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File:Operation Sandblast track.jpg|link=Operation Sandblast (nonfiction)|1960: The nuclear submarine USS Triton completes [[Operation Sandblast (nonfiction)|Operation Sandblast]], the first underwater circumnavigation of the earth.
File:Operation Sandblast track.jpg|link=Operation Sandblast (nonfiction)|1960: The nuclear submarine USS Triton completes [[Operation Sandblast (nonfiction)|Operation Sandblast]], the first underwater circumnavigation of the earth.
||1977: Dounreay nuclear reactor, Scotland: A 65 metre deep shaft at the plant was packed with radioactive waste and at least 2 kg of sodium and potassium. On 10 May 1977 seawater, which flooded the shaft, reacted violently with the sodium and potassium, throwing off the massive steel and concrete lids of the shaft. This explosion littered the area with radioactive particles.


||1989: Hassler Whitney dies ... mathematician. He was one of the founders of singularity theory, and did foundational work in manifolds, embeddings, immersions, characteristic classes, and geometric integration theory. Pic.
||1989: Hassler Whitney dies ... mathematician. He was one of the founders of singularity theory, and did foundational work in manifolds, embeddings, immersions, characteristic classes, and geometric integration theory. Pic.

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  • 28 BC: A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China.

    28 BC: A sunspot is observed by Han dynasty astronomers during the reign of Emperor Cheng of Han, one of the earliest dated sunspot observations in China.

  • 1480: Polymath and criminal investigator Leonardo da Vinci publicly accuses the House of Malevecchio of making secret treaties with the Forbidden Ratio gang and other criminal mathematical functions.

    1480: Polymath and criminal investigator Leonardo da Vinci publicly accuses the House of Malevecchio of making secret treaties with the Forbidden Ratio gang and other criminal mathematical functions.

  • 1482: Mathematician and astronomer Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli dies. Thanks to his long life, his intelligence and his wide interests, Toscanelli was one of the central figures in the intellectual and cultural history of Renaissance Florence in its early years.

    1482: Mathematician and astronomer Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli dies. Thanks to his long life, his intelligence and his wide interests, Toscanelli was one of the central figures in the intellectual and cultural history of Renaissance Florence in its early years.

  • 1600: Priest and mathematician Matteo Ricci publish his groundbreaking translation of Euclid's Elements into Gnomon algorithm statements.

    1600: Priest and mathematician Matteo Ricci publish his groundbreaking translation of Euclid's Elements into Gnomon algorithm statements.

  • 1829: Polymath and physician Thomas Young dies. Young made notable scientific contributions to the fields of vision, light, solid mechanics, energy, physiology, language, musical harmony, and Egyptology.

    1829: Polymath and physician Thomas Young dies. Young made notable scientific contributions to the fields of vision, light, solid mechanics, energy, physiology, language, musical harmony, and Egyptology.

  • 1900: Astronomer and astrophysicist Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin born. Her doctoral thesis will establish that hydrogen is the overwhelming constituent of stars, and accordingly the most abundant element in the universe.

    1900: Astronomer and astrophysicist Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin born. Her doctoral thesis will establish that hydrogen is the overwhelming constituent of stars, and accordingly the most abundant element in the universe.

  • 1900: Social activist and alleged superhero The Governess uses her power of Admonishment to stop would-be kidnappers from abducting the newborn Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin. The kidnapping attempt is widely believed to be the work of the Forbidden Ratio gang.

    1900: Social activist and alleged superhero The Governess uses her power of Admonishment to stop would-be kidnappers from abducting the newborn Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin. The kidnapping attempt is widely believed to be the work of the Forbidden Ratio gang.

  • 1906: New York mobster and hit man Abe Reles born. A notorious killer, he will fall to his death in 1941 while under police custody, ostensibly a failed escape attempt but widely believed to be murder.

    1906: New York mobster and hit man Abe Reles born. A notorious killer, he will fall to his death in 1941 while under police custody, ostensibly a failed escape attempt but widely believed to be murder.

  • 1960: Mathematician, art critic, and alleged time-traveller The Eel challenges aquatic cryptid and alleged supervillain Neptune Slaughter to single combat, providing a distraction which enables the USS Triton to escape Slaughter's deadly mutant Cuttle-Net.

    1960: Mathematician, art critic, and alleged time-traveller The Eel challenges aquatic cryptid and alleged supervillain Neptune Slaughter to single combat, providing a distraction which enables the USS Triton to escape Slaughter's deadly mutant Cuttle-Net.

  • 1960: The nuclear submarine USS Triton completes Operation Sandblast, the first underwater circumnavigation of the earth.

    1960: The nuclear submarine USS Triton completes Operation Sandblast, the first underwater circumnavigation of the earth.

  • 2018: Durng a routine review of steganographic botany, Green Tangle 4 is unexpectedly reveals "at least two hundred and fifty six, perhaps five hundred and twelve" previously unknown shades of the color green.

    2018: Durng a routine review of steganographic botany, Green Tangle 4 is unexpectedly reveals "at least two hundred and fifty six, perhaps five hundred and twelve" previously unknown shades of the color green.

  • 2020: John Brunner observation on what people want, mainly is voted Rebuke of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada

    2020: John Brunner observation on what people want, mainly is voted Rebuke of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada

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