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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.
1901: Electrical engineer Elisha Gray dies. He did pioneering work in electrical information technologies, including the telephone.
1915: Physicist and mathematician André Lichnerowicz born. He will work in differential geometry and mathematical physics.
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.