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File:John Cleves Symmes, Jr. 1820.png|link=John Cleves Symmes, Jr. (nonfiction)|1780: Army officer, trader, and lecturer [[John Cleves Symmes, Jr. (nonfiction)|John Cleves Symmes, Jr.]] born. He will invent a variant of the (now-discredited) Hollow Earth Theory, with openings to the inner world at the poles. | File:John Cleves Symmes, Jr. 1820.png|link=John Cleves Symmes, Jr. (nonfiction)|1780: Army officer, trader, and lecturer [[John Cleves Symmes, Jr. (nonfiction)|John Cleves Symmes, Jr.]] born. He will invent a variant of the (now-discredited) Hollow Earth Theory, with openings to the inner world at the poles. | ||
File:James Clerk Maxwell.png|link=James Clerk Maxwell (nonfiction)|1879: Physicist and mathematician [[James Clerk Maxwell (nonfiction)|James Clerk Maxwell]] born. His discoveries helped usher in the era of modern physics, laying the foundation for such fields as special relativity and quantum mechanics. | File:James Clerk Maxwell.png|link=James Clerk Maxwell (nonfiction)|1879: Physicist and mathematician [[James Clerk Maxwell (nonfiction)|James Clerk Maxwell]] born. His discoveries helped usher in the era of modern physics, laying the foundation for such fields as special relativity and quantum mechanics. | ||
File:Richard Sharpe Shaver.jpg|link=Richard Sharpe Shaver (nonfiction)| | File:Richard Sharpe Shaver.jpg|link=Richard Sharpe Shaver (nonfiction)|1975: Author and illustrator [[Richard Sharpe Shaver (nonfiction)|Richard Sharpe Shaver]] dies. He wrote stories in which he claims that he had personal experience of a sinister, ancient civilization that harbors fantastic technology in caverns under the earth. | ||
File:Dick_Turpin_of_Mars.jpg|link=Hopalong Cassidy (nonfiction)|Highwayman Dick Turpin of Mars takes parting shot at [[Hopalong Cassidy (nonfiction)|Hopalong Cassidy]]. | File:Dick_Turpin_of_Mars.jpg|link=Hopalong Cassidy (nonfiction)|Highwayman Dick Turpin of Mars takes parting shot at [[Hopalong Cassidy (nonfiction)|Hopalong Cassidy]]. | ||
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|File:Fenestraria aurantica.jpg|link=Fenestraria (nonfiction)|''[[Fenestraria (nonfiction)|Fenestraria]]'' produces optical fibers, transmits light to subterranean photosynthetic sites. | |File:Fenestraria aurantica.jpg|link=Fenestraria (nonfiction)|''[[Fenestraria (nonfiction)|Fenestraria]]'' produces optical fibers, transmits light to subterranean photosynthetic sites. | ||
|File:Kinetoscope.jpg|link=kinetoscope (nonfiction)|[[Kinetoscope (nonfiction)|Kinetoscope]] overcomes sense of shame, reveals interior. | |File:Kinetoscope.jpg|link=kinetoscope (nonfiction)|[[Kinetoscope (nonfiction)|Kinetoscope]] overcomes sense of shame, reveals interior. | ||
File:Electric S'mores in Brasília.jpg|link=Electric S'mores|2016: [[Electric S'mores]] opens for business in Brasília. | File:Electric S'mores in Brasília.jpg|link=Electric S'mores|2016: [[Electric S'mores]] opens for business in Brasília. | ||
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Revision as of 07:22, 23 July 2017
1780: Army officer, trader, and lecturer John Cleves Symmes, Jr. born. He will invent a variant of the (now-discredited) Hollow Earth Theory, with openings to the inner world at the poles.
1879: Physicist and mathematician James Clerk Maxwell born. His discoveries helped usher in the era of modern physics, laying the foundation for such fields as special relativity and quantum mechanics.
1975: Author and illustrator Richard Sharpe Shaver dies. He wrote stories in which he claims that he had personal experience of a sinister, ancient civilization that harbors fantastic technology in caverns under the earth.
Highwayman Dick Turpin of Mars takes parting shot at Hopalong Cassidy.
2016: Electric S'mores opens for business in Brasília.