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File:Giordano Bruno crater.jpg|link=Giordano Bruno (crater) (nonfiction)|1178: Five Canterbury monks see what is possibly the [[Giordano Bruno (crater) (nonfiction)|Giordano Bruno crater]] being formed. It is believed that the current oscillations of the Moon's distance from the Earth (on the order of meters) are a result of this collision.
File:Giordano Bruno crater.jpg|link=Giordano Bruno (crater) (nonfiction)|1178: Five Canterbury monks see what is possibly the [[Giordano Bruno (crater) (nonfiction)|Giordano Bruno crater]] being formed. It is believed that the current oscillations of the Moon's distance from the Earth (on the order of meters) are a result of this collision.
File:Ludolf van Ceulen.jpg|link=Ludolph van Ceulen (nonfiction)|1563: Mathematician and fencer [[Ludolph van Ceulen (nonfiction)|Ludolph van Ceulen]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm functions to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Ludolf van Ceulen.jpg|link=Ludolph van Ceulen (nonfiction)|1563: Mathematician and fencer [[Ludolph van Ceulen (nonfiction)|Ludolph van Ceulen]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm functions to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
1928 – Aviator Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly in an aircraft across the Atlantic Ocean (she is a passenger; Wilmer Stultz is the pilot and Lou Gordon the mechanic).
File:Júlio César de Melo e Sousa.png|link=Júlio César de Mello e Souza (nonfiction)|1974: Mathematician and academic [[Júlio César de Mello e Souza (nonfiction)|Júlio César de Mello e Souza]] dies. He is well known in Brazil and abroad by his books on recreational mathematics, most of them published under the pen names of Malba Tahan and Breno de Alencar Bianco.
File:Wild Man in Hydrogen Bubble Chamber.jpg|link=Time travel (nonfiction)|2011: [[Time travel (nonfiction)|Time travel device]] develops self-awareness, visits [[New Minneapolis, Canada]].
File:Wild Man in Hydrogen Bubble Chamber.jpg|link=Time travel (nonfiction)|2011: [[Time travel (nonfiction)|Time travel device]] develops self-awareness, visits [[New Minneapolis, Canada]].
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