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File:Otto_von_Guericke.jpg|link=Otto von Guericke (nonfiction)|1663: [[Otto von Guericke (nonfiction)|Otto von Guericke]] completes his book ''Ottonis de Guericke Experimenta Nova (ut vocantur) Magdeburgica de Vacuo Spatio'', comprising his famed Magdeburg hemispheres demonstration, other vacuum-related research, and his pioneering investigation of static electricity. | File:Otto_von_Guericke.jpg|link=Otto von Guericke (nonfiction)|1663: [[Otto von Guericke (nonfiction)|Otto von Guericke]] completes his book ''Ottonis de Guericke Experimenta Nova (ut vocantur) Magdeburgica de Vacuo Spatio'', comprising his famed Magdeburg hemispheres demonstration, other vacuum-related research, and his pioneering investigation of static electricity. | ||
File:Pieter van Musschenbroek.jpg|link=Pieter van Musschenbroek (nonfiction)|1761: Mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher [[Pieter van Musschenbroek (nonfiction)|Pieter van Musschenbroek]] born. Van Musschenbroek will invent the first capacitor in 1746: the Leyden jar. | File:Pieter van Musschenbroek.jpg|link=Pieter van Musschenbroek (nonfiction)|1761: Mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher [[Pieter van Musschenbroek (nonfiction)|Pieter van Musschenbroek]] born. Van Musschenbroek will invent the first capacitor in 1746: the Leyden jar. | ||
File:Albert Einstein 1921.jpg|link=Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|1879: Physicist, engineer, and academic [[Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|Albert Einstein]] born. Einstein will develop the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (the other pillar: quantum mechanics). | File:Albert Einstein 1921.jpg|link=Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|1879: Physicist, engineer, and academic [[Albert Einstein (nonfiction)|Albert Einstein]] born. Einstein will develop the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (the other pillar: quantum mechanics). | ||
File:Wacław Sierpiński.jpg|link=Wacław Sierpiński (nonfiction)|1882: Mathematician and academic [[Wacław Sierpiński (nonfiction)|Wacław Sierpiński]] born. Sierpiński will make important contributions to set theory (research on the axiom of choice and the continuum hypothesis), number theory, theory of functions, and topology. | File:Wacław Sierpiński.jpg|link=Wacław Sierpiński (nonfiction)|1882: Mathematician and academic [[Wacław Sierpiński (nonfiction)|Wacław Sierpiński]] born. Sierpiński will make important contributions to set theory (research on the axiom of choice and the continuum hypothesis), number theory, theory of functions, and topology. | ||
File:JNACC Record of Events - 1961 Yuba City crash.jpg|link=1961 Yuba City B-52 crash (nonfiction)|1961: A USAF B-52 bomber carrying two (or perhaps four) nuclear weapons crashes near Yuba City, California. The weapons' safety interlocks prevent both a nuclear explosion and release of radioactive material. | File:JNACC Record of Events - 1961 Yuba City crash.jpg|link=1961 Yuba City B-52 crash (nonfiction)|1961: A USAF B-52 bomber carrying two (or perhaps four) nuclear weapons crashes near Yuba City, California. The weapons' safety interlocks prevent both a nuclear explosion and release of radioactive material. | ||
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1663: Otto von Guericke completes his book Ottonis de Guericke Experimenta Nova (ut vocantur) Magdeburgica de Vacuo Spatio, comprising his famed Magdeburg hemispheres demonstration, other vacuum-related research, and his pioneering investigation of static electricity.
1761: Mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher Pieter van Musschenbroek born. Van Musschenbroek will invent the first capacitor in 1746: the Leyden jar.
1879: Physicist, engineer, and academic Albert Einstein born. Einstein will develop the theory of relativity, one of the two pillars of modern physics (the other pillar: quantum mechanics).
1882: Mathematician and academic Wacław Sierpiński born. Sierpiński will make important contributions to set theory (research on the axiom of choice and the continuum hypothesis), number theory, theory of functions, and topology.