known books, ''Ficciones'' (''Fictions'') and ''El Aleph'' (''The Aleph''), published in the 1940s, are compilations of short stories interconnected by common themes, including dreams, labyrinths, libraries, mirrors, fictional writers, philosophy, and religion.
 File:Roger Zelazny 1988.jpg|link=Roger Zelazny (nonfiction)|1995: Writer [[Roger Zelazny (nonfiction)|Roger Zelazny]] dies. He won the Nebula award three times, and the Hugo award six times.