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||1557 – Olaus Magnus, Swedish archbishop, historian, and cartographer (b. 1490) | ||1557 – Olaus Magnus, Swedish archbishop, historian, and cartographer (b. 1490) | ||
||1774 – British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele. | File:Joseph Priestley.jpg|link=Joseph Priestley (nonfiction)|1774 – British scientist [[Joseph Priestley (nonfiction)|Joseph Priestley]] discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele. | ||
||1795 – Clas Bjerkander, Swedish meteorologist, botanist, and entomologist (b. 1735) | ||1795 – Clas Bjerkander, Swedish meteorologist, botanist, and entomologist (b. 1735) | ||
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1774 – British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
1819: Astronomer and academic Maria Mitchell born. She will be the first American woman to work as a professional astronomer.
1869: Celebrity time-traveller Radium Jane falls asleep, relapses into her Janet Beta state.
1977: Francis Gary Powers dies when the news helicopter he is piloting crashes into a field near Encino, Los Angeles killing Powers and the aircraft's only passenger, cameraman George Spears.
1977: Political campaign manager and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung says that Francis Gary Powers "was practically a leftist."