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||1778: James Hargreaves dies ... inventor spinning jenny. No DOB.  Pic search spinning jenny: https://www.google.com/search?q=james+hargreaves
||1778: James Hargreaves dies ... inventor spinning jenny. No DOB.  Pic search spinning jenny: https://www.google.com/search?q=james+hargreaves
File:The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters.jpg|link=The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (nonfiction)|1779: Steganographic analysis of ''[[The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters (nonfiction)|The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters]]'' unexpectedly releases the [[Forbidden Ratio]], which immediately begins to recruit a criminal gang made up of [[Degeneracy (nonfiction)|degenerate cases]].


||1797: Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille born ... physicist and physiologist. He experimentally derived, and in 1840 and 1846 formulated and published, Poiseuille's law (now commonly known as the Hagen–Poiseuille equation, crediting Gotthilf Hagen as well), which applies to laminar flow, that is, non-turbulent flow of liquids through pipes of uniform section, such as blood flow in capillaries and veins. Pic.
||1797: Jean Léonard Marie Poiseuille born ... physicist and physiologist. He experimentally derived, and in 1840 and 1846 formulated and published, Poiseuille's law (now commonly known as the Hagen–Poiseuille equation, crediting Gotthilf Hagen as well), which applies to laminar flow, that is, non-turbulent flow of liquids through pipes of uniform section, such as blood flow in capillaries and veins. Pic.
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||1942: Harry Kauper born ... aviation and radio engineer, known for designing the Sopwith-Kauper interrupter mechanism and for his work developing radio broadcasting in Australia. Pic search.
||1942: Harry Kauper born ... aviation and radio engineer, known for designing the Sopwith-Kauper interrupter mechanism and for his work developing radio broadcasting in Australia. Pic search.
File:Harry_Hinsley,_Edward_Travis,_and_John_Tiltman_in_Washington,_November_1945.jpg|link=Edward Travis (nonfiction)|1943: Cryptographer, intelligence officer, and [[APTO]] security consultant [[Edward Travis (nonfiction)|Edward Travis]] foils an attempt by the criminal mathematical function [[Forbidden Ratio]] to intercept telephone traffic to and from Bletchley Park.


||1944: The 1st Air Commando Group using Sikorsky R-4 helicopters stage the first use of helicopters in combat with combat search and rescue operations in the China Burma India Theater.
||1944: The 1st Air Commando Group using Sikorsky R-4 helicopters stage the first use of helicopters in combat with combat search and rescue operations in the China Burma India Theater.
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File:McCarthy Cohn 1954.jpg|link=Army–McCarthy hearings (nonfiction)|1954: Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the [[Army–McCarthy hearings (nonfiction)|Army–McCarthy]] hearings begins.
File:McCarthy Cohn 1954.jpg|link=Army–McCarthy hearings (nonfiction)|1954: Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the [[Army–McCarthy hearings (nonfiction)|Army–McCarthy]] hearings begins.
File:Culvert Origenes.jpg|link=Culvert Origenes|1954: Writer and alleged troll [[Culvert Origenes]] testifies before the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations during the [[Army–McCarthy hearings (nonfiction)|Army–McCarthy]] hearings.  Origenes adamantly refuses to name other "alleged trolls", insisting that "there is nothing 'alleged' about trolls," and denouncing the investigation as "a witch-hunt, and not in a good way."


File:Earth Day Flag.png|link=Earth Day (nonfiction)|1970: The first [[Earth Day (nonfiction)|Earth Day]] is celebrated.
File:Earth Day Flag.png|link=Earth Day (nonfiction)|1970: The first [[Earth Day (nonfiction)|Earth Day]] is celebrated.
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Optical_fibers.jpg|link=Optical fiber (nonfiction)|1978: [[Optical fiber (nonfiction)|Optical fiber]] is first used to carry live [[Telephone (nonfiction)|telephone]] traffic.
Optical_fibers.jpg|link=Optical fiber (nonfiction)|1978: [[Optical fiber (nonfiction)|Optical fiber]] is first used to carry live [[Telephone (nonfiction)|telephone]] traffic.
File:The_Eel.jpg|link=The Eel|1978: Mathematician, art critic, and alleged time-traveller [[The Eel]] escapes from the [[Nacreum]], a high-security [[transdimensional prison]], by transmitting himself over the new [[Optical fiber (nonfiction)|optical fiber]] [[Telephone (nonfiction)|telephone network]].


