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File:Scrimshaw binge residue.jpg|link=Scrimshaw abuse|1928: [[Scrimshaw abuse]] study finds therapeutic potential of [[Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)|Brownian ratchet]]. | File:Scrimshaw binge residue.jpg|link=Scrimshaw abuse|1928: [[Scrimshaw abuse]] study finds therapeutic potential of [[Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)|Brownian ratchet]]. | ||
File:Eisenhower in the Oval Office February 1956.jpg|link=Military-industrial complex (nonfiction)|1961: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "[[Military-industrial complex (nonfiction)|military–industrial complex]]." | File:Eisenhower in the Oval Office February 1956.jpg|link=Military-industrial complex (nonfiction)|1961: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "[[Military-industrial complex (nonfiction)|military–industrial complex]]." | ||
File:Palomares H-Bomb Incident.jpg|link=1966 Palomares B-52 crash (nonfiction)|1966: [[Palomares B-52 crash (nonfiction)|Palomares incident]]: A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, killing seven airmen, and dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea. | File:Palomares H-Bomb Incident.jpg|link=1966 Palomares B-52 crash (nonfiction)|1966: [[1966 Palomares B-52 crash (nonfiction)|Palomares incident]]: A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, killing seven airmen, and dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea. | ||
File:Saccharomyces_cerevisiae_culture.jpg|1969: ''Saccharomyces cerevisiae'' spontaneously generates new type of [[Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)|Brownian ratchet]]. | File:Saccharomyces_cerevisiae_culture.jpg|1969: ''Saccharomyces cerevisiae'' spontaneously generates new type of [[Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)|Brownian ratchet]]. | ||
File:Brownian ratchet.png|link=Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)|2018: New form of [[Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)|Brownian ratchet]] discovered. | File:Brownian ratchet.png|link=Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)|2018: New form of [[Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)|Brownian ratchet]] discovered. |
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1822: Statistician, progressive, polymath, sociologist, psychologist, anthropologist, eugenicist, tropical explorer, geographer, inventor, meteorologist, proto-geneticist, and psychometrician Francis Galton dies.
1928: Scrimshaw abuse study finds therapeutic potential of Brownian ratchet.
1961: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "military–industrial complex."
1966: Palomares incident: A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, killing seven airmen, and dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea.
1969: Saccharomyces cerevisiae spontaneously generates new type of Brownian ratchet.
2018: New form of Brownian ratchet discovered.
2020: Jekyll, the "perfume for sociopaths", announces record profits.