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||1944: The experimental MW 18014 V-2 rocket reaches an altitude of 176 km, becoming the first man-made object to reach outer space.
||1944: The experimental MW 18014 V-2 rocket reaches an altitude of 176 km, becoming the first man-made object to reach outer space.


||1945: The United States Secretary of State approves the transfer of Wernher von Braun and his team of Nazi rocket scientists to the U.S. under Operation Paperclip.
File:Officials of the Army Ballistic Missile Agency.jpg|link=Operation Paperclip (nonfiction)|1945: The United States Secretary of State approves the transfer of Wernher von Braun and his team of Nazi rocket scientists to the U.S. under [[Operation Paperclip (nonfiction)|Operation Paperclip]].


||1958: Kurt Alder dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate ... the 1950 Nobel Prize in Chemistry shared with Otto Diels for their work on what is now known as the Diels–Alder reaction.  Pic.
||1958: Kurt Alder dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate ... the 1950 Nobel Prize in Chemistry shared with Otto Diels for their work on what is now known as the Diels–Alder reaction.  Pic.

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  • 1840: Samuel Morse receives the patent for the telegraph.

    1840: Samuel Morse receives the patent for the telegraph.

  • 1875: Inventor and engineer Wilhelm Bauer dies. He designed and invented submarines.

    1875: Inventor and engineer Wilhelm Bauer dies. He designed and invented submarines.

  • 1876: Adventurer and alleged "Pirate of the Prairie" Wallace War-Heels says that he has "offered no man violence", but admits that he has "responded to violence with greater violence, many times."

    1876: Adventurer and alleged "Pirate of the Prairie" Wallace War-Heels says that he has "offered no man violence", but admits that he has "responded to violence with greater violence, many times."

  • 1877: Alexander Graham Bell installs the world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

    1877: Alexander Graham Bell installs the world's first commercial telephone service in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

  • 1945: The United States Secretary of State approves the transfer of Wernher von Braun and his team of Nazi rocket scientists to the U.S. under Operation Paperclip.

    1945: The United States Secretary of State approves the transfer of Wernher von Braun and his team of Nazi rocket scientists to the U.S. under Operation Paperclip.

  • 2010: Unlicensed Extract of Radium factory accidentally releases self-sustaining colony of transdimensional corporations.

    2010: Unlicensed Extract of Radium factory accidentally releases self-sustaining colony of transdimensional corporations.

  • 2017: Chromatographic analysis of Ursa Nano reveals a previously unknown shade of blue, "probably as a result of latest cryptographic numina."

    2017: Chromatographic analysis of Ursa Nano reveals a previously unknown shade of blue, "probably as a result of latest cryptographic numina."

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