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1546: Astronomer Tycho Brahe born. He will make observations some five times more accurate than the best available observations at the time.
1560: Didacus automaton announces world tour, plans to "travel the seven seas and visit the furthest lands."
1782: The Montgolfier brothers' first balloon lifts off on its first test flight. Shown here: first public flight (June 4, 1783).
1922: Physicist and educator Nikolay Basov born. He will do fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics.
1940: Plutonium (specifically Pu-238) is first isolated at Berkeley, California.
1941: Theoretical physicist Wolfgang Pauli uses the exclusion principle to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1947: Thomas Goldsmith Jr. is granted a patent for a "Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device", the first ever electronic game.
1953: Anthropologist, ethnobotanist, author, and photographer Wade Davis born.
1976: Viking program: The Viking 2 orbiter begins its extended mission.
2017: Dennis Paulson of Mars celebrates the forty-first anniversary of the Viking 2 orbiter beginning its extended mission.

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 File:Plutonium pellet.jpg|link=Plutonium (nonfiction)|1940: [[Plutonium (nonfiction)|Plutonium]] (specifically Pu-238) is first isolated at Berkeley, California.
+File:Wolfgang_Pauli.jpg|link=Wolfgang Pauli (nonfiction)|1941: Theoretical physicist [[Wolfgang Pauli (nonfiction)|Wolfgang Pauli]] uses the exclusion principle to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
 File:Cathode ray tube amusement device schematic.jpg|link=Cathode-ray tube amusement device (nonfiction)|1947: Thomas Goldsmith Jr. is granted a patent for a "[[Cathode-ray tube amusement device (nonfiction)|Cathode Ray Tube Amusement Device]]", the first ever electronic game.