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||1954 – At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held.
||1954 – At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held.
File:Rosalind Franklin.jpg|link=Rosalind Franklin (nonfiction)|1957: X-ray crystallographer and crime-fighter [[Rosalind Franklin (nonfiction)|Rosalind Franklin]] publishes new class[[Gnomon algorithm functions]] based on the structure of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) which detect and prevent [[crimes against chemistry]].
File:Oswald Veblen 1915.jpg|link=Oswald Veblen (nonfiction)|1960: Mathematician and academic [[Oswald Veblen (nonfiction)|Oswald Veblen]] dies. His work found application in atomic physics and the theory of relativity.


||1961 – First use in Vietnam War of the Agent Orange by the U.S. Army.
||1961 – First use in Vietnam War of the Agent Orange by the U.S. Army.
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||1990 – The Magellan space probe reaches Venus.
||1990 – The Magellan space probe reaches Venus.
|File:Rhizolith Group.jpg|link=Rhizolith Group|1873: The [[Rhizolith Group]] debuts new work based on the life of [[Mark Twain (nonfiction)|Mark Twain]].
|File:Mark Twain by Abdullah Frères, 1867.jpg|link=Mark Twain (nonfiction)|1873: [[Mark Twain (nonfiction)|Mark Twain]] writes mixed review of new work by the [[Rhizolith Group]].
File:Rosalind Franklin.jpg|link=Rosalind Franklin (nonfiction)|1957: X-ray crystallographer and crime-fighter [[Rosalind Franklin (nonfiction)|Rosalind Franklin]] publishes new class[[Gnomon algorithm functions]] based on the structure of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) which detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Oswald Veblen 1915.jpg|link=Oswald Veblen (nonfiction)|1960: Mathematician and academic [[Oswald Veblen (nonfiction)|Oswald Veblen]] dies. His work found application in atomic physics and the theory of relativity.


||2002 – Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer scientist and politician (b. 1926)
||2002 – Kristen Nygaard, Norwegian computer scientist and politician (b. 1926)

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  • 1602: Mathematician and academic Gilles de Roberval born. He will publish a system of the universe in which he supports the Copernican heliocentric system and attributes a mutual attraction to all particles of matter.

    1602: Mathematician and academic Gilles de Roberval born. He will publish a system of the universe in which he supports the Copernican heliocentric system and attributes a mutual attraction to all particles of matter.

  • 1792: Allumette enflammée inverse, symbol of Les Empyrées, accidentally sets fire to Dr. Guillotine.

    1792: Allumette enflammée inverse, symbol of Les Empyrées, accidentally sets fire to Dr. Guillotine.

  • 1792: French Revolution: Storming of the Tuileries Palace: Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody as his Swiss Guards are massacred by the Parisian mob.

    1792: French Revolution: Storming of the Tuileries Palace: Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody as his Swiss Guards are massacred by the Parisian mob.

  • 1896: Engineer and alleged time-traveller Henrietta Bolt warns "flying man" Otto Lilienthal that he is in danger, but Lilienthal insists that his career depends upon "never backing down from the sky."

    1896: Engineer and alleged time-traveller Henrietta Bolt warns "flying man" Otto Lilienthal that he is in danger, but Lilienthal insists that his career depends upon "never backing down from the sky."

  • 1896: Aviation pioneer Otto Lilienthal, known as the flying man, dies from injuries sustained the day before when his glider fell and crashed.

    1896: Aviation pioneer Otto Lilienthal, known as the flying man, dies from injuries sustained the day before when his glider fell and crashed.

  • 1957: X-ray crystallographer and crime-fighter Rosalind Franklin publishes new classGnomon algorithm functions based on the structure of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) which detect and prevent crimes against chemistry.

    1957: X-ray crystallographer and crime-fighter Rosalind Franklin publishes new classGnomon algorithm functions based on the structure of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) which detect and prevent crimes against chemistry.

  • 1960: Mathematician and academic Oswald Veblen dies. His work found application in atomic physics and the theory of relativity.

    1960: Mathematician and academic Oswald Veblen dies. His work found application in atomic physics and the theory of relativity.

  • 2017: The Eel Time-Surfing sells for two million dollars.

    2017: The Eel Time-Surfing sells for two million dollars.

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