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||1933 – All military aviation organizations within, or under the control of, the RLM of Germany were officially merged in a covert manner, to form its Wehrmacht military's air arm, the Luftwaffe.
||1933 – All military aviation organizations within, or under the control of, the RLM of Germany were officially merged in a covert manner, to form its Wehrmacht military's air arm, the Luftwaffe.


||1934 – Kārlis Ulmanis establishes an authoritarian government in Latvia.
||1934 – Kārlis Ulmanis establishes an authoritarian government in Latvia.
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||1958 – The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3.
||1958 – The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 3.
||Alexander Forbes Irvine Forbes (d. May 15, 1959) was a South African astronomer.


||1960 – The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 4.
||1960 – The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 4.

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  • 1579: Mathematician and physicist Thomas Fincke invents new type of scrying engine which pre-visualizes tangents and secants. He will use the engine to detect and expose crimes against mathematical constants.

    1579: Mathematician and physicist Thomas Fincke invents new type of scrying engine which pre-visualizes tangents and secants. He will use the engine to detect and expose crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1618: Johannes Kepler confirms his previously rejected discovery of the third law of planetary motion (he first discovered it on March 8 but soon rejected the idea after some initial calculations were made).

    1618: Johannes Kepler confirms his previously rejected discovery of the third law of planetary motion (he first discovered it on March 8 but soon rejected the idea after some initial calculations were made).

  • 1836: Astronomer Francis Baily observes "Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse.

    1836: Astronomer Francis Baily observes "Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse.

  • 1864: Asclepius Myrmidon Prepares for Emergency Field Surgery incorporated into army medical manuals on both sides of the American Civil War.

    1864: Asclepius Myrmidon Prepares for Emergency Field Surgery incorporated into army medical manuals on both sides of the American Civil War.

  • 1888: Council of algorithms announces plans to fund and build a Museum of Algorithms.

    1888: Council of algorithms announces plans to fund and build a Museum of Algorithms.

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