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File:Theoricarum by Peuerbach 1915.png|link=Georg von Peuerbach (nonfiction)|1423: Mathematician and astronomer [[Georg von Peuerbach (nonfiction)]] born. He will be remembered for his streamlined presentation of Ptolemaic astronomy in the ''Theoricae Novae Planetarum''. | File:Theoricarum by Peuerbach 1915.png|link=Georg von Peuerbach (nonfiction)|1423: Mathematician and astronomer [[Georg von Peuerbach (nonfiction)]] born. He will be remembered for his streamlined presentation of Ptolemaic astronomy in the ''Theoricae Novae Planetarum''. | ||
File:Louis Slotin.jpg|link=Louis Slotin (nonfiction)|1946: Physicist [[Louis Slotin (nonfiction)|Louis Slotin]] dies. He was fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory. | File:Louis Slotin.jpg|link=Louis Slotin (nonfiction)|1946: Physicist [[Louis Slotin (nonfiction)|Louis Slotin]] dies. He was fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory. | ||
File:Leo Szilard.jpg|link=Leo Szilard (nonfiction)|1946: Physicist and academic [[Leo Szilard (nonfiction)|Leo Szilard]] dies. He conceived the nuclear chain reaction in 1933, and patented the idea of a nuclear reactor with Enrico Fermi. | |||
File:800px-Nebra_Schwerter.jpg|link=Weapon (nonfiction)|1989: Army research laboratories [[Weapon (nonfiction)|convert modern plowshares into ancient swords]]. Military contractors call technique "Astonishing breakthrough." | File:800px-Nebra_Schwerter.jpg|link=Weapon (nonfiction)|1989: Army research laboratories [[Weapon (nonfiction)|convert modern plowshares into ancient swords]]. Military contractors call technique "Astonishing breakthrough." | ||
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1423: Mathematician and astronomer Georg von Peuerbach (nonfiction) born. He will be remembered for his streamlined presentation of Ptolemaic astronomy in the Theoricae Novae Planetarum.
1946: Physicist Louis Slotin dies. He was fatally irradiated in a criticality incident during an experiment with the demon core at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
1946: Physicist and academic Leo Szilard dies. He conceived the nuclear chain reaction in 1933, and patented the idea of a nuclear reactor with Enrico Fermi.
1989: Army research laboratories convert modern plowshares into ancient swords. Military contractors call technique "Astonishing breakthrough."