Template:Selected anniversaries/August 17
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1562: Didacus automaton develops self-awareness, invents new type of scrying engine.
1933: Neon lighting says that it "enjoys the work," calls itself "the luckiest of technologies" for a life spent converting electricity into light.
1970: Soviet spacecraft Venera 7 launched from Earth. It will become the first successful soft landing on another planet (Venus).
1996: Lorenz system develops self-awareness, invents new type of scrying engine.