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File:Project Diana antenna.jpg|link=Project Diana (nonfiction)|1948: The United States Army Signal Corps uses [[Project Diana (nonfiction)|Project Diana]] antenna to pre-visualize [[Capacitor plague (nonfiction)|capacitor plague]].
File:Gaspard Monge.jpg|link=Gaspard Monge (nonfiction)|1746: Mathematician and engineer [[Gaspard Monge (nonfiction)|Gaspard Monge]] born. He will invent descriptive geometry, and do pioneering work in differential geometry.
File:Exploded electrolytic capacitor.jpg|link=Capacitor plague (nonfiction)|2002: [[Capacitor plague (nonfiction)|Capacitor plague]] affects several brands of [[scrying engines]].
 
File:Portable envy clock generator.jpg|link=Scrying engine|2003: [[Scrying engine]] components at risk of [[Capacitor plague (nonfiction)|capacitor plague]].
File:U-110.jpg|link=German submarine U-110 (1940) (nonfiction)|1941: The [[German submarine U-110 (1940) (nonfiction)|German submarine U-110]] is captured by the Royal Navy. On board is the latest Enigma machine which Allied cryptographers later use to break coded German messages.
File:John_Brunner's_Lee_and_Turner_engine.jpg|link=John Brunner|2004: [[John Brunner]] uses [[Scrying engine|Lee and Turner scrying engine]] to detect and counteract [[Capacitor plague (nonfiction)|capacitor plague]].
 
File:West Ford needles and stamp.jpg|link=Project West Ford (nonfiction)|1963: [[Project West Ford (nonfiction)|Project West Ford]] launches, successfully deploying a ring of 480,000,000 copper needles in orbit, forming an artificial ionospheric radio communication system.
 
File:Nixon April-29-1974.jpg|link=Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|1972: [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)]]: The United States House Committee on the Judiciary opens formal and public impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon.
 
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