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File:Penny Black.jpg|link=Penny Black (nonfiction)|1840: The [[Penny Black (nonfiction)|Penny Black postage stamp]] becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
File:Johann_Joachim_Becher.jpg|link=Johann Joachim Becher (nonfiction)|1635: Physician, alchemist, scholar, and adventurer [[Johann Joachim Becher (nonfiction)|Johann Joachim Becher]] born. Becher will propose [[Phlogiston theory (nonfiction)|Phlogiston theory]] in an attempt to explain processes such as combustion and rusting, which are now collectively known as oxidation.


File:Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann.jpg|link=Ferdinand von Lindemann (nonfiction)|1875: Mathematician and academic [[Ferdinand von Lindemann (nonfiction)|Ferdinand von Lindemann]] uses the transcendental nature of π (pi) to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Charles Messier.jpg|link=Charles Messier (nonfiction)|1730: Astronomer [[Charles Messier (nonfiction)|Charles Messier]] observes the Mercury transit, his first documented observation.


File:Júlio César de Melo e Sousa.png|link=Júlio César de Mello e Souza (nonfiction)|1895: Mathematician and academic [[Júlio César de Mello e Souza (nonfiction)|Júlio César de Mello e Souza]] born. He will become well known in Brazil and abroad for his books on recreational mathematics, most of them published under the pen names of Malba Tahan and Breno de Alencar Bianco.
File:Penny Black.jpg|link=Penny Black (nonfiction)|1840: The [[Penny Black (nonfiction)|Penny Black postage stamp]] becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.


File:Egon Rhodomunde.jpg|link=Egon Rhodomunde|1968: Film director and arms dealer [[Egon Rhodomunde]] raises money for new film by shelling shares in the upcoming [[Hindenburg disaster (nonfiction)|Hindenburg disaster]].
File:Hindenburg disaster.jpg|link=Hindenburg disaster (nonfiction)|1937: [[Hindenburg disaster (nonfiction)|Hindenburg disaster]]: The German zeppelin ''Hindenburg'' catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.


 
File:Six Seconds to Hell.jpg|link=Six Seconds to Hell|1938: Steganographic analysis of the well-known illustration ''[[Six Seconds to Hell]]'' "almost certainly depicts the [[The Eel]] punching [[Colonel Zersetzung]] as they fall from the [[Hindenburg disaster (nonfiction)|Hindenburg]]."
File:Hindenburg disaster.jpg|link=Hindenburg disaster (nonfiction)|1937: [[Hindenburg disaster (nonfiction)|Hindenburg disaster]]: The German zeppelin ''Hindenburg'' catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.


File:EDSAC.jpg|link=Electronic delay storage automatic calculator (nonfiction)|1949: [[Electronic delay storage automatic calculator (nonfiction)|EDSAC]], the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation, calculating a table of squares and a list of prime numbers.
File:EDSAC.jpg|link=Electronic delay storage automatic calculator (nonfiction)|1949: [[Electronic delay storage automatic calculator (nonfiction)|EDSAC]], the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation, calculating a table of squares and a list of prime numbers.


File:Baron Zersetzung.jpg|link=Baron Zersetzung|1974: Information management specialist and alleged crime boss [[Baron Zersetzung]] donates several hundred terabytes of recycled [[Extract of Radium]] to food shelves and internet cafes across the United States.
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  • 1635: Physician, alchemist, scholar, and adventurer Johann Joachim Becher born. Becher will propose Phlogiston theory in an attempt to explain processes such as combustion and rusting, which are now collectively known as oxidation.

    1635: Physician, alchemist, scholar, and adventurer Johann Joachim Becher born. Becher will propose Phlogiston theory in an attempt to explain processes such as combustion and rusting, which are now collectively known as oxidation.

  • 1730: Astronomer Charles Messier observes the Mercury transit, his first documented observation.

    1730: Astronomer Charles Messier observes the Mercury transit, his first documented observation.

  • 1840: The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

    1840: The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

  • 1937: Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.

    1937: Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.

  • 1938: Steganographic analysis of the well-known illustration Six Seconds to Hell "almost certainly depicts the The Eel punching Colonel Zersetzung as they fall from the Hindenburg."

    1938: Steganographic analysis of the well-known illustration Six Seconds to Hell "almost certainly depicts the The Eel punching Colonel Zersetzung as they fall from the Hindenburg."

  • 1949: EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation, calculating a table of squares and a list of prime numbers.

    1949: EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation, calculating a table of squares and a list of prime numbers.

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