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File:Anna Manzolini.jpg|link=Anna Morandi Manzolini (nonfiction)|1767: Anatomist, anatomical wax modeler, and crime-fighter [[Anna Morandi Manzolini (nonfiction)|Anna Morandi Manzolini]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which detect and prevent [[Organic golem]] generation. | File:Anna Manzolini.jpg|link=Anna Morandi Manzolini (nonfiction)|1767: Anatomist, anatomical wax modeler, and crime-fighter [[Anna Morandi Manzolini (nonfiction)|Anna Morandi Manzolini]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which detect and prevent [[Organic golem]] generation. | ||
||1784: Torbern Bergman dies ... chemist and mineralogist. | ||1784: Torbern Bergman dies ... chemist and mineralogist noted for his 1775 Dissertation on Elective Attractions, containing the largest chemical affinity tables ever published. Bergman was the first chemist to use the A, B, C, etc., system of notation for chemical species. Pic. | ||
|| | ||1798: André-Jacques Garnerin ascends in a balloon, accompanied by Citoyenne Henri. The event was highly publicized, and controversial: the Central Bureau of Police, concerned about the effect that reduced air pressure might have on the delicate female body, along with the moral implications of flying in such close proximity, at first banned, then allowed, Garnerin's proposed ascent. | ||
||1831: John Pemberton born ... chemist and pharmacist, invented Coca-Cola. | ||1831: John Pemberton born ... chemist and pharmacist, invented Coca-Cola. | ||
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1695: Mathematician, astronomer, and physicist Christiaan Huygens dies. He was a leading scientist of his time.
1759: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer John Winthrop publishes an analysis of Gnomon algorithm techniques which will inspire future generations of scientists to construct the ENIAC ("Empty Noise Into Alien Communication") project.
1766: Physician and surgeon Dominique Jean Larrey born. He will be an important innovator in battlefield medicine and triage, now often considered the first modern military surgeon.
1767: Anatomist, anatomical wax modeler, and crime-fighter Anna Morandi Manzolini publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent Organic golem generation.
1947: The Roswell UFO incident, the (supposed) crash of an alien spaceship near Roswell in New Mexico.
1948: Janet Beta at ENIAC "raises more questions that it answers," says director of Project Blue Book.
1960: Pilot Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union.