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||217 BC: The Romans, led by Gaius Flaminius, are ambushed and defeated by Hannibal at the Battle of Lake Trasimene. | ||217 BC: The Romans, led by Gaius Flaminius, are ambushed and defeated by Hannibal at the Battle of Lake Trasimene. | ||
||109: Roman emperor Trajan inaugurates the Aqua Traiana, an aqueduct that channels water from Lake Bracciano, 40 kilometres (25 miles) north-west of Rome. | ||109: Roman emperor Trajan inaugurates the Aqua Traiana, an aqueduct that channels water from Lake Bracciano, 40 kilometres (25 miles) north-west of Rome. Pic. | ||
||1374: A sudden outbreak of St. John's Dance causes people in the streets of Aachen, Germany, to experience hallucinations and begin to jump and twitch uncontrollably until they collapse from exhaustion. | ||1374: A sudden outbreak of St. John's Dance causes people in the streets of Aachen, Germany, to experience hallucinations and begin to jump and twitch uncontrollably until they collapse from exhaustion. | ||
||1616: Ferdinand Bol born ... painter, etcher and draftsman, student of Rembrandt. | ||1616: Ferdinand Bol born ... painter, etcher and draftsman, student of Rembrandt. Pic. | ||
||1637: Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc dies ... astronomer and historian. | ||1637: Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc dies ... astronomer and historian. | ||
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||1909: William Penney born ... mathematician and physicist. | ||1909: William Penney born ... mathematician and physicist. | ||
||1911: Ernesto Sabato born ... physicist and academic. | ||1911: Ernesto Sabato born ... physicist and academic. Pic. | ||
||1914: Pearl Witherington born ... French secret agent (d. 2008) | ||1914: Pearl Witherington born ... French secret agent (d. 2008) | ||
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1660: Priest, astromomer, and crime-fighter Giovanni Battista Riccioli publishes new scheme of lunar nomenclature which anticipates future developments in detecting and preventing crimes against astronomical constants.
1709: Public test of Bartolomeu de Gusmão's airship fails to take place.
1860: Inventor and engineer Wilhelm Bauer publishes complete working plans for a submarine which is undetectable by alleged supervillain Neptune Slaughter.
1880: Mathematician and academic Oswald Veblen born. His work will find application in atomic physics and the theory of relativity.
1886: Alice Beta and Niles Cartouchian Play Chess wins Pulitzer prize, hailed as "most entertaining illustration of our time."
2016: Steganographic analysis of Boxes unexpectedly reveals previously unknown type of cryptographic numen. APTO's department of Gnomon algorithm research calls it "a remarkable breakthrough."