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||1718 – Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Norwegian bishop, botanist and zoologist (d. 1773) - first to suggest Northern lights caused by the sun
||1718 – Johan Ernst Gunnerus, Norwegian bishop, botanist and zoologist (d. 1773) - first to suggest Northern lights caused by the sun


||1786 François Arago, French mathematician and politician, 25th Prime Minister of France (d. 1853)
File:François Arago.jpg|link=François Arago (nonfiction)|1786: Mathematician and politician [[François Arago (nonfiction)|François Arago]] born.  He will observe that a rotating plate of copper tends to communicate its motion to a magnetic needle suspended over it, an effect which will later be known as eddy current.  


||1799 – Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron, French physicist and engineer (d. 1864)
||1799 – Benoît Paul Émile Clapeyron, French physicist and engineer (d. 1864)
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||1936 – In the February 26 Incident, young Japanese military officers attempt to stage a coup against the government.
||1936 – In the February 26 Incident, young Japanese military officers attempt to stage a coup against the government.


File:Brainiac Explains Lecture Series (Dominic Yeso).jpg|link=Brainiac Explains|1963: [[Brainiac Explains]] lecture series nominated for [[Manhattan Project]] award.
|File:Brainiac Explains Lecture Series (Dominic Yeso).jpg|link=Brainiac Explains|1963: [[Brainiac Explains]] lecture series nominated for [[Manhattan Project]] award.


||1966 – Apollo program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket
||1966 – Apollo program: Launch of AS-201, the first flight of the Saturn IB rocket

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