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||126: Roman Emperor Pertinax born. Pic (possible statue).


||1557: Olaus Magnus dies ... archbishop, historian, and cartographer.
||1557: Olaus Magnus dies ... archbishop, historian, and cartographer. DOB unknown; use date of Archbishoprich. No pics, none (but see cool associated pics, e.g. Dwarves fighting Cranes).


||1767: Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon finished drawing what some describe as "the world's longest straight line." Actually two straight lines, it forms parts of the boundaries between the U.S. states of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.  
||1767: Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon finished drawing what some describe as "the world's longest straight line." Actually two straight lines, it forms parts of the boundaries between the U.S. states of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.  
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||1795: Clas Bjerkander dies ... meteorologist, botanist, and entomologist.
||1795: Clas Bjerkander dies ... meteorologist, botanist, and entomologist.
File:Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre.png|link=Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre (nonfiction)|1818: Mathematician and astronomer [[Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre (nonfiction)|Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre]] uses astronomical equations derived from analytical formulas which detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


File:Maria Mitchell.jpg|link=Maria Mitchell (nonfiction)|1819: Astronomer and academic [[Maria Mitchell (nonfiction)|Maria Mitchell]] born. She will be the first American woman to work as a professional astronomer.
File:Maria Mitchell.jpg|link=Maria Mitchell (nonfiction)|1819: Astronomer and academic [[Maria Mitchell (nonfiction)|Maria Mitchell]] born. She will be the first American woman to work as a professional astronomer.
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||1861: Ivar Otto Bendixson born ... mathematician. Pic.
||1861: Ivar Otto Bendixson born ... mathematician. Pic.
File:Radium Jane.jpg|link=Radium Jane|1869: Celebrity time-traveller [[Radium Jane]] falls asleep, relapses into her [[Janet Beta]] state.


||1881: Otto Toeplitz dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic.
||1881: Otto Toeplitz dies ... mathematician and academic. Pic.
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File:Gary_Powers.jpg|link=Francis Gary Powers (nonfiction)|1977: [[Francis Gary Powers (nonfiction)|Francis Gary Powers]] dies when the news helicopter he is piloting crashes into a field near Encino, Los Angeles killing Powers and the aircraft's only passenger, cameraman George Spears.
File:Gary_Powers.jpg|link=Francis Gary Powers (nonfiction)|1977: [[Francis Gary Powers (nonfiction)|Francis Gary Powers]] dies when the news helicopter he is piloting crashes into a field near Encino, Los Angeles killing Powers and the aircraft's only passenger, cameraman George Spears.
File:Baron Zersetzung.jpg|link=Baron Zersetzung|1977: Political campaign manager and alleged crime boss [[Baron Zersetzung]] says that [[Francis Gary Powers (nonfiction)|Francis Gary Powers]] "was practically a leftist."


||1984: Commercial peat-cutters discovered the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, North West England.
||1984: Commercial peat-cutters discovered the preserved bog body of a man, called Lindow Man, at Lindow Moss, Cheshire, North West England.


||1996: Tadeusz Reichstein dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic.
||1996: Tadeusz Reichstein dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic.
File:RFC 3514 IP EVIL INTENT.jpg|Evil bit (nonfiction)|2003: Steganographic analysis of the proposed [[Evil bit (nonfiction)|evil bit protocol]] suggests that the proposal was defeated due to a secret campaign of bribery and intimidation orchestrated by [[Baron Zersetzung]].


||2004: Philip Abelson dies ... physicist and author. Pic.
||2004: Philip Abelson dies ... physicist and author. Pic.
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||2015: Bernard d'Espagnat dies ... theoretical physicist, philosopher of science, and author, best known for his work on the nature of reality. Pic: https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16769-concept-of-hypercosmic-god-wins-templeton-prize/
||2015: Bernard d'Espagnat dies ... theoretical physicist, philosopher of science, and author, best known for his work on the nature of reality. Pic: https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16769-concept-of-hypercosmic-god-wins-templeton-prize/
File:Creature.jpg|link=Creature (nonfiction)|2018: Steganographic analysis of ''[[Creature (nonfiction)|Creature]]'' unexpectedly reveals "at least fifty terabytes" of encrypted data relating, "apparently a record of top-secret [[Clandestiphrine]] experiments directed against the [[Francis Gary Powers (nonfiction)|U-2 spyplane incident]]."


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  • 1774: British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.

    1774: British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.

  • 1819: Astronomer and academic Maria Mitchell born. She will be the first American woman to work as a professional astronomer.

    1819: Astronomer and academic Maria Mitchell born. She will be the first American woman to work as a professional astronomer.

  • 1977: Francis Gary Powers dies when the news helicopter he is piloting crashes into a field near Encino, Los Angeles killing Powers and the aircraft's only passenger, cameraman George Spears.

    1977: Francis Gary Powers dies when the news helicopter he is piloting crashes into a field near Encino, Los Angeles killing Powers and the aircraft's only passenger, cameraman George Spears.

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