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1081: Celebrated jurist and monk Lanfranc invents new type of scrying engine.
1592: Mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and priest Pierre Gassendi born. He will clash with his contemporary Descartes on the possibility of certain knowledge.
1953: The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho used to power experimental scrying engine.
1957: The New York City "Mad Bomber", George P. Metesky, is arrested in Waterbury, Connecticut and is charged with planting more than 30 bombs.
1967: Lex Luthor joins Tunguska Event Preservation Society.
1967: Performance artist and crime-fighter Brion Gysin uses hand-held scrying engine to stop theft of the Hamangia figurines.
1968: Tunguska Event Preservation Society accepts Lex Luthor's application for membership.
1987: Politician R. Budd Dwyer takes his own life during a press conference. Later that day, the event is broadcast on television.

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 File:Brion_Gysin_scrying_engine_Hamangia_figurines.jpg|link=Brion Gysin|1967: Performance artist and crime-fighter [[Brion Gysin]] uses hand-held [[scrying engine]] to stop theft of the [[Hamangia scrying engine|Hamangia figurines]].
 File:Tunguska-Preservation-TV.jpg|link=Tunguska Event Preservation Society|1968: [[Tunguska Event Preservation Society]] accepts [[Lex Luthor (nonfiction)|Lex Luthor]]'s application for membership.
+File:R. Budd Dwyer.jpg|link=R. Budd Dwyer (nonfiction)|1987:  Politician [[R. Budd Dwyer (nonfiction)|R. Budd Dwyer]] takes his own life during a press conference. Later that day, the event is broadcast on television.
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