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||1919 – Hermann Bondi, English-Austrian mathematician and cosmologist (d. 2005)
||1919 – Hermann Bondi, English-Austrian mathematician and cosmologist (d. 2005)
File:Alice and Niles Dancing.jpg|link=Alice and Niles Dancing|1932: Broadway production based on famed illustration ''[[Alice and Niles Dancing]]'' is a smash hit.


||1938 – Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.
||1938 – Seabiscuit defeats War Admiral in an upset victory during a match race deemed "the match of the century" in horse racing.
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||2008 – Jacques Piccard, Swiss oceanographer and engineer (b. 1922)
||2008 – Jacques Piccard, Swiss oceanographer and engineer (b. 1922)
File:Fightin' Bert Russell.jpg|link=Bertrand Russell|2017: Steganographic analysis of famed illustration ''[[Bertrand Russell|"Fightin'" Bert Russell]]'' reveals four terabytes of encrypted data.


|File:Canterbury_scrying_engine.jpg|link=Canterbury scrying engine|1449: [[Canterbury scrying engine]] runs early version of [[ENIAC (SETI)|ENIAC program]], predicts [[Manhattan Project]] within 99.5% probability.
|File:Canterbury_scrying_engine.jpg|link=Canterbury scrying engine|1449: [[Canterbury scrying engine]] runs early version of [[ENIAC (SETI)|ENIAC program]], predicts [[Manhattan Project]] within 99.5% probability.

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