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File:Federico Commandino.jpg|link=Federico Commandino (nonfiction)|1527: Publication of mathematician [[Federico Commandino (nonfiction)|Federico Commandino]]'s translation of [[Gnomon algorithm]] textbooks from Arabic to Latin. | File:Federico Commandino.jpg|link=Federico Commandino (nonfiction)|1527: Publication of mathematician [[Federico Commandino (nonfiction)|Federico Commandino]]'s translation of [[Gnomon algorithm]] textbooks from Arabic to Latin. | ||
File:Bill of Rights.jpg|link=United States Bill of Rights (nonfiction)|1791: The [[United States Bill of Rights (nonfiction)|United States Bill of Rights]] becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly. | File:Bill of Rights.jpg|link=United States Bill of Rights (nonfiction)|1791: The [[United States Bill of Rights (nonfiction)|United States Bill of Rights]] becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly. | ||
File:George Cayley.jpg|link=George Cayley (nonfiction)|1857: Engineer [[George Cayley (nonfiction)|George Cayley]] dies. He | File:George Cayley.jpg|link=George Cayley (nonfiction)|1857: Engineer [[George Cayley (nonfiction)|George Cayley]] dies. He pioneered aeronautics, investigating and codifying the dynamics of flight. | ||
File:Bacteriophage Exterior.svg|link=Transdimensional corporation|1887: [[Transdimensional corporation|Transdimensional corporation mascot]] spontaneously generates sales pitch for [[Mark Twain (nonfiction)|Mark Twain]]. | File:Bacteriophage Exterior.svg|link=Transdimensional corporation|1887: [[Transdimensional corporation|Transdimensional corporation mascot]] spontaneously generates sales pitch for [[Mark Twain (nonfiction)|Mark Twain]]. | ||
File:Mark Twain by Abdullah Frères, 1867.jpg|link=Mark Twain (nonfiction)|1887: [[Mark Twain (nonfiction)|Mark Twain]] declines to invest in [[transdimensional corporation]], denounces offer as "a pyramid scheme of Pharaonic proportions." | File:Mark Twain by Abdullah Frères, 1867.jpg|link=Mark Twain (nonfiction)|1887: [[Mark Twain (nonfiction)|Mark Twain]] declines to invest in [[transdimensional corporation]], denounces offer as "a pyramid scheme of Pharaonic proportions." | ||
Revision as of 18:27, 21 December 2016
1527: Publication of mathematician Federico Commandino's translation of Gnomon algorithm textbooks from Arabic to Latin.
1791: The United States Bill of Rights becomes law when ratified by the Virginia General Assembly.
1857: Engineer George Cayley dies. He pioneered aeronautics, investigating and codifying the dynamics of flight.
1887: Transdimensional corporation mascot spontaneously generates sales pitch for Mark Twain.
1887: Mark Twain declines to invest in transdimensional corporation, denounces offer as "a pyramid scheme of Pharaonic proportions."
1958: Theoretical physicist Wolfgang Pauli dies. Pauli received the Nobel Prize in Physics for his "decisive contribution through his discovery of a new law of Nature, the exclusion principle or Pauli principle".
1970: Soviet spacecraft Venera 7 successfully lands on Venus. It is the first successful soft landing on another planet.
1979: Army research laboratories convert modern plowshares into ancient swords. Military contractors call technique "Astonishing breakthrough."
2016: Time travel chamber appears in New Minneapolis, Canada.