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File:Plutonium pellet.jpg|link=Plutonium (nonfiction)|1940: [[Plutonium (nonfiction)|Plutonium]] (specifically Pu-238) is first isolated at Berkeley, California.
File:Plutonium pellet.jpg|link=Plutonium (nonfiction)|1940: [[Plutonium (nonfiction)|Plutonium]] (specifically Pu-238) is first isolated at Berkeley, California.
File:Cathode ray tube amusement device schematic.jpg|link=Cathode-ray tube amusement device (nonfiction)|1947: Thomas Goldsmith Jr. is granted a patent for a "[[Cathode-ray tube amusement device (nonfiction)|Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device]]", the first ever electronic game.
File:Cathode ray tube amusement device schematic.jpg|link=Cathode-ray tube amusement device (nonfiction)|1947: Thomas Goldsmith Jr. is granted a patent for a "[[Cathode-ray tube amusement device (nonfiction)|Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device]]", the first ever electronic game.
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:Viking orbiter.jpg|link=Viking 2 (nonfiction)|1976: Viking program: The [[Viking 2 (nonfiction)|Viking 2]] orbiter begins its extended mission.
 
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.

    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."

    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).

    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.

    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.

    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.

    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.

    1953: Anthropologist, ethnobotanist, author, and photographer Wade Davis born.

  • 1976: Viking program: The Viking 2 orbiter begins its extended mission.

    1976: Viking program: The Viking 2 orbiter begins its extended mission.

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