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||1971: Apollo program: Apollo 15 Mission: David Scott and James Irwin on the Apollo Lunar Module Falcon land on the Moon with the first Lunar Rover. | ||1971: Apollo program: Apollo 15 Mission: David Scott and James Irwin on the Apollo Lunar Module Falcon land on the Moon with the first Lunar Rover. | ||
File:Hello, world in C.svg|link="Hello World!" program (nonfiction)| | File:Hello, world in C.svg|link="Hello World!" program (nonfiction)|1971: [["Hello World!" program (nonfiction)|"Hello World" computer program]] from 1974 proud to represent [["Hello World!" program (nonfiction)|"Hello World" computer programs]] everywhere. | ||
||1972: Engineer Maximilian Joseph Johannes Eduard Schuler dies ... best known for discovering the principle known as Schuler tuning which is fundamental to the operation of a gyrocompass or inertial guidance system that will be operated near the surface of the earth. No pic (use gyrocompass). | |||
File:Nixon April-29-1974.jpg|link=Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|1974: [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|Watergate scandal]]: U.S. President Richard Nixon releases subpoenaed White House recordings after being ordered to do so by the Supreme Court of the United States. | File:Nixon April-29-1974.jpg|link=Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|1974: [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|Watergate scandal]]: U.S. President Richard Nixon releases subpoenaed White House recordings after being ordered to do so by the Supreme Court of the United States. | ||
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1832: Chemist, physician, agronomist, industrialist, statesman, educator, and philanthropist Jean-Antoine-Claude Chaptal dies.
1841: Mathematician and astronomer George Biddell Airy measures mean density of the Earth using Gnomon algorithm technique. This data will later be adapted for use in detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.
1864: American Civil War: Battle of the Crater: Union forces attempt to break Confederate lines at Petersburg, Virginia by exploding a large bomb under their trenches.
1971: "Hello World" computer program from 1974 proud to represent "Hello World" computer programs everywhere.
1974: Watergate scandal: U.S. President Richard Nixon releases subpoenaed White House recordings after being ordered to do so by the Supreme Court of the United States.