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1900: Physicist and academic Ukichiro Nakaya born. He will create the first artificial snowflakes.
1951: Physicist and engineer William Shockley announces the invention of the junction transistor.
1983: Physician, confidence trickster, and suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams dies.
1998: Signed first edition of Leonardo Draws Clock Head sells for one and a half million dollars.
2005: The Deep Impact collider hits the comet Tempel 1.
2017: Outbreak of Geometrical frustration exposes new class of crimes against mathematical constants.

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 |File:800px-Nebra_Schwerter.jpg|link=Weapon (nonfiction)|1976: Army research laboratories [[Weapon (nonfiction)|convert modern plowshares into ancient swords]].  Military contractors call technique "Astonishing breakthrough."
-File:John Bodkin Adams 1940s.jpg|link=John Bodkin Adams (nonfiction)|1883: Physician, confidence trickster, and suspected serial killer [[John Bodkin Adams (nonfiction)|John Bodkin Adams]] dies.
+File:John Bodkin Adams 1940s.jpg|link=John Bodkin Adams (nonfiction)|1983: Physician, confidence trickster, and suspected serial killer [[John Bodkin Adams (nonfiction)|John Bodkin Adams]] dies.
 |File:Brainiac Explains Lecture Series (Dominic Yeso).jpg|link=Brainiac Explains|1962: [[Brainiac Explains]] lecture series publishes complete plans for nuclear-powered fireworks display.