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File:Tycho Brahe.jpg|link=Tycho Brahe (nonfiction)|1546: Astronomer [[Tycho Brahe (nonfiction)|Tycho Brahe]] born. He will make observations some five times more accurate than the best available observations at the time. | File:Tycho Brahe.jpg|link=Tycho Brahe (nonfiction)|1546: Astronomer [[Tycho Brahe (nonfiction)|Tycho Brahe]] born. He will make observations some five times more accurate than the best available observations at the time. | ||
File:Didacus automaton profile.jpg|link=Didacus automaton (nonfiction)|1560: [[Didacus automaton (nonfiction)|Didacus automaton]] announces world tour, plans to "travel the seven seas and visit the furthest lands." | File:Didacus automaton profile.jpg|link=Didacus automaton (nonfiction)|1560: [[Didacus automaton (nonfiction)|Didacus automaton]] announces world tour, plans to "travel the seven seas and visit the furthest lands." | ||
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File:Wade Davis.jpg|link=Wade Davis (nonfiction)|1953: Anthropologist, ethnobotanist, author, and photographer [[Wade Davis (nonfiction)|Wade Davis]] born. | File:Wade Davis.jpg|link=Wade Davis (nonfiction)|1953: Anthropologist, ethnobotanist, author, and photographer [[Wade Davis (nonfiction)|Wade Davis]] born. | ||
File:Lex Luthor Action Comics 23.png|link=Lex Luthor (nonfiction)|1974: [[Lex Luthor (nonfiction)|Lex Luthor]] announces new initiative to fight [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Lex Luthor Action Comics 23.png|link=Lex Luthor (nonfiction)|1974: [[Lex Luthor (nonfiction)|Lex Luthor]] announces new initiative to fight [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
File:Scrimshaw binge residue.jpg|link=Scrimshaw abuse|1978: [[Scrimshaw abuse]] blamed for new class of [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Scrimshaw binge residue.jpg|link=Scrimshaw abuse|1978: [[Scrimshaw abuse]] blamed for new class of [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
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1546: Astronomer Tycho Brahe born. He will make observations some five times more accurate than the best available observations at the time.
1560: Didacus automaton announces world tour, plans to "travel the seven seas and visit the furthest lands."
1782: The Montgolfier brothers' first balloon lifts off on its first test flight. Shown here: first public flight (June 4, 1783).
1922: Physicist and educator Nikolay Basov born. He will do fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics.
1940: Plutonium (specifically Pu-238) is first isolated at Berkeley, California.
1947: Thomas Goldsmith Jr. is granted a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.
1953: Anthropologist, ethnobotanist, author, and photographer Wade Davis born.
1974: Lex Luthor announces new initiative to fight crimes against mathematical constants.
1978: Scrimshaw abuse blamed for new class of crimes against mathematical constants.