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File:Karl Menger 1970.jpg|link=Karl Menger (nonfiction)|1923: Mathematician [[Karl Menger (nonfiction)|Karl Menger]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] techniques to fight [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Karl Menger 1970.jpg|link=Karl Menger (nonfiction)|1923: Mathematician [[Karl Menger (nonfiction)|Karl Menger]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] techniques to fight [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
File:MKUltra proposal.jpg|link=Project MKUltra (nonfiction)|1953: CIA director Allen Dulles authorizes the mind-control program [[Project MKUltra (nonfiction)|Project MKUltra]]. | File:MKUltra proposal.jpg|link=Project MKUltra (nonfiction)|1953: CIA director Allen Dulles authorizes the mind-control program [[Project MKUltra (nonfiction)|Project MKUltra]]. | ||
File: | File:John Archibald Wheeler 1985.jpg|link=John Archibald Wheeler (nonfiction)|2008: Theoretical physicist [[John Archibald Wheeler (nonfiction)|John Archibald Wheeler]] dies. He linked the term "black hole" to objects with gravitational collapse, and coined the terms "quantum foam", "neutron moderator", "wormhole" and "it from bit". | ||
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1923: Mathematician Karl Menger uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to fight crimes against mathematical constants.
1953: CIA director Allen Dulles authorizes the mind-control program Project MKUltra.
2008: Theoretical physicist John Archibald Wheeler dies. He linked the term "black hole" to objects with gravitational collapse, and coined the terms "quantum foam", "neutron moderator", "wormhole" and "it from bit".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Archibald_Wheeler
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Watson-Watt
1960 – The United States launches Transit 1-B, the world's first satellite navigation system.