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1509: Philosopher and scientist Bernardino Telesio born. His emphasis on observation will influence the emergence of the scientific method.
1633: Submarine inventor Cornelius Drebbel dies.
1657: Mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher Mario Bettinus dies. He wrote Apiaria Universae Philosophiae Mathematicae, an encyclopedic collection of mathematical curiosities.
1818: Physician and physiologist Emil du Bois-Reymond born. He will discover nerve action potential, and develop experimental electrophysiology.
1867: Physicist and chemist Marie Curie born. She will conduct pioneering research on radioactivity, discovering the elements polonium and radium.
1872: The American ship Mary Celeste sets sail from New Your. The ship will later be found abandoned for nine days but only slightly damaged.
1872: Mathematician Alfred Clebsch dies. He made important contributions to algebraic geometry and invariant theory.
1958: Astronomer and crime-fighter Vesto Melvin Slipher analyzes the radial velocities for galaxies, reveals previously unknown crimes against astronomical constants.
1972: Richard Nixon is reelected President of the United States.
1973: The United States Congress overrides President Richard M. Nixon's veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval.

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 File:Vesto Slipher.gif|link=Vesto Slipher (nonfiction)|1958: Astronomer and crime-fighter [[Vesto Slipher (nonfiction)|Vesto Melvin Slipher]] analyzes the radial velocities for galaxies, reveals previously unknown [[crimes against astronomical constants]].
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+File:Nixon April-29-1974.jpg|link=Richard Nixon (nonfiction)|1972: [[Richard Nixon (nonfiction)|Richard Nixon]] is reelected President of the United States.
-||1973 – The United States Congress overrides President Richard M. Nixon's veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval.
+File:Nixon April-29-1974.jpg|link=Richard Nixon (nonfiction)|1973: The United States Congress overrides President [[Richard Nixon (nonfiction)|Richard M. Nixon]]'s veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval.
 ||1983 – United States Senate bombing: A bomb explodes inside the United States Capitol. No one is injured, but an estimated $250,000 in damage is caused.