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File: | File:Jacques de Vaucanson.jpg|link=Jacques de Vaucanson|1709: Inventor and artist [[Jacques de Vaucanson (nonficction)|Jacques de Vaucanson]] born. Vaucanson created impressive and innovative automata; was the first man to design an automatic loom; and built the first all-metal lathe. | ||
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File: | File:An Election Entertainment - William Hogarth.jpg|link=William Hogarth (nonfiction)|1755: Artist and social critic [[William Hogarth (nonfiction)|William Hogarth]]’s satirical print, "An Election Entertainment," is published. It contains a Tory sign bearing the inscription "Give us our eleven days." This refers to the fact that eleven dates were removed from the calendar when England converted to the Gregorian calendar on September 14, 1752. | ||
File: | File:Henry Cavendish.jpg|link=Henry Cavendish (nonfiction)|1810: Chemist, physicist, and philosopher [[Henry Cavendish (nonfiction)|Henry Cavendish]] dies. He discovered "inflammable air", later named hydrogen. | ||
File:Claude Shannon.jpg|link=Claude Shannon (nonfiction)|2001: Mathematician, engineer, and information scientist [[Claude Shannon (nonfiction)|Claude Shannon]] dies. | |||
File:Osman Hamdi Bey.jpg|link=|link=Osman Hamdi Bey (nonfiction)|1842: [[Osman Hamdi Bey (nonfiction)|Osman Hamdi Bey]] dies. He was an administrator, intellectual, art expert, painter, and archaeologist. | |||
File:Claude Shannon.jpg|link=Claude Shannon (nonfiction)|2001: Mathematician, engineer, and information scientist [[Claude Shannon (nonfiction)|Claude Shannon]] dies. He is known as "the father of information theory". | |||
File:America's Got Talents.jpg|link=America's Got Talents|2006: Premiere of '''''[[America's Got Talents]]''''', a televised American weights and measures competition. | |||
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1709: Inventor and artist Jacques de Vaucanson born. Vaucanson created impressive and innovative automata; was the first man to design an automatic loom; and built the first all-metal lathe.
1755: Artist and social critic William Hogarth’s satirical print, "An Election Entertainment," is published. It contains a Tory sign bearing the inscription "Give us our eleven days." This refers to the fact that eleven dates were removed from the calendar when England converted to the Gregorian calendar on September 14, 1752.
1810: Chemist, physicist, and philosopher Henry Cavendish dies. He discovered "inflammable air", later named hydrogen.
1842: Osman Hamdi Bey dies. He was an administrator, intellectual, art expert, painter, and archaeologist.
2001: Mathematician, engineer, and information scientist Claude Shannon dies. He is known as "the father of information theory".
2006: Premiere of America's Got Talents, a televised American weights and measures competition.