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File:Wilhelm_Schickard_1632.jpg|link=Wilhelm Schickard (nonfiction)|1634: Minister, scholar, astronomer, mathematician, and crime-fighter [[Wilhelm Schickard (nonfiction)|Wilhelm Schickard]] writes two letters, each describing a new technique for detecting and preventing [[crimes against astronomical constants]].
File:Wilhelm_Schickard_1632.jpg|link=Wilhelm Schickard (nonfiction)|1634: Minister, scholar, astronomer, mathematician, and crime-fighter [[Wilhelm Schickard (nonfiction)|Wilhelm Schickard]] writes two letters, each describing a new technique for detecting and preventing [[crimes against astronomical constants]].
||1760: Surgeon Hanaoka Seishū born ... with a knowledge of Chinese herbal medicine, as well as Western surgical techniques he had learned through Rangaku (literally "Dutch learning", and by extension "Western learning"). Hanaoka is said to have been the first to perform surgery using general anesthesia. Pic.


||1762: Samuel Morey born ... inventor, who worked on early internal combustion engines and was a pioneer in steamships who accumulated a total of 20 patents.
||1762: Samuel Morey born ... inventor, who worked on early internal combustion engines and was a pioneer in steamships who accumulated a total of 20 patents.

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  • 1590: Astronomer and crime analyst Tycho Brahe publicly accuses rogue astronomers associated with the House of Malevecchio of committing a series of high-profile crimes against astronomical constants.

    1590: Astronomer and crime analyst Tycho Brahe publicly accuses rogue astronomers associated with the House of Malevecchio of committing a series of high-profile crimes against astronomical constants.

  • 1634: Minister, scholar, astronomer, mathematician, and crime-fighter Wilhelm Schickard writes two letters, each describing a new technique for detecting and preventing crimes against astronomical constants.

    1634: Minister, scholar, astronomer, mathematician, and crime-fighter Wilhelm Schickard writes two letters, each describing a new technique for detecting and preventing crimes against astronomical constants.

  • 1873: Physicist and engineer William D. Coolidge born. He will make major contributions to X-ray machines, and develop ductile tungsten for incandescent light bulbs.

    1873: Physicist and engineer William D. Coolidge born. He will make major contributions to X-ray machines, and develop ductile tungsten for incandescent light bulbs.

  • 1973: Watergate scandal: President Richard M. Nixon agrees to turn over subpoenaed audio tapes of his Oval Office conversations.

    1973: Watergate scandal: President Richard M. Nixon agrees to turn over subpoenaed audio tapes of his Oval Office conversations.

  • 2014: Physicist and academic Tullio Regge dies. In 1968 he and G. Ponzano developed a quantum version of Regge calculus in three space-time dimensions now known as the Ponzano-Regge model; this was the first of a whole series of state sum models for quantum gravity known as spin foam models.

    2014: Physicist and academic Tullio Regge dies. In 1968 he and G. Ponzano developed a quantum version of Regge calculus in three space-time dimensions now known as the Ponzano-Regge model; this was the first of a whole series of state sum models for quantum gravity known as spin foam models.

  • 2016: Steganographic analysis of The Eel Time-Surfing reveals quantum gravity control software based on spin foam models.

    2016: Steganographic analysis of The Eel Time-Surfing reveals quantum gravity control software based on spin foam models.

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