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File:Lanfranc circa 1100.jpg|link=Lanfranc (nonfiction)|1089: Celebrated jurist and monk [[Lanfranc (nonfiction)|Lanfranc]] dies. | File:Lanfranc circa 1100.jpg|link=Lanfranc (nonfiction)|1089: Celebrated jurist and monk [[Lanfranc (nonfiction)|Lanfranc]] dies. | ||
File:Nikolaus Kopernikus.jpg|link=|1543: Mathematician and astronomer [[Nicolaus Copernicus (nonfiction)|Nicolaus Copernicus]] dies. He formulated a model of the universe that places the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe. | |||
File:Mountain vendetta.jpg|link=Havelock|1891: [[Havelock]] survives shootout by running away. | File:Mountain vendetta.jpg|link=Havelock|1891: [[Havelock]] survives shootout by running away. | ||
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1089: Celebrated jurist and monk Lanfranc dies.
1543: Mathematician and astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus dies. He formulated a model of the universe that places the Sun rather than the Earth at the center of the universe.
1891: Havelock survives shootout by running away.
1940: Igor Sikorsky performs the first successful single-rotor helicopter flight.
1944: Field Report Number One (Peenemunde edition) reveals Nazi efforts to use Gnomon algorithm functions for rocket propulsion.
1963: Plutonium used for crimes against mathematical constants, says John Brunner.