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File:Robert Fludd.jpg|link=Robert Fludd (nonfiction)|1574: Astrologer, mathematician, cosmologist, Qabalist and Rosicrucian apologist [[Robert Fludd (nonfiction)|Robert Fludd]] born. | |||
File:Francis Galton 1850s.jpg|link=Francis Galton (nonfiction)|1822: Statistician, progressive, polymath, sociologist, psychologist, anthropologist, eugenicist, tropical explorer, geographer, inventor, meteorologist, proto-geneticist, and psychometrician [[Francis Galton (nonfiction)|Francis Galton]] dies. | File:Francis Galton 1850s.jpg|link=Francis Galton (nonfiction)|1822: Statistician, progressive, polymath, sociologist, psychologist, anthropologist, eugenicist, tropical explorer, geographer, inventor, meteorologist, proto-geneticist, and psychometrician [[Francis Galton (nonfiction)|Francis Galton]] dies. | ||
File:Scrimshaw binge residue.jpg|link=Scrimshaw abuse|1928: [[Scrimshaw abuse]] study finds therapeutic potential of [[Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)|Brownian ratchet]]. | File:Scrimshaw binge residue.jpg|link=Scrimshaw abuse|1928: [[Scrimshaw abuse]] study finds therapeutic potential of [[Brownian ratchet (nonfiction)|Brownian ratchet]]. | ||
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1574: Astrologer, mathematician, cosmologist, Qabalist and Rosicrucian apologist Robert Fludd born.
1822: Statistician, progressive, polymath, sociologist, psychologist, anthropologist, eugenicist, tropical explorer, geographer, inventor, meteorologist, proto-geneticist, and psychometrician Francis Galton dies.
1928: Scrimshaw abuse study finds therapeutic potential of Brownian ratchet.
1961: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers a televised farewell address to the nation three days before leaving office, in which he warns against the accumulation of power by the "military–industrial complex."
1966: Palomares incident: A B-52 bomber collides with a KC-135 Stratotanker over Spain, killing seven airmen, and dropping three 70-kiloton nuclear bombs near the town of Palomares and another one into the sea.
1969: Saccharomyces cerevisiae spontaneously generates new type of Brownian ratchet.
2018: New form of Brownian ratchet discovered.
2020: Jekyll, the "perfume for sociopaths", announces record profits.
