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File:Vandal Savage solar eclipse.jpg|link=Vandal Savage (nonfiction)|206 BC: [[Vandal Savage (nonfiction)|Vandal Savage]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] to reverse engineer solar eclipse. | |File:Vandal Savage solar eclipse.jpg|link=Vandal Savage (nonfiction)|206 BC: [[Vandal Savage (nonfiction)|Vandal Savage]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] to reverse engineer solar eclipse. | ||
File:Oronce Finé.jpg|link=Oronce Finé (nonfiction)|1523: Mathematician and cartographer [[Oronce Finé (nonfiction)|Oronce Finé]] translates [[Judicial astrology (nonfiction)|judicial astrology]] procedures into [[Gnomon algorithm]] routines. | |File:Oronce Finé.jpg|link=Oronce Finé (nonfiction)|1523: Mathematician and cartographer [[Oronce Finé (nonfiction)|Oronce Finé]] translates [[Judicial astrology (nonfiction)|judicial astrology]] procedures into [[Gnomon algorithm]] routines. | ||
File:A la mémoire de J.M. Jacquard.jpg|link=Joseph Marie Jacquard (nonfiction)|1829: [[Joseph Marie Jacquard (nonfiction)|Joseph Marie Jacquard]] invent new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]]. | |File:A la mémoire de J.M. Jacquard.jpg|link=Joseph Marie Jacquard (nonfiction)|1829: [[Joseph Marie Jacquard (nonfiction)|Joseph Marie Jacquard]] invent new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]]. | ||
File:Edward Davy.jpg|link=Edward Davy (nonfiction)|1885: Physician, scientist, and inventor [[Edward Davy (nonfiction)|Edward Davy]] dies. He played a prominent role in the development of telegraphy, and invented an electric relay. | File:Edward Davy.jpg|link=Edward Davy (nonfiction)|1885: Physician, scientist, and inventor [[Edward Davy (nonfiction)|Edward Davy]] dies. He played a prominent role in the development of telegraphy, and invented an electric relay. | ||
File:Arthur Cayley.jpg|link=Arthur Cayley (nonfiction)|1895: Mathematician and academic [[Arthur Cayley (nonfiction)|Arthur Cayley]] dies. He was the first to define the concept of a group in the modern way, as a set with a binary operation satisfying certain laws. | File:Arthur Cayley.jpg|link=Arthur Cayley (nonfiction)|1895: Mathematician and academic [[Arthur Cayley (nonfiction)|Arthur Cayley]] dies. He was the first to define the concept of a group in the modern way, as a set with a binary operation satisfying certain laws. | ||
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1885: Physician, scientist, and inventor Edward Davy dies. He played a prominent role in the development of telegraphy, and invented an electric relay.
1895: Mathematician and academic Arthur Cayley dies. He was the first to define the concept of a group in the modern way, as a set with a binary operation satisfying certain laws.
1926: The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.
1946: ENIAC ("Empty Noise Into Alien Communication") successfully refactors the Wow! signal.
1933: Ready Kilowatt performs in off-Broadway adaption of Reddy Kilowatt Versus the Travelling Salesman Problem.
1962: Ranger 3 is launched to study the Moon. The space probe later misses the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400 km).
