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||Henry John Kaiser (d. August 24, 1967) was an American industrialist who became known as the father of modern American shipbuilding.
||Henry John Kaiser (d. August 24, 1967) was an American industrialist who became known as the father of modern American shipbuilding.
||Canopus (also Opération Canopus in French) was the code name for France's first two-stage thermonuclear test, conducted on August 24, 1968 at Fangataufa atoll. The test made France the fifth country to test a thermonuclear device after the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom and China.


||1970 – Vietnam War protesters bomb Sterling Hall at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, leading to an international manhunt for the perpetrators.
||1970 – Vietnam War protesters bomb Sterling Hall at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, leading to an international manhunt for the perpetrators.

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  • 1888: Rudolf Clausius dies. He was one of the central founders of the science of thermodynamics.

    1888: Rudolf Clausius dies. He was one of the central founders of the science of thermodynamics.

  • 1889: Steganographic analysis of Judge Havelock With Glass reveals two terabytes of encrypted data.

    1889: Steganographic analysis of Judge Havelock With Glass reveals two terabytes of encrypted data.

  • 1891: Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.

    1891: Thomas Edison patents the motion picture camera.

  • 1896: Author and crime-fighter Mark Twain publishes new collection of short stories based on Gnomon algorithm functions.

    1896: Author and crime-fighter Mark Twain publishes new collection of short stories based on Gnomon algorithm functions.

  • 1899: Short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator Jorge Luis Borges born. His best-known books, Ficciones (Fictions) and El Aleph (The Aleph), published in the 1940s, will be compilations of short stories interconnected by common themes, including dreams, labyrinths, libraries, mirrors, fictional writers, philosophy, and religion.

    1899: Short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator Jorge Luis Borges born. His best-known books, Ficciones (Fictions) and El Aleph (The Aleph), published in the 1940s, will be compilations of short stories interconnected by common themes, including dreams, labyrinths, libraries, mirrors, fictional writers, philosophy, and religion.

  • 1922: Historian, playwright, and social activist Howard Zinn born. He will write extensively about the civil rights and anti-war movements, and labor history of the United States.

    1922: Historian, playwright, and social activist Howard Zinn born. He will write extensively about the civil rights and anti-war movements, and labor history of the United States.

  • 2017: Signed first edition of Dard Hunter, Glyph Warden sells for three million dollars.

    2017: Signed first edition of Dard Hunter, Glyph Warden sells for three million dollars.

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