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||1990 – The Magellan space probe reaches Venus. | ||1990 – The Magellan space probe reaches Venus. | ||
|File:Rhizolith Group.jpg|link=Rhizolith Group|1873: The [[Rhizolith Group]] debuts new work based on the life of [[Mark Twain (nonfiction)|Mark Twain]]. | |||
|File:Mark Twain by Abdullah Frères, 1867.jpg|link=Mark Twain (nonfiction)|1873: [[Mark Twain (nonfiction)|Mark Twain]] writes mixed review of new work by the [[Rhizolith Group]]. | |||
File:Rosalind Franklin.jpg|link=Rosalind Franklin (nonfiction)|1957: X-ray crystallographer and crime-fighter [[Rosalind Franklin (nonfiction)|Rosalind Franklin]] [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] based on the structure of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | |||
File:Oswald Veblen 1915.jpg|link=Oswald Veblen (nonfiction)|1960: Mathematician and academic [[Oswald Veblen (nonfiction)|Oswald Veblen]] dies. His work found application in atomic physics and the theory of relativity. | File:Oswald Veblen 1915.jpg|link=Oswald Veblen (nonfiction)|1960: Mathematician and academic [[Oswald Veblen (nonfiction)|Oswald Veblen]] dies. His work found application in atomic physics and the theory of relativity. | ||
File:Henrietta Bolt.jpg|link=Henrietta Bolt|1998: Engineer and alleged time-traveller [[Henrietta Bolt]] tells high school graduating class that "repairing a [[Time machine (nonfiction)|time machine]] is less difficult than you might think, if you have the tools and the knowledge how use them." | |||
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1896: Aviation pioneer Otto Lilienthal, known as the flying man, dies from injuries sustained the day before when his glider fell and crashed.
1957: X-ray crystallographer and crime-fighter Rosalind Franklin Gnomon algorithm functions based on the structure of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1960: Mathematician and academic Oswald Veblen dies. His work found application in atomic physics and the theory of relativity.
1998: Engineer and alleged time-traveller Henrietta Bolt tells high school graduating class that "repairing a time machine is less difficult than you might think, if you have the tools and the knowledge how use them."