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


||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).
||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).
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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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