||1980: Fritz Strassmann dies ... chemist who, with Otto Hahn, identified barium in the residue after bombarding uranium with neutrons, results which, when confirmed, demonstrated the previously unknown phenomenon of nuclear fission.. Pic: https://www.atomicheritage.org/profile/fritz-strassmann
||1980: Fritz Strassmann dies ... chemist who, with Otto Hahn, identified barium in the residue after bombarding uranium with neutrons, results which, when confirmed, demonstrated the previously unknown phenomenon of nuclear fission.. Pic: https://www.atomicheritage.org/profile/fritz-strassmann
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File:Denys_Wilkinson_(circa_1976).jpg|link=Denys Wilkinson (nonfiction)|2016: Physicist and academic [[Denys Wilkinson (nonfiction)|Denys Wilkinson]] dies. Wilkinson's work in nuclear physics included investigation of the properties of nuclei with low numbers of nucleons. He was amongst the first to experimentally test rules relating to isospin. He also applied concepts from physics to the study of bird navigation. He invented the Wilkinson Analog-to-Digital Converter in the course of his experimental work.
File:Denys_Wilkinson_(circa_1976).jpg|link=Denys Wilkinson (nonfiction)|2016: Physicist and academic [[Denys Wilkinson (nonfiction)|Denys Wilkinson]] dies. Wilkinson's work in nuclear physics included investigation of the properties of nuclei with low numbers of nucleons. He was amongst the first to experimentally test rules relating to isospin. He also applied concepts from physics to the study of bird navigation. He invented the Wilkinson Analog-to-Digital Converter in the course of his experimental work.
File:Lend a Hand.jpg|link=Lend a Hand (nonfiction)|2018: Signed first edition of ''[[Lend a Hand (nonfiction)|Lend a Hand]]'' stolen from the Louvre by the [[Forbidden Ratio]] in a daring daytime robbery. ''[[Lend a Hand (nonfiction)|Lend a Hand]]'', which depicts an [[organic golem]], had been in the Louvre for less than twenty-four hours.


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  • 1592: Minister, scholar, astronomer, mathematician, cartographer, and inventor Wilhelm Schickard born. He will design and build calculating machines, and invent techniques for producing improved maps.

    1592: Minister, scholar, astronomer, mathematician, cartographer, and inventor Wilhelm Schickard born. He will design and build calculating machines, and invent techniques for producing improved maps.

  • 1833: Engineer and explorer Richard Trevithick dies. He was an early pioneer of steam-powered road and rail transport, developing the first high-pressure steam engine, and building the first full-scale working railway steam locomotive.

    1833: Engineer and explorer Richard Trevithick dies. He was an early pioneer of steam-powered road and rail transport, developing the first high-pressure steam engine, and building the first full-scale working railway steam locomotive.

  • 1904: American physicist and academic J. Robert Oppenheimer born. His achievements in physics will include the Born–Oppenheimer approximation for molecular wavefunctions, and the first prediction of quantum tunneling. Oppenheimer will be called the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in the Manhattan Project.

    1904: American physicist and academic J. Robert Oppenheimer born. His achievements in physics will include the Born–Oppenheimer approximation for molecular wavefunctions, and the first prediction of quantum tunneling. Oppenheimer will be called the "father of the atomic bomb" for his role in the Manhattan Project.

  • 1953: Singer-physicist J. R. Oppenheimer performs his hit song "Destroyer of Worlds" at the Grand Ole Opry, leading to his being summoned before the House Un-American Activities Committee.

    1953: Singer-physicist J. R. Oppenheimer performs his hit song "Destroyer of Worlds" at the Grand Ole Opry, leading to his being summoned before the House Un-American Activities Committee.

  • 1954: Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army–McCarthy hearings begins.

    1954: Red Scare: Witnesses begin testifying and live television coverage of the Army–McCarthy hearings begins.

  • 1970: The first Earth Day is celebrated.

    1970: The first Earth Day is celebrated.

  • 1978: Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic.

    1978: Optical fiber is first used to carry live telephone traffic.

  • 2006: Computer scientist and academic Henriette Avram dies. She developed the MARC (Machine Readable Cataloging) format, the international data standard for bibliographic and holdings information in libraries.

    2006: Computer scientist and academic Henriette Avram dies. She developed the MARC (Machine Readable Cataloging) format, the international data standard for bibliographic and holdings information in libraries.

  • 2015: New study of the Toledo giant red ball incident blames the color red: "Of all the colors of the visible spectrum, red is the most likely to spontaneously generate artificial intelligence, which can quickly manifest itself as breaking away and rolling down the street."

    2015: New study of the Toledo giant red ball incident blames the color red: "Of all the colors of the visible spectrum, red is the most likely to spontaneously generate artificial intelligence, which can quickly manifest itself as breaking away and rolling down the street."

  • 2016: Physicist and academic Denys Wilkinson dies. Wilkinson's work in nuclear physics included investigation of the properties of nuclei with low numbers of nucleons. He was amongst the first to experimentally test rules relating to isospin. He also applied concepts from physics to the study of bird navigation. He invented the Wilkinson Analog-to-Digital Converter in the course of his experimental work.

    2016: Physicist and academic Denys Wilkinson dies. Wilkinson's work in nuclear physics included investigation of the properties of nuclei with low numbers of nucleons. He was amongst the first to experimentally test rules relating to isospin. He also applied concepts from physics to the study of bird navigation. He invented the Wilkinson Analog-to-Digital Converter in the course of his experimental work.

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