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File:Philo T Farnsworth.jpg|link=Philo Farnsworth (nonfiction)|1927: The first fully electronic television system is achieved by inventor [[Philo Farnsworth (nonfiction)|Philo Farnsworth]]. | File:Philo T Farnsworth.jpg|link=Philo Farnsworth (nonfiction)|1927: The first fully electronic television system is achieved by inventor [[Philo Farnsworth (nonfiction)|Philo Farnsworth]]. | ||
File:George_Pólya_circa_1973.jpg|link=George Pólya (nonfiction)|1985: Mathematician [[George Pólya (nonfiction)|George Pólya]] dies. He made fundamental contributions to combinatorics, number theory, numerical analysis and probability theory. | File:George_Pólya_circa_1973.jpg|link=George Pólya (nonfiction)|1985: Mathematician [[George Pólya (nonfiction)|George Pólya]] dies. He made fundamental contributions to combinatorics, number theory, numerical analysis and probability theory. | ||
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File:Niles Cartouchian and Egon Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus.jpg|link=Niles Cartouchian and Egon Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus|2017: Signed first edition of ''[[Niles Cartouchian and Egon Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus]]'' sells for two million dollars. | |||
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1865: Writer Mark Twain declines to invest in transdimensional corporation, denounces offer as "a pyramid scheme of Pharaonic proportions."
1927: The first fully electronic television system is achieved by inventor Philo Farnsworth.
1985: Mathematician George Pólya dies. He made fundamental contributions to combinatorics, number theory, numerical analysis and probability theory.
2017: Signed first edition of Niles Cartouchian and Egon Rhodomunde Confront Gnotilus sells for two million dollars.