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File:Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan.png|link=Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan (nonfiction)|1771: Geophysicist, astronomer, and biologist [[Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan (nonfiction)|Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan]] dies. His observations and experiments inspired the beginning of what is now known as the study of biological circadian rhythms.
 
File:Laura Bassi.jpg|link=Laura Bassi (nonfiction)|1788: Physicist and academic [[Laura Bassi (nonfiction)|Laura Bassi]] dies. She was one of the key figures in introducing Newton's ideas of physics and natural philosophy to Italy.
File:Laura Bassi.jpg|link=Laura Bassi (nonfiction)|1788: Physicist and academic [[Laura Bassi (nonfiction)|Laura Bassi]] dies. She was one of the key figures in introducing Newton's ideas of physics and natural philosophy to Italy.
File:Atlas-B rocket with SCORE payload.jpg|link=SCORE (satellite) (nonfiction)|1958: [[SCORE (satellite) (nonfiction)|Project SCORE satellite]] equipped with [[Gnomon algorithm]] control system.
 
File:John_Brunner's_Lee_and_Turner_engine.jpg|link=John Brunner|1973: [[John Brunner]] accuses [[Killer Poke]] of infecting [["Hello World!" program (nonfiction)|"Hello World" program]] with [[Extract of Radium]].
File:Maria Goeppert-Mayer.jpg|link=Maria Goeppert-Mayer (nonfiction)|1972: Physicist and academic [[Maria Goeppert-Mayer (nonfiction)|Maria Goeppert-Mayer]] dies. She developed a mathematical model for the structure of nuclear shells, for which she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963, which she shared with J. Hans D. Jensen and Eugene Wigner.
 
File:Tubular Elves.jpg|link=Tubular Elves|1974: Premiere of '''''[[Tubular Elves]]''''', a short documentary film about how the album ''Tubular Bells'' accidentally recorded machine elves during UK military submarine communication tests.
 
File:Mir.jpg|link=Mir (nonfiction)|1986: The Soviet Union launches its [[Mir (nonfiction)|Mir spacecraft]]. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for ten of those years.
File:Mir.jpg|link=Mir (nonfiction)|1986: The Soviet Union launches its [[Mir (nonfiction)|Mir spacecraft]]. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for ten of those years.
|File:AESOP.jpg|link=AESOP|[[AESOP]] said to be cause of prophetic dreams among the [[Mir (nonfiction)|Mir]] astronauts.


File:Voronoi-diagram-color-commentators.jpg|link=Fantasy Voronoi diagram|1987: New class of [[Fantasy Voronoi diagrams]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] to [[Computation (nonfiction)|compute]] record-breaking profits.
 
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  • 1771: Geophysicist, astronomer, and biologist Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan dies. His observations and experiments inspired the beginning of what is now known as the study of biological circadian rhythms.

    1771: Geophysicist, astronomer, and biologist Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan dies. His observations and experiments inspired the beginning of what is now known as the study of biological circadian rhythms.

  • 1788: Physicist and academic Laura Bassi dies. She was one of the key figures in introducing Newton's ideas of physics and natural philosophy to Italy.

    1788: Physicist and academic Laura Bassi dies. She was one of the key figures in introducing Newton's ideas of physics and natural philosophy to Italy.

  • 1972: Physicist and academic Maria Goeppert-Mayer dies. She developed a mathematical model for the structure of nuclear shells, for which she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963, which she shared with J. Hans D. Jensen and Eugene Wigner.

    1972: Physicist and academic Maria Goeppert-Mayer dies. She developed a mathematical model for the structure of nuclear shells, for which she was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1963, which she shared with J. Hans D. Jensen and Eugene Wigner.

  • 1974: Premiere of Tubular Elves, a short documentary film about how the album Tubular Bells accidentally recorded machine elves during UK military submarine communication tests.

    1974: Premiere of Tubular Elves, a short documentary film about how the album Tubular Bells accidentally recorded machine elves during UK military submarine communication tests.

  • 1986: The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for ten of those years.

    1986: The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for ten of those years.

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