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||1743: John Fitch born ... inventor, clockmaker, entrepreneur and engineer. He was most famous for operating the first steamboat service in the United States. Pic.
||1743: John Fitch born ... inventor, clockmaker, entrepreneur and engineer. He was most famous for operating the first steamboat service in the United States. Pic.
File:The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters.jpg|link=The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (nonfiction)|1780: Steganographic analysis of ''[[The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (nonfiction)|The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters]]'' unexpectedly reveals previously unknown templates for [[organic golems]].


||1793: After being found guilty of treason by the French National Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.
||1793: After being found guilty of treason by the French National Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine.
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||1827: Mathematician and theorist Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin born. No reliable pic online: https://www.google.com/search?q=Ivan+Mikheevich+Pervushin
||1827: Mathematician and theorist Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin born. No reliable pic online: https://www.google.com/search?q=Ivan+Mikheevich+Pervushin
File:Joseph Ludwig Raabe.jpg|link=Joseph Ludwig Raabe (nonfiction)|1828: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[Joseph Ludwig Raabe (nonfiction)|Joseph Ludwig Raabe]] publishes new version of Raabe's ratio test, which uses the convergence or divergence of an infinite series to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1846: Pieter Hendrik Schoute born ... mathematician and academic. Pic.
||1846: Pieter Hendrik Schoute born ... mathematician and academic. Pic.
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||1898: Eduard Zintl born ... chemist. He gained prominence for research on intermetallic compounds. Pic search.
||1898: Eduard Zintl born ... chemist. He gained prominence for research on intermetallic compounds. Pic search.
File:Richard August Carl Emil Erlenmeyer.jpg|link=Emil Erlenmeyer (nonfiction)|1899: Chemist and crime-fighter [[Emil Erlenmeyer (nonfiction)|Emil Erlenmeyer]] uses the Erlenmeyer rule to detect and prevent [[crimes against chemistry]].


File:John Bodkin Adams 1940s.jpg|link=John Bodkin Adams (nonfiction)|1899: Physician, confidence trickster, and suspected serial killer [[John Bodkin Adams (nonfiction)|John Bodkin Adams]] is born.
File:John Bodkin Adams 1940s.jpg|link=John Bodkin Adams (nonfiction)|1899: Physician, confidence trickster, and suspected serial killer [[John Bodkin Adams (nonfiction)|John Bodkin Adams]] is born.


File:George Salmon.jpg|link=George Salmon (nonfiction)|1900:  Mathematician, theologian, and Anglican crime-fighter [[George Salmon (nonfiction)|George Salmon]] uses algebraic geometry detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Elisha Gray.jpg|link=Elisha Gray (nonfiction)|1901: Electrical engineer [[Elisha Gray (nonfiction)|Elisha Gray]] dies. Gray did pioneering work in electrical information technologies, including the telephone.
 
File:Elisha Gray.jpg|link=|1901: Electrical engineer [[Elisha Gray (nonfiction)|Elisha Gray]] dies. He did pioneering work in electrical information technologies, including the [[Telephone (nonfiction)|telephone]].


||1905: Karl Wallenda born ... acrobat and tightrope walker, founded The Flying Wallendas. Pic.
||1905: Karl Wallenda born ... acrobat and tightrope walker, founded The Flying Wallendas. Pic.


||1912: Konrad Emil Bloch born ... biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic.
||1912: Konrad Emil Bloch born ... biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic.
File:The Governess.jpg|link=The Governess|1913: Social activist and alleged superhero [[The Governess]] warns the Great Powers not to use nuclear weapons ahead of schedule.


File:André_Lichnerowicz.jpg|link=André Lichnerowicz (nonfiction)|1915: Physicist and mathematician [[André Lichnerowicz (nonfiction)|André Lichnerowicz]] born. He will work in differential geometry and mathematical physics.
File:André_Lichnerowicz.jpg|link=André Lichnerowicz (nonfiction)|1915: Physicist and mathematician [[André Lichnerowicz (nonfiction)|André Lichnerowicz]] born. He will work in differential geometry and mathematical physics.
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||1946: Harry Bateman dies ... mathematician. Pic.
||1946: Harry Bateman dies ... mathematician. Pic.
File:Numbered cake pops.jpg|link=Numbered cake algorithm|1951: [[Numbered cake algorithm]] used to manufacture new type of [[organic golems]].


||1954: The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS ''Nautilus'', is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
||1954: The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS ''Nautilus'', is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States.
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||1960: Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board.
||1960: Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board.


File:Baron Zersetzung.jpg|link=Baron Zersetzung|1974: Industrialist, public motivational speaker, and alleged crime boss [[Baron Zersetzung]] says he "is confident that the upcoming [[1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash (nonfiction)|Thule Air Base B-52 crash]] is a sound business investment."
File:Red Spot Travel Agency.jpg|link=Red Spot Travel Agency|1967: The '''[[Red Spot Travel Agency]]''' opens for business, providing travel and tourism-related services between Earth and Jupiter.


File:Boeing B-52G in flight.jpg|link=1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash (nonfiction)|1968: A B-52 bomber [[1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash (nonfiction)|crashes near Thule Air Base]], contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptures. One of the four bombs remains unaccounted for after the cleanup operation is complete.
File:Boeing B-52G in flight.jpg|link=1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash (nonfiction)|1968: A B-52 bomber [[1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash (nonfiction)|crashes near Thule Air Base]], contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptures. One of the four bombs remains unaccounted for after the cleanup operation is complete.
File:Egon Rhodomunde.jpg|link=Egon Rhodomunde|1969: Film director and arms dealer [[Egon Rhodomunde]] announces new film about the [[1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash (nonfiction)|Thule Air Base B-52 crash]].


||1971: Leonard Isaac Schiff dies ... physicist best known for his book ''Quantum Mechanics''. Pic search.
||1971: Leonard Isaac Schiff dies ... physicist best known for his book ''Quantum Mechanics''. Pic search.

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