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File:Michael Maestlin.jpg|link=Michael Maestlin (nonfiction)|1631: Astronomer and mathematician [[Michael Maestlin (nonfiction)|Michael Maestlin]] dies. He was a mentor to [[Johannes Kepler (nonfiction)|Johannes Kepler]], and played a sizable part in his adoption of the Copernican system. | File:Michael Maestlin.jpg|link=Michael Maestlin (nonfiction)|1631: Astronomer and mathematician [[Michael Maestlin (nonfiction)|Michael Maestlin]] dies. He was a mentor to [[Johannes Kepler (nonfiction)|Johannes Kepler]], and played a sizable part in his adoption of the Copernican system. | ||
||1720 – Caribbean pirate Calico Jack is captured by the Royal Navy. | |||
File:Ascleplius Myrmidon Ypres ruins 1915.jpg|link=Asclepius Myrmidon|1916: Time-travelling physician-warrior [[Asclepius Myrmidon]] arrives during a artillery barrage in western Europe, sets up emergency field hospital. | File:Ascleplius Myrmidon Ypres ruins 1915.jpg|link=Asclepius Myrmidon|1916: Time-travelling physician-warrior [[Asclepius Myrmidon]] arrives during a artillery barrage in western Europe, sets up emergency field hospital. | ||
File:Chairman Dies of House Committee investigating Un-American activities.jpg|link=House Un-American Activities Committee (nonfiction)|1947: The [[House Un-American Activities Committee (nonfiction)|House Un-American Activities Committee]] begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of the cinema of the United States, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years. | |||
|File:Similar Golden Rectangles.png|link=Golden ratio (nonfiction)|Artificial intelligence based on the [[Golden ratio (nonfiction)|Golden ratio]] develops genuine gratitude for [[Michael Maestlin (nonfiction)|Michael Maestlin]]'s approximation of the [[Golden ratio (nonfiction)|Golden ratio]]. | |||
|File:Neptune_Slaughter.jpg|link=Neptune Slaughter|Supervillain [[Neptune Slaughter]] manifests as gigantic ice worm, drinks up several million gallons of arctic seawater. | |File:Neptune_Slaughter.jpg|link=Neptune Slaughter|Supervillain [[Neptune Slaughter]] manifests as gigantic ice worm, drinks up several million gallons of arctic seawater. | ||
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|File:Paper_tape_relay_operation.jpg|link=Unexpectedly Hanging Chad|Documentary film ''[[Unexpectedly Hanging Chad]]'' is surprise hit at electoral policy conference. | |File:Paper_tape_relay_operation.jpg|link=Unexpectedly Hanging Chad|Documentary film ''[[Unexpectedly Hanging Chad]]'' is surprise hit at electoral policy conference. | ||
|File:Hello, world in C.svg|link="Hello World!" program (nonfiction)|[["Hello World!" program (nonfiction)|"Hello World" computer program]] from 1974 proud to represent Hello World programs everywhere. | |File:Hello, world in C.svg|link="Hello World!" program (nonfiction)|[["Hello World!" program (nonfiction)|"Hello World" computer program]] from 1974 proud to represent Hello World programs everywhere. | ||
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Revision as of 17:37, 11 August 2017
1631: Astronomer and mathematician Michael Maestlin dies. He was a mentor to Johannes Kepler, and played a sizable part in his adoption of the Copernican system.
1916: Time-travelling physician-warrior Asclepius Myrmidon arrives during a artillery barrage in western Europe, sets up emergency field hospital.
1947: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of the cinema of the United States, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years.
