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File:Penny Black.jpg|link=Penny Black (nonfiction)|1840: The [[Penny Black (nonfiction)|Penny Black postage stamp]] becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. | |||
File:Carl Louis Ferdinand von Lindemann.jpg|link=Ferdinand von Lindemann (nonfiction)|1875: Mathematician and academic [[Ferdinand von Lindemann (nonfiction)|Ferdinand von Lindemann]] uses the transcendental nature of π (pi) to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | |||
File:EDSAC.jpg|link=Electronic delay storage automatic calculator (nonfiction)|1949: [[Electronic delay storage automatic calculator (nonfiction)|EDSAC]], the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation, calculating a table of squares and a list of prime numbers. | File:EDSAC.jpg|link=Electronic delay storage automatic calculator (nonfiction)|1949: [[Electronic delay storage automatic calculator (nonfiction)|EDSAC]], the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation, calculating a table of squares and a list of prime numbers. | ||
File:Baron Zersetzung.jpg|link=Baron Zersetzung|1974: Information management specialist and alleged crime boss [[Baron Zersetzung]] donates several hundred terabytes of recycled [[Extract of Radium]] to food shelves and internet cafes across the United States. | |||
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Revision as of 16:03, 17 April 2017
1840: The Penny Black postage stamp becomes valid for use in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
1875: Mathematician and academic Ferdinand von Lindemann uses the transcendental nature of π (pi) to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1949: EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, runs its first operation, calculating a table of squares and a list of prime numbers.
1974: Information management specialist and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung donates several hundred terabytes of recycled Extract of Radium to food shelves and internet cafes across the United States.