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||1492 – The Ensisheim meteorite, the oldest meteorite with a known date of impact, strikes the Earth around noon in a wheat field outside the village of Ensisheim, Alsace, France. | |||
File:Bernardino Telesio.jpg|link=Bernardino Telesio (nonfiction)|1509: Philosopher and scientist [[Bernardino Telesio (nonfiction)|Bernardino Telesio]] born. His emphasis on observation will influence the emergence of the scientific method. | File:Bernardino Telesio.jpg|link=Bernardino Telesio (nonfiction)|1509: Philosopher and scientist [[Bernardino Telesio (nonfiction)|Bernardino Telesio]] born. His emphasis on observation will influence the emergence of the scientific method. | ||
File:Cornelius Drebbel.jpg|link=Cornelius Drebbel (nonfiction)|1633: Submarine inventor [[Cornelius Drebbel (nonfiction)|Cornelius Drebbel]] dies. | File:Cornelius Drebbel.jpg|link=Cornelius Drebbel (nonfiction)|1633: Submarine inventor [[Cornelius Drebbel (nonfiction)|Cornelius Drebbel]] dies. | ||
File:Mario Bettinus.jpg|link=Mario Bettinus (nonfiction)|1657: Mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher [[Mario Bettinus (nonfiction)|Mario Bettinus]] dies. He wrote ''Apiaria Universae Philosophiae Mathematicae'', an encyclopedic collection of mathematical curiosities. | File:Mario Bettinus.jpg|link=Mario Bettinus (nonfiction)|1657: Mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher [[Mario Bettinus (nonfiction)|Mario Bettinus]] dies. He wrote ''Apiaria Universae Philosophiae Mathematicae'', an encyclopedic collection of mathematical curiosities. | ||
||1837 – In Alton, Illinois, abolitionist printer Elijah P. Lovejoy is shot dead by a mob while attempting to protect his printing shop from being destroyed a third time. | |||
File:Marie Curie c1920.jpg|link=Marie Curie (nonfiction)|1867: Physicist and chemist [[Marie Curie (nonfiction)|Marie Curie]] born. She will conduct pioneering research on radioactivity, discovering the elements polonium and radium. | File:Marie Curie c1920.jpg|link=Marie Curie (nonfiction)|1867: Physicist and chemist [[Marie Curie (nonfiction)|Marie Curie]] born. She will conduct pioneering research on radioactivity, discovering the elements polonium and radium. | ||
File:Mary Celeste map.jpg|link=Mary Celeste (nonfiction)|1872: The American ship ''[[Mary Celeste (nonfiction)|Mary Celeste]]'' sets sail from New Your. The ship will later be found abandoned for nine days but only slightly damaged. | File:Mary Celeste map.jpg|link=Mary Celeste (nonfiction)|1872: The American ship ''[[Mary Celeste (nonfiction)|Mary Celeste]]'' sets sail from New Your. The ship will later be found abandoned for nine days but only slightly damaged. | ||
File:Alfred Clebsch.jpg|link=Alfred Clebsch (nonfiction)|1872: Mathematician [[Alfred Clebsch (nonfiction)|Alfred Clebsch]] dies. He made important contributions to algebraic geometry and invariant theory. | File:Alfred Clebsch.jpg|link=Alfred Clebsch (nonfiction)|1872: Mathematician [[Alfred Clebsch (nonfiction)|Alfred Clebsch]] dies. He made important contributions to algebraic geometry and invariant theory. | ||
||1878 – Lise Meitner, Austrian-English physicist and academic (d. 1968) | |||
||1879 – Leon Trotsky, Russian theorist and politician, founded the Red Army (d. 1940) | |||
||1886 – Aron Nimzowitsch, Russian-Danish chess player and theoretician (d. 1935) | |||
||1888 – C. V. Raman, Indian physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1970) | |||
||1891 – Genrikh Yagoda, director of the NKVD (d. 1938) | |||
||1898 – Raphaël Salem, Greek-French mathematician and academic (d. 1963) | |||
||1910 – The first air freight shipment (from Dayton, Ohio, to Columbus, Ohio) is undertaken by the Wright brothers and department store owner Max Moorehouse. | |||
||1929 – In New York City, the Museum of Modern Art opens to the public. | |||
||1944 – Soviet spy Richard Sorge, a half-Russian, half-German World War I veteran, is hanged by his Japanese captors along with 34 of his ring. | |||
||1957 – Cold War: The Gaither Report calls for more American missiles and fallout shelters. | |||
||1972 – Richard Nixon is reelected President of the United States. | |||
||1973 – The United States Congress overrides President Richard M. Nixon's veto of the War Powers Resolution, which limits presidential power to wage war without congressional approval. | |||
||1983 – United States Senate bombing: A bomb explodes inside the United States Capitol. No one is injured, but an estimated $250,000 in damage is caused. | |||
||1996 – NASA launches the Mars Global Surveyor. | |||
||2000 – Controversial US presidential election that is later resolved in the Bush v. Gore Supreme Court Case, electing George W. Bush the 43rd President of the United States. | |||
||2000 – The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration discovers one of the country's largest LSD labs inside a converted military missile silo in Wamego, Kansas. | |||
|File:Bacon's_Drama_Dial.jpg|link=Shakespeare-Magellan Expedition|1709: [[Shakespeare-Magellan Expedition]] receives funding soon, according to recent [[cryptographic numen]]. | |||
|File:Companion of Asclepius Myrmidon.jpg|link=Asclepius Myrmidon|1872: [[Asclepius Myrmidon]] provides emergency medical services after [[Pi disaster]]. | |||
|File:Hazmatterhorn.jpg|link=Hazmatterhorn|2014: [[Hazmatterhorn]] feeling restless inside bottle, warn experts. | |File:Hazmatterhorn.jpg|link=Hazmatterhorn|2014: [[Hazmatterhorn]] feeling restless inside bottle, warn experts. | ||
File:Red Eyes.jpg|link=Red Eyes|2016: [[Red Eyes]] announces intent to acquire [[John Hoyland (nonfiction)|John Hoyland's]] ''Lebanon''. | |File:Red Eyes.jpg|link=Red Eyes|2016: [[Red Eyes]] announces intent to acquire [[John Hoyland (nonfiction)|John Hoyland's]] ''Lebanon''. | ||
File:John Hoyland Lebanon.jpg|link=John Hoyland (nonfiction)|2016: [[John Hoyland (nonfiction)|John Hoyland's]] ''Lebanon'' stolen by supervillain [[Gnotilus]]; painting may hold key to [[Manhattan Project|abstract expressionist weapons]]. | |File:John Hoyland Lebanon.jpg|link=John Hoyland (nonfiction)|2016: [[John Hoyland (nonfiction)|John Hoyland's]] ''Lebanon'' stolen by supervillain [[Gnotilus]]; painting may hold key to [[Manhattan Project|abstract expressionist weapons]]. | ||
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1509: Philosopher and scientist Bernardino Telesio born. His emphasis on observation will influence the emergence of the scientific method.
1633: Submarine inventor Cornelius Drebbel dies.
1657: Mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher Mario Bettinus dies. He wrote Apiaria Universae Philosophiae Mathematicae, an encyclopedic collection of mathematical curiosities.
1867: Physicist and chemist Marie Curie born. She will conduct pioneering research on radioactivity, discovering the elements polonium and radium.
1872: The American ship Mary Celeste sets sail from New Your. The ship will later be found abandoned for nine days but only slightly damaged.
1872: Mathematician Alfred Clebsch dies. He made important contributions to algebraic geometry and invariant theory.