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||1954 – At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held. | ||1954 – At Massena, New York, the groundbreaking ceremony for the Saint Lawrence Seaway is held. | ||
File:Rosalind Franklin.jpg|link=Rosalind Franklin (nonfiction)|1957: X-ray crystallographer and crime-fighter [[Rosalind Franklin (nonfiction)|Rosalind Franklin]] publishes new | File:Rosalind Franklin.jpg|link=Rosalind Franklin (nonfiction)|1957: X-ray crystallographer and crime-fighter [[Rosalind Franklin (nonfiction)|Rosalind Franklin]] publishes new theory of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] based on the structure of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) with applications in detecting and preventing [[crimes against chemistry]]. | ||
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. |
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1602: Mathematician and academic Gilles de Roberval born. He will publish a system of the universe in which he supports the Copernican heliocentric system and attributes a mutual attraction to all particles of matter.
1792: Allumette enflammée inverse, symbol of Les Empyrées, accidentally sets fire to Dr. Guillotine.
1792: French Revolution: Storming of the Tuileries Palace: Louis XVI of France is arrested and taken into custody as his Swiss Guards are massacred by the Parisian mob.
1896: Engineer and alleged time-traveller Henrietta Bolt warns "flying man" Otto Lilienthal that he is in danger, but Lilienthal insists that his career depends upon "never backing down from the sky."
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 publishes new theory of Gnomon algorithm functions based on the structure of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) with applications in detecting and preventing crimes against chemistry.
1960: Mathematician and academic Oswald Veblen dies. His work found application in atomic physics and the theory of relativity.
2017: The Eel Time-Surfing sells for two million dollars.