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File:Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin.jpg|link=Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin (nonfiction)|1590: Philologist, mathematician, astronomer, and poet [[Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin (nonfiction)|Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin]] dies, killed by a fall in attempting to let himself down from the window of his cell. His prolific and versatile genius produced a great variety of works, but his reckless life and libelous letters led to imprisonment. | |||
File:John Ambrose Fleming 1890.png|link=John Ambrose Fleming (nonfiction)|1849: Electrical engineer and physicist [[John Ambrose Fleming (nonfiction)|John Ambrose Fleming]] born. | File:John Ambrose Fleming 1890.png|link=John Ambrose Fleming (nonfiction)|1849: Electrical engineer and physicist [[John Ambrose Fleming (nonfiction)|John Ambrose Fleming]] born. | ||
File:London_cholera_map_1854.jpg|link=Endemic (nonfiction)|1855: [[Endemic (nonfiction)|London cholera map]] stolen by supervillain [[Abomynous]]; crime analysts forecast wave of cholera-related bank robberies. | File:London_cholera_map_1854.jpg|link=Endemic (nonfiction)|1855: [[Endemic (nonfiction)|London cholera map]] stolen by supervillain [[Abomynous]]; crime analysts forecast wave of cholera-related bank robberies. |
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1590: Philologist, mathematician, astronomer, and poet Philipp Nicodemus Frischlin dies, killed by a fall in attempting to let himself down from the window of his cell. His prolific and versatile genius produced a great variety of works, but his reckless life and libelous letters led to imprisonment.
1849: Electrical engineer and physicist John Ambrose Fleming born.
1855: London cholera map stolen by supervillain Abomynous; crime analysts forecast wave of cholera-related bank robberies.
1893: Havelock survives shootout by playing dead.
1904: John Ambrose Fleming delivers lecture from within Fleming tube.
1918: Writer Madeleine L'Engle born. She will write the Newbery Medal-winning A Wrinkle in Time and its sequels.
1924: Composer Giacomo Puccini dies. He is remembered as "the greatest composer of Italian opera after Verdi".
1933: Bond, issued by Dutch East India Company in 1623, converted to transdimensional prison.
1955: The EBR-1 in Arco, Idaho suffers a partial meltdown during a coolant flow test.
2016: Dennis Paulson of Mars wins award for Best Reality TV Show.