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File:Johann Philipp Reis.jpg|link=|1834: Scientist and inventor [[Johann Philipp Reis (nonfiction)|Johann Philipp Reis]] born. He will invent the Reis Telephone. | File:Johann Philipp Reis.jpg|link=|1834: Scientist and inventor [[Johann Philipp Reis (nonfiction)|Johann Philipp Reis]] born. He will invent the Reis Telephone. | ||
File:Chien-Shiung Wu 1958.jpg|link=Chien-Shiung Wu (nonfiction)|1933: Physicist [[Chien-Shiung Wu (nonfiction)|Chien-Shiung Wu]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] to predict the [[Manhattan Project]]. | File:Chien-Shiung Wu 1958.jpg|link=Chien-Shiung Wu (nonfiction)|1933: Physicist [[Chien-Shiung Wu (nonfiction)|Chien-Shiung Wu]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] to predict the [[Manhattan Project]]. | ||
File:Nikolai Tesla 1896.jpg|link=Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|1943: Electrical engineer [[Nikola Tesla (nonfiction)|Nikola Tesla]] dies. He made pioneering contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system. | |||
File:Plutonium pellet.jpg|link=Plutonium (nonfiction)|1967: New report links [[Plutonium (nonfiction)|Plutonium]] with [[scrimshaw abuse]]. | File:Plutonium pellet.jpg|link=Plutonium (nonfiction)|1967: New report links [[Plutonium (nonfiction)|Plutonium]] with [[scrimshaw abuse]]. | ||
File:Scrimshaw binge residue.jpg|link=Scrimshaw abuse|1968: [[Scrimshaw abuse|Scrimshaw binging]] recognized as psychological condition by American Psychiatric Association, entered in DSM-II. | File:Scrimshaw binge residue.jpg|link=Scrimshaw abuse|1968: [[Scrimshaw abuse|Scrimshaw binging]] recognized as psychological condition by American Psychiatric Association, entered in DSM-II. | ||
File:Cantor Parabola and Gnotilus at Athens.jpg|link=Cantor Parabola and Gnotilus at Athens|2016: ''[[Cantor Parabola and Gnotilus at Athens]]'' used to convict supervillain [[Gnotilus]] ''in absentio''. | File:Cantor Parabola and Gnotilus at Athens.jpg|link=Cantor Parabola and Gnotilus at Athens|2016: ''[[Cantor Parabola and Gnotilus at Athens]]'' used to convict supervillain [[Gnotilus]] ''in absentio''. | ||
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1610: Galileo Galilei makes his first observation of the four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa, although he is not able to distinguish the last two until the following day.
1827: Engineer and inventor Sandford Fleming born. He will propose worldwide standard time zones.
1834: Scientist and inventor Johann Philipp Reis born. He will invent the Reis Telephone.
1933: Physicist Chien-Shiung Wu uses Gnomon algorithm to predict the Manhattan Project.
1943: Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla dies. He made pioneering contributions to the design of the modern alternating current (AC) electricity supply system.
1967: New report links Plutonium with scrimshaw abuse.
1968: Scrimshaw binging recognized as psychological condition by American Psychiatric Association, entered in DSM-II.
2016: Cantor Parabola and Gnotilus at Athens used to convict supervillain Gnotilus in absentio.
