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||1091 – London tornado of 1091: A tornado thought to be of strength T8/F4 strikes the heart of London.
|link=Johannes Kepler (nonfiction)|1604: Kepler's Supernova: German astronomer [[Johannes Kepler (nonfiction)|Johannes Kepler]] observes a supernova in the constellation Ophiuchus.
||1814 – Eight people die in the London Beer Flood.
File:Gustav Robert Kirchhoff.jpg|link=Gustav Kirchhoff (nonfiction)|1887: Physicist and academic [[Gustav Kirchhoff (nonfiction)|Gustav Kirchhoff]] dies. He contributed to the fundamental understanding of electrical circuits, spectroscopy, and the emission of black-body radiation by heated objects.
File:Gustav Robert Kirchhoff.jpg|link=Gustav Kirchhoff (nonfiction)|1887: Physicist and academic [[Gustav Kirchhoff (nonfiction)|Gustav Kirchhoff]] dies. He contributed to the fundamental understanding of electrical circuits, spectroscopy, and the emission of black-body radiation by heated objects.
File:Thomas Edison.jpg|link=Thomas Edison (nonfiction)|1888: [[Thomas Edison (nonfiction)|Thomas Edison]] files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).
File:Lord_Kelvin.jpg|link=Heat death of the universe (nonfiction)|1901: "[[Brainiac (nonfiction)|Brainiac]] is planning to [[Heat death of the universe (nonfiction)|kill us all]]," warns Lord Kelvin.
File:Lord_Kelvin.jpg|link=Heat death of the universe (nonfiction)|1901: "[[Brainiac (nonfiction)|Brainiac]] is planning to [[Heat death of the universe (nonfiction)|kill us all]]," warns Lord Kelvin.
File:John Hoyland Lebanon.jpg|link=John Hoyland (nonfiction)|1942: [[John Hoyland (nonfiction)|John Hoyland's]] ''Lebanon'' stolen by supervillain [[Gnotilus]];  painting may hold key to [[Manhattan Project|abstract expressionist weapons]].
 
File:Nysa_on_Maeander_Library_Upgrade.jpg|link=Nysa on the Maeander|1961: [[Nysa on the Maeander]] upgrading to full [[transdimensional corporation]].
File:Guglielmo Marconi.jpg|link=Guglielmo Marconi (nonfiction)|1907: [[Guglielmo Marconi (nonfiction)|Guglielmo Marconi]]'s company begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service between Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada and Clifden, Ireland.
 
||1930 – Ismail Akbay, Turkish physicist and engineer (d. 2003)
 
||1931 – Al Capone is convicted of income tax evasion.
 
File:Albert Einstein 1921.jpg|link=Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|1933: [[Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|Albert Einstein]] flees Nazi Germany and moves to the United States.
 
||1940 – The body of Communist propagandist Willi Münzenberg found in South France, starting a never-resolved mystery.
 
||1956 – The first commercial nuclear power station is officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II in Sellafield, in Cumbria, England.
 
||1956 – Donald Byrne and Bobby Fischer play a famous chess game called The Game of the Century. Fischer beat Byrne and wins a Brilliancy prize.
 
File:Jacques Hadamard.jpg|link=Jacques Hadamard (nonfiction)|1963: Mathematician [[Jacques Hadamard (nonfiction)|Jacques Hadamard]] dies.  He made major contributions in number theory, complex function theory, differential geometry and partial differential equations.
File:Jacques Hadamard.jpg|link=Jacques Hadamard (nonfiction)|1963: Mathematician [[Jacques Hadamard (nonfiction)|Jacques Hadamard]] dies.  He made major contributions in number theory, complex function theory, differential geometry and partial differential equations.
File:Red-Limned Sea Quetzalcoatl.jpg|link=Sea Quetzalcoatl|1965: Red-limned [[Sea Quetzalcoatl]] disguises itself as Tree of Life.
 
