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923: Astronomer Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi invents new form of scrying engine.
1637: Mathematician John Pell invents new class of Gnomon algorithm functions.
2002: Capacitor plague affects several brands of portable envy devices.
2003: Portable envy components at risk of capacitor plague.
2003: George Plimpton published first in prize-winning series of articles on capacitor plague.

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-– Samuel Colt sells his first revolver pistol to the United States government.
-– Topsy, an elephant, is electrocuted by the owners of Luna Park, Coney Island. The Edison film company shoots the film Electrocuting an Elephant of Topsy's death.
-– Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from orbit.
-– Luna 1 becomes the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.
-– Louis Braille, French educator, invented Braille (d. 1852)
-– Carl Humann, German archaeologist, architect, and engineer (d. 1896)
-– Gabriel Cramer, Swiss mathematician and physicist (b. 1704)
-– John William Draper, English-American physician, chemist, and photographer (b. 1811)