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File:Title page of the Astrolabium of Johannes Engel, printed by Johann Emerich, Venice 1494.jpg|link=Johannes Engel (nonfiction)|1512: Doctor, astronomer, and astrologer [[Johannes Engel (nonfiction)|Johannes Engel]] dies. He published numerous almanacs, planetary tables, and calendars.
File:Title page of the Astrolabium of Johannes Engel, printed by Johann Emerich, Venice 1494.jpg|link=Johannes Engel (nonfiction)|1512: Doctor, astronomer, and astrologer [[Johannes Engel (nonfiction)|Johannes Engel]] dies. He published numerous almanacs, planetary tables, and calendars.
||1547: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra born ... widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists. His novel ''Don Quixote'' has been translated into over 140 languages and dialects; it is, after the Bible, the most-translated book in the world. Pic.


||1561: Adriaan van Roomen born ... priest and mathematician. Pic: book cover.
||1561: Adriaan van Roomen born ... priest and mathematician. Pic: book cover.
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||1838: Scientist and engineer Pierre-Dominique Bazaine dies. Pic.
||1838: Scientist and engineer Pierre-Dominique Bazaine dies. Pic.
||1853: Luther D. Bradley born ... illustrator and political cartoonist associated with the Chicago Daily News ... known for strong anti-war sentiments, opposing U.S. involvement in World War I. Pic.


||1885: The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
||1885: The first practical public electric tramway in the world is opened in Blackpool, England.
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File:Enrico Fermi 1943-49.jpg|link=Enrico Fermi (nonfiction)|1901: Physicist [[Enrico Fermi (nonfiction)|Enrico Fermi]] born.  He will be called the "architect of the nuclear age" and the "architect of the atomic bomb".
File:Enrico Fermi 1943-49.jpg|link=Enrico Fermi (nonfiction)|1901: Physicist [[Enrico Fermi (nonfiction)|Enrico Fermi]] born.  He will be called the "architect of the nuclear age" and the "architect of the atomic bomb".
||1902: Howard Walter Gilmore born - submarine commander in the United States Navy who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his self-sacrifice during World War II. Pic.


||1913: Rudolf Diesel dies ... engineer, invented the diesel engine. Pic.
||1913: Rudolf Diesel dies ... engineer, invented the diesel engine. Pic.
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||1954: The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.
||1954: The convention establishing CERN (the European Organization for Nuclear Research) is signed.
File:Baron Zersetzung.jpg|link=Baron Zersetzung|1957: Industrialist and alleged crime boss [[Baron Zersetzung]] authorizes the [[Kyshtym disaster (nonfiction)]].


File:Kyshtym disaster map.png|link=Kyshtym disaster (nonfiction)|1957: Twenty MCi (740 petabecquerels) of radioactive material is released in an explosion at the Soviet Mayak nuclear plant at Chelyabinsk. See [[Kyshtym disaster (nonfiction)]].
File:Kyshtym disaster map.png|link=Kyshtym disaster (nonfiction)|1957: Twenty MCi (740 petabecquerels) of radioactive material is released in an explosion at the Soviet Mayak nuclear plant at Chelyabinsk. See [[Kyshtym disaster (nonfiction)]].
File:Egon Rhodomunde.jpg|link=Egon Rhodomunde|1957: Investor and arms dealer [[Egon Rhodomunde]] tell resporters that he "had nothing to do with the [[Kyshtym disaster (nonfiction)]]."


||1974: Carl B. Allendoerfer dies ... mathematician in the mid-twentieth century, known for his work in topology and mathematics education. Pic.
||1974: Carl B. Allendoerfer dies ... mathematician in the mid-twentieth century, known for his work in topology and mathematics education. Pic.
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||2013: Harold Agnew dies ... physicist and engineer. Pic.
||2013: Harold Agnew dies ... physicist and engineer. Pic.
File:Two Creatures 3.jpg|link=Two Creatures 3 (nonfiction)|2015: ''[[Two Creatures 3 (nonfiction)|Two Creatures 3]]'' voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]].


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