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File:Exploded electrolytic capacitor.jpg|link=Capacitor plague (nonfiction)|[[Capacitor plague (nonfiction)|Capacitor plague]] affects several brands of [[portable envy]] devices.
File:Gaspard Monge.jpg|link=Gaspard Monge (nonfiction)|1746: Mathematician and engineer [[Gaspard Monge (nonfiction)|Gaspard Monge]] born. He will invent descriptive geometry, and do pioneering work in differential geometry.
File:Portable envy clock generator.jpg|link=Portable envy|[[Portable envy]] components at risk of [[Capacitor plague (nonfiction)|capacitor plague]].
 
File:U-110.jpg|link=German submarine U-110 (1940) (nonfiction)|1941: The [[German submarine U-110 (1940) (nonfiction)|German submarine U-110]] is captured by the Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages.
 
File:West Ford needles and stamp.jpg|link=Project West Ford (nonfiction)|1963: [[Project West Ford (nonfiction)|Project West Ford]] launches, successfully deploying a ring of 480,000,000 copper needles in orbit, forming an artificial ionospheric radio communication system.
 
File:Nixon April-29-1974.jpg|link=Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|1972: [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)]]: The United States House Committee on the Judiciary opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon.
 
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  • 1746: Mathematician and engineer Gaspard Monge born. He will invent descriptive geometry, and do pioneering work in differential geometry.

    1746: Mathematician and engineer Gaspard Monge born. He will invent descriptive geometry, and do pioneering work in differential geometry.

  • 1941: The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages.

    1941: The German submarine U-110 is captured by the Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages.

  • 1963: Project West Ford launches, successfully deploying a ring of 480,000,000 copper needles in orbit, forming an artificial ionospheric radio communication system.

    1963: Project West Ford launches, successfully deploying a ring of 480,000,000 copper needles in orbit, forming an artificial ionospheric radio communication system.

  • 1972: Watergate scandal (nonfiction): The United States House Committee on the Judiciary opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon.

    1972: Watergate scandal (nonfiction): The United States House Committee on the Judiciary opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon.

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