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||1504: Christopher Columbus uses his knowledge of a lunar eclipse that night to convince Native Americans to provide him with supplies.
||1504: Christopher Columbus uses his knowledge of a lunar eclipse that night to convince Native Americans to provide him with supplies.
File:Oronce Finé.jpg|link=Oronce Finé (nonfiction)|1522: Mathematician and cartographer [[Oronce Finé (nonfiction)|Oronce Finé]] uses [[Judicial astrology (nonfiction)|judicial astrology]] to predict the birth of [[Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|Herman Hollerith]].


||1600: Caspar Hennenberger dies pastor, historian and cartographer.
||1600: Caspar Hennenberger dies pastor, historian and cartographer.
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||1903: Melvin Purvis takes his own life ... FBI agent. Pic.
||1903: Melvin Purvis takes his own life ... FBI agent. Pic.
File:Hellschreiber.jpg|link=Hellschreiber (nonfiction)|1964: [[Hellschreiber (nonfiction)|Hellscreiber]] teleprinter system used to publish new biography of [[Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|Herman Hollerith]].


||1972: Vietnam War: Vietnamization: South Korea withdraws 11,000 of its 48,000 troops from Vietnam.
||1972: Vietnam War: Vietnamization: South Korea withdraws 11,000 of its 48,000 troops from Vietnam.

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  • 1860: Inventor Herman Hollerith born. He will later be recognized as a pioneer of data processing.

    1860: Inventor Herman Hollerith born. He will later be recognized as a pioneer of data processing.

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