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||490 BC: Greco-Persian Wars: Athenians and their Plataean allies turned back the first Persian invasion of Greece in the Battle of Marathon. | ||490 BC: Greco-Persian Wars: Athenians and their Plataean allies turned back the first Persian invasion of Greece in the Battle of Marathon. | ||
File:Michel de Montaigne.jpg|link=Michel de Montaigne (nonfiction)|1581: Philosopher and alleged time-traveller [[Michel de Montaigne (nonfiction)|Michel de Montaigne]], known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre, publishes new theory predicting the existence of [[high-energy literature]]. | |||
||1611: Simon Forman dies ... occultist and astrologer. Pic (fierce!). | ||1611: Simon Forman dies ... occultist and astrologer. Pic (fierce!). | ||
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1581: Philosopher and alleged time-traveller Michel de Montaigne, known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre, publishes new theory predicting the existence of high-energy literature.
1725: Astronomer Guillaume Le Gentil born. He will discover what are now known as the Messier objects M32, M36 and M38, as well as the nebulosity in M8, and he was the first to catalogue the dark nebula sometimes known as Le Gentil 3 (in the constellation Cygnus).
1900: Mathematician and academic Haskell Curry born. He will be known for his work in combinatory logic.
1902: Inventor Norman Lorimer Dean born. Dean will design the Dean drive, which he will promote as a reactionless drive.
1933: Leó Szilárd, waiting for a red light on Southampton Row in Bloomsbury, conceives the idea of the nuclear chain reaction.
2017: Dard Hunter, Glyph Warden wins Pulitzer Prize.
2018: Green Sprouts voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.
