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||1617: David Fabricius dies ... astronomer and theologian. Pic search dubious: https://www.google.com/search?q=david+fabricius+astronomer
||1617: David Fabricius dies ... astronomer and theologian. Pic search dubious: https://www.google.com/search?q=david+fabricius+astronomer


||1700: Gerard van Swieten born ... physician ... Vampires
||1700: Gerard van Swieten born ... physician ... Vampires. Pic.


File:Antoine Lavoisier.jpg|link=Antoine Lavoisier (nonfiction)|1794: Chemist, aristocrat, and crime-fighter [[Antoine Lavoisier (nonfiction)|Antoine Lavoisier]] publishes his groundbreaking treatise on [[crimes against chemical constants]], introducing nomenclature and terminology used to this day.
File:Antoine Lavoisier.jpg|link=Antoine Lavoisier (nonfiction)|1794: Chemist, aristocrat, and crime-fighter [[Antoine Lavoisier (nonfiction)|Antoine Lavoisier]] publishes his groundbreaking treatise on [[crimes against chemical constants]], introducing nomenclature and terminology used to this day.
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||1975: Hermann Lorenz Künneth dies ... mathematician and renowned algebraic topologist, best known for his contribution to what is now known as the Künneth theorem.
||1975: Hermann Lorenz Künneth dies ... mathematician and renowned algebraic topologist, best known for his contribution to what is now known as the Künneth theorem.


||1992: The Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched on its first mission, STS-49.
||1992: The Space Shuttle ''Endeavour'' is launched on its first mission, STS-49.
 
||1994: After the first Earth transfer orbit, a malfunction aboard the unmanned spacecraft ''Clementine'' caused one of the attitude control thrusters to fire for 11 minutes, using up its fuel supply and causing ''Clementine'' to spin at about 80 rpm (see NASA Clementine Project Info). Under these conditions, the asteroid flyby could not yield useful results, so the spacecraft was put into a geocentric orbit passing through the Van Allen radiation belts to test the various components on board.


||1994: Edvard Munch's iconic painting ''The Scream'' is recovered undamaged after being stolen from the National Gallery of Norway in February.
||1994: Edvard Munch's iconic painting ''The Scream'' is recovered undamaged after being stolen from the National Gallery of Norway in February.

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