File:Flag of OPEC.svg|link=Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (nonfiction)|1973: [[Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (nonfiction)|OPEC]] imposes an oil embargo against a number of Western countries, considered to have helped Israel in its war against Egypt and Syria.
 
||1992 – Herman Johannes, Indonesian scientist, academic, and politician (b. 1912)
 
||1994 – Russian journalist Dmitry Kholodov is assassinated while investigating corruption in the armed forces.
 
||1997 – Larry Jennings, American magician and author (b. 1933)
 
File:Nicholas Metropolis.png|link=Nicholas Metropolis (nonfiction)|1999: Mathematician and physicist [[Nicholas Metropolis (nonfiction)|Nicholas Metropolis]] dies. He led the team of researchers which developed the Monte Carlo method.
File:Nicholas Metropolis.png|link=Nicholas Metropolis (nonfiction)|1999: Mathematician and physicist [[Nicholas Metropolis (nonfiction)|Nicholas Metropolis]] dies. He led the team of researchers which developed the Monte Carlo method.
File:Vostok1 descent module.jpg|link=Spacecraft (nonfiction)|2016: Retired [[Spacecraft (nonfiction)|Vostok 1 descent module]] calls for moment of silence to honor [[Rosetta spacecraft (nonfiction)|Rosetta]]'s courageous self-sacrifice.
 
File:Orgasmatron from Sleeper.png|link=Artificial hedonism (nonfiction)|2016: Tiny [[Spacecraft (nonfiction)|spacecraft]] with [[Artificial hedonism (nonfiction)|alien "Happy Ending" software]] converts human sweat into [[Extract of Radium]].
||2012 – Stanford R. Ovshinsky, American scientist and businessman, co-founded Energy Conversion Devices (b. 1922)
 
|File:Red-Limned Sea Quetzalcoatl.jpg|link=Sea Quetzalcoatl|1965: Red-limned [[Sea Quetzalcoatl]] disguises itself as Tree of Life.
|File:Vostok1 descent module.jpg|link=Spacecraft (nonfiction)|2016: Retired [[Spacecraft (nonfiction)|Vostok 1 descent module]] calls for moment of silence to honor [[Rosetta spacecraft (nonfiction)|Rosetta]]'s courageous self-sacrifice.
|File:John Hoyland Lebanon.jpg|link=John Hoyland (nonfiction)|1942: [[John Hoyland (nonfiction)|John Hoyland's]] ''Lebanon'' stolen by supervillain [[Gnotilus]];  painting may hold key to [[Manhattan Project|abstract expressionist weapons]].
|File:Nysa_on_Maeander_Library_Upgrade.jpg|link=Nysa on the Maeander|1961: [[Nysa on the Maeander]] upgrading to full [[transdimensional corporation]].
|File:Orgasmatron from Sleeper.png|link=Artificial hedonism (nonfiction)|2016: Tiny [[Spacecraft (nonfiction)|spacecraft]] with [[Artificial hedonism (nonfiction)|alien "Happy Ending" software]] converts human sweat into [[Extract of Radium]].
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  • 1887: Physicist and academic Gustav Kirchhoff dies. He contributed to the fundamental understanding of electrical circuits, spectroscopy, and the emission of black-body radiation by heated objects.

    1887: Physicist and academic Gustav Kirchhoff dies. He contributed to the fundamental understanding of electrical circuits, spectroscopy, and the emission of black-body radiation by heated objects.

  • 1888: Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).

    1888: Thomas Edison files a patent for the Optical Phonograph (the first movie).

  • 1901: "Brainiac is planning to kill us all," warns Lord Kelvin.

    1901: "Brainiac is planning to kill us all," warns Lord Kelvin.

  • 1907: Guglielmo Marconi's company begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service between Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada and Clifden, Ireland.

    1907: Guglielmo Marconi's company begins the first commercial transatlantic wireless service between Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada and Clifden, Ireland.

  • 1933: Albert Einstein flees Nazi Germany and moves to the United States.

    1933: Albert Einstein flees Nazi Germany and moves to the United States.

  • 1963: Mathematician Jacques Hadamard dies. He made major contributions in number theory, complex function theory, differential geometry and partial differential equations.

    1963: Mathematician Jacques Hadamard dies. He made major contributions in number theory, complex function theory, differential geometry and partial differential equations.

  • 1973: OPEC imposes an oil embargo against a number of Western countries, considered to have helped Israel in its war against Egypt and Syria.

    1973: OPEC imposes an oil embargo against a number of Western countries, considered to have helped Israel in its war against Egypt and Syria.

  • 1999: Mathematician and physicist Nicholas Metropolis dies. He led the team of researchers which developed the Monte Carlo method.

    1999: Mathematician and physicist Nicholas Metropolis dies. He led the team of researchers which developed the Monte Carlo method.

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