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||1945: World War II: The heavy cruiser USS ''Indianapolis'' leaves San Francisco with parts for the atomic bomb "Little Boy" bound for Tinian Island.
||1945: World War II: The heavy cruiser USS ''Indianapolis'' leaves San Francisco with parts for the atomic bomb "Little Boy" bound for Tinian Island.


File:Atomic bombing of Japan.jpg|link=Manhattan Project (nonfiction)|1945: [[Manhattan Project (nonfiction)|Manhattan Project]]: The Atomic Age begins when the United States successfully detonates a plutonium-based test nuclear weapon near Alamogordo, New Mexico.
File:Atomic bombing of Japan.jpg|link=Manhattan Project (nonfiction)|1945: [[Manhattan Project (nonfiction)|Manhattan Project]]: Trinity nuclear weapon test: the United States successfully detonates a plutonium-based test nuclear weapon near Alamogordo, New Mexico.


File:Baron Zersetzung.jpg|link=Baron Zersetzung|1945: Industrialist, public speaker, and alleged crime boss [[Baron Zersetzung]] says the [[Manhattan Project (nonfiction)|Manhattan Project]] is "a sound investment in the wartime marketplace."
File:Baron Zersetzung.jpg|link=Baron Zersetzung|1945: Industrialist, public speaker, and alleged crime boss [[Baron Zersetzung]] says the [[Manhattan Project (nonfiction)|Manhattan Project]] is "a sound investment in the wartime marketplace."

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  • 1530: Mathematician Johannes Stöffler meets a man he calls "The Judge", who calls himself Havelock.

    1530: Mathematician Johannes Stöffler meets a man he calls "The Judge", who calls himself Havelock.

  • 1746: Priest, mathematician, and astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi born. He will discover dwarf planet Ceres.

    1746: Priest, mathematician, and astronomer Giuseppe Piazzi born. He will discover dwarf planet Ceres.

  • 1944: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises money for new film by selling shares in the Manhattan Project.

    1944: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises money for new film by selling shares in the Manhattan Project.

  • 1945: Manhattan Project: Trinity nuclear weapon test: the United States successfully detonates a plutonium-based test nuclear weapon near Alamogordo, New Mexico.

    1945: Manhattan Project: Trinity nuclear weapon test: the United States successfully detonates a plutonium-based test nuclear weapon near Alamogordo, New Mexico.

  • 1945: Industrialist, public speaker, and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung says the Manhattan Project is "a sound investment in the wartime marketplace."

    1945: Industrialist, public speaker, and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung says the Manhattan Project is "a sound investment in the wartime marketplace."

  • 1973: Watergate scandal: Former White House aide Alexander Butterfield informs the United States Senate that President Richard Nixon had secretly recorded potentially incriminating conversations.

    1973: Watergate scandal: Former White House aide Alexander Butterfield informs the United States Senate that President Richard Nixon had secretly recorded potentially incriminating conversations.

  • 2011: The Dawn space probe enters Vesta's orbit. Dawn will study Vesta and Ceres, two of the three known protoplanets of the asteroid belt.

    2011: The Dawn space probe enters Vesta's orbit. Dawn will study Vesta and Ceres, two of the three known protoplanets of the asteroid belt.

  • 2016: Red Spiral 2 voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

    2016: Red Spiral 2 voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

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