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||1537: Hieronymus Fabricius born ... anatomist. Pic.
||1537: Hieronymus Fabricius born ... anatomist. Pic.


||1570: Cartographer Abraham Ortelius issues ''Theatrum Orbis Terrarum'', the first modern atlas. Pic.
File:Abraham Ortelius by Peter Paul Rubens.jpg|link=Abraham Ortelius (nonfiction)|1570: Cartographer and geographer [[Abraham Ortelius (nonfiction)|Abraham Ortelius]] issues ''Theatrum Orbis Terrarum'', the first modern atlas. Pic.


||1772: William Congreve born ... inventor and politician, developed Congreve rockets. Pic.
||1772: William Congreve born ... inventor and politician, developed Congreve rockets. Pic.

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  • 1570: Cartographer and geographer Abraham Ortelius issues Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas. Pic.

    1570: Cartographer and geographer Abraham Ortelius issues Theatrum Orbis Terrarum, the first modern atlas. Pic.

  • 1806: Economist, civil servant, and philosopher John Stuart Mill born. He will be one of the most influential thinkers in the history of liberalism, and the first Member of Parliament to call for women's suffrage.

    1806: Economist, civil servant, and philosopher John Stuart Mill born. He will be one of the most influential thinkers in the history of liberalism, and the first Member of Parliament to call for women's suffrage.

  • 1887: Famed gem detective and crystallographer Niles Cartouchian uses Schumann resonances to communicate with fellow crime-fighter Nikola Tesla.

    1887: Famed gem detective and crystallographer Niles Cartouchian uses Schumann resonances to communicate with fellow crime-fighter Nikola Tesla.

  • 1888: Physicist Winfried Otto Schumann born. He will predict the existence of Schumann resonances, a series of low-frequency resonances caused by lightning discharges in the atmosphere.

    1888: Physicist Winfried Otto Schumann born. He will predict the existence of Schumann resonances, a series of low-frequency resonances caused by lightning discharges in the atmosphere.

  • 1889: Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla radio technology to intercept communications between math criminals, providing information which will lead to the capture of Baron Zersetzung.

    1889: Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla radio technology to intercept communications between math criminals, providing information which will lead to the capture of Baron Zersetzung.

  • 1891: History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.

    1891: History of cinema: The first public display of Thomas Edison's prototype kinetoscope.

  • 1932: Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot, landing in Ireland the next day.

    1932: Amelia Earhart takes off from Newfoundland to begin the world's first solo nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean by a female pilot, landing in Ireland the next day.

  • 1946: Logician, mathematician, and crime-fighter Ernst Friedrich Ferdinand Zermelo uses the well-ordering theorem to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1946: Logician, mathematician, and crime-fighter Ernst Friedrich Ferdinand Zermelo uses the well-ordering theorem to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 2015: Pyramid of the Sun voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

    2015: Pyramid of the Sun voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

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