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||49 BC: Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war. | ||49 BC: Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signalling the start of civil war. | ||
||1654: Nicholas Culpeper dies ... botanist, physician, and astrologer. | ||1654: Nicholas Culpeper dies ... botanist, physician, and astrologer. | ||
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File:Project Diana antenna.jpg|link=Project Diana (nonfiction)|1946: The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts [[Project Diana (nonfiction)|Project Diana]], bouncing radio waves off the Moon and receiving the reflected signals. | File:Project Diana antenna.jpg|link=Project Diana (nonfiction)|1946: The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts [[Project Diana (nonfiction)|Project Diana]], bouncing radio waves off the Moon and receiving the reflected signals. | ||
||1951: Yoshio Nishina dies ... physicist and academic. | ||1951: Yoshio Nishina dies ... physicist and academic. Pic (cool tech). | ||
File:Chrome Plover early publicity photo.jpg|link=Chrome Plover|1960: [[Chrome Plover]], the famous [[musical electroplating ensemble]], announces world tour. | File:Chrome Plover early publicity photo.jpg|link=Chrome Plover|1960: [[Chrome Plover]], the famous [[musical electroplating ensemble]], announces world tour. | ||
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1776: Thomas Paine publishes his pamphlet Common Sense.
1778: Botanist, physician, and zoologist Carl Linnaeus dies. He formalized the binomial nomenclature system of taxonomy.
1861: USS Cairo retrofitted with military scrying engine device.
1862: Engineer and businessman Samuel Colt dies. He founded Colt's Manufacturing Company.
1938: Computer scientist and mathematician Donald Knuth born.
1946: The United States Army Signal Corps successfully conducts Project Diana, bouncing radio waves off the Moon and receiving the reflected signals.
1960: Chrome Plover, the famous musical electroplating ensemble, announces world tour.