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||1535 – Following the Affair of the Placards, French Protestants are burned at the stake in front of the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris | |||
File:Anna Manzolini.jpg|link=Anna Morandi Manzolini (nonfiction)|1714: Anatomist and anatomical wax modeler [[Anna Morandi Manzolini (nonfiction)|Anna Morandi Manzolini]] born. | File:Anna Manzolini.jpg|link=Anna Morandi Manzolini (nonfiction)|1714: Anatomist and anatomical wax modeler [[Anna Morandi Manzolini (nonfiction)|Anna Morandi Manzolini]] born. | ||
File:The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters.jpg|link=The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (nonfiction)|1780: ''[[The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (nonfiction)|The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters]]'' produces new generation of [[organic golems]]. | File:The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters.jpg|link=The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (nonfiction)|1780: ''[[The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (nonfiction)|The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters]]'' produces new generation of [[organic golems]]. | ||
||1793 – After being found guilty of treason by the French National Convention, Louis XVI of France is executed by guillotine. | |||
||1827 – Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician and theorist (d. 1900) | |||
||1846 – Pieter Hendrik Schoute, Dutch mathematician and academic (d. 1923) | |||
File:Grigori Rasputin 1916.jpg|link=Grigori Rasputin (nonfiction)|1869: Mystic and faith healer [[Grigori Rasputin (nonfiction)|Grigori Rasputin]] born. | File:Grigori Rasputin 1916.jpg|link=Grigori Rasputin (nonfiction)|1869: Mystic and faith healer [[Grigori Rasputin (nonfiction)|Grigori Rasputin]] born. | ||
||1882 – Pavel Florensky, Russian mathematician and theologian (d. 1937) | |||
||1885 – Umberto Nobile, Italian engineer and explorer (d. 1978) | |||
File:Mountain vendetta.jpg|link=Havelock|1890: [[Havelock]] survives shootout by running away. | File:Mountain vendetta.jpg|link=Havelock|1890: [[Havelock]] survives shootout by running away. | ||
File:John Bodkin Adams 1940s.jpg|link=John Bodkin Adams (nonfiction)|1899: Physician, confidence trickster, and suspected serial killer [[John Bodkin Adams (nonfiction)|John Bodkin Adams]] is born. | File:John Bodkin Adams 1940s.jpg|link=John Bodkin Adams (nonfiction)|1899: Physician, confidence trickster, and suspected serial killer [[John Bodkin Adams (nonfiction)|John Bodkin Adams]] is born. | ||
||1912 – Konrad Emil Bloch, German-American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000) | |||
||1926 – Camillo Golgi, Italian physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843) | |||
File:Numbered cake pops.jpg|link=Numbered cake algorithm|1951: [[Numbered cake algorithm]] used to manufacture new type of [[organic golems]]. | File:Numbered cake pops.jpg|link=Numbered cake algorithm|1951: [[Numbered cake algorithm]] used to manufacture new type of [[organic golems]]. | ||
||1954 – The first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, is launched in Groton, Connecticut by Mamie Eisenhower, the First Lady of the United States. | |||
File:Atlas-B rocket with SCORE payload.jpg|link=SCORE (satellite) (nonfiction)|1959: [[SCORE (satellite) (nonfiction)|Project SCORE satellite]] re-enters Earth's atmosphere. | File:Atlas-B rocket with SCORE payload.jpg|link=SCORE (satellite) (nonfiction)|1959: [[SCORE (satellite) (nonfiction)|Project SCORE satellite]] re-enters Earth's atmosphere. | ||
||1960 – Little Joe 1B, a Mercury spacecraft, lifts off from Wallops Island, Virginia with Miss Sam, a female rhesus monkey on board. | |||
File:Boeing B-52G in flight.jpg|link=1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash (nonfiction)|1968: A B-52 bomber [[1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash (nonfiction)|crashes near Thule Air Base]], contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptures. One of the four bombs remains unaccounted for after the cleanup operation is complete. | File:Boeing B-52G in flight.jpg|link=1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash (nonfiction)|1968: A B-52 bomber [[1968 Thule Air Base B-52 crash (nonfiction)|crashes near Thule Air Base]], contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptures. One of the four bombs remains unaccounted for after the cleanup operation is complete. | ||
||2004 – NASA's MER-A (the Mars Rover Spirit) ceases communication with mission control. The problem lies in the management of its flash memory and is fixed remotely from Earth on February 6. | |||
||Fabrizio de Miranda (d. January 21, 2015) was an Italian bridges and structural engineer and university professor. | |||
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Revision as of 20:28, 15 August 2017
1714: Anatomist and anatomical wax modeler Anna Morandi Manzolini born.
1780: The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters produces new generation of organic golems.
1869: Mystic and faith healer Grigori Rasputin born.
1890: Havelock survives shootout by running away.
1899: Physician, confidence trickster, and suspected serial killer John Bodkin Adams is born.
1951: Numbered cake algorithm used to manufacture new type of organic golems.
1959: Project SCORE satellite re-enters Earth's atmosphere.
1968: A B-52 bomber crashes near Thule Air Base, contaminating the area after its nuclear payload ruptures. One of the four bombs remains unaccounted for after the cleanup operation is complete.