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||1729 – Thomas Newcomen, English engineer, invented the eponymous Newcomen atmospheric engine (b. 1664) | |||
||1802 – Niels Henrik Abel, Norwegian mathematician and theorist (d. 1829) | |||
File:Sir Francis Ronalds.jpg|link=Francis Ronalds (nonfiction)|1816: The British Admiralty dismisses [[Francis Ronalds (nonfiction)|Francis Ronalds]]'s new invention of the first working electric telegraph as "wholly unnecessary", preferring to continue using the semaphore. | |||
||1888 – Bertha Benz drives from Mannheim to Pforzheim and back in the first long distance automobile trip, commemorated as the Bertha Benz Memorial Route since 2008. | |||
http://fiction.karljones.com/index.php?title=File:LED_Traffic_Light.jpg|link=Traffic light (nonfiction)|1914: In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric [[Traffic light (nonfiction)|traffic light]] is installed. | |||
File:George Tooker.jpg|link=George Tooker (nonfiction)|1920: Artist [[George Tooker (nonfiction)|George Tooker]] born. His paintings will depict his subjects naturally, as in a photograph, but the images will use flat tones, an ambiguous perspective, and alarming juxtapositions to suggest an imagined or dreamed reality. | File:George Tooker.jpg|link=George Tooker (nonfiction)|1920: Artist [[George Tooker (nonfiction)|George Tooker]] born. His paintings will depict his subjects naturally, as in a photograph, but the images will use flat tones, an ambiguous perspective, and alarming juxtapositions to suggest an imagined or dreamed reality. | ||
File:Rule 90 trees.svg|link=Cellular automaton (nonfiction)|1921: New version of [[Bernoulli family (nonfiction)|Bernoulli family tree]] powered by [[Cellular automaton (nonfiction)|cellular automata]]. | File:Rule 90 trees.svg|link=Cellular automaton (nonfiction)|1921: New version of [[Bernoulli family (nonfiction)|Bernoulli family tree]] powered by [[Cellular automaton (nonfiction)|cellular automata]]. | ||
||1926 – Harry Houdini performs his greatest feat, spending 91 minutes underwater in a sealed tank before escaping. | |||
||1930 – Neil Armstrong, American pilot, engineer, and astronaut (d. 2012) | |||
||1952 – Sameera Moussa, Egyptian physicist and academic (b. 1917). Assassination? | |||
||1964 – Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow: American aircraft from carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin. | ||1964 – Vietnam War: Operation Pierce Arrow: American aircraft from carriers USS Ticonderoga and USS Constellation bomb North Vietnam in retaliation for strikes against U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin. | ||
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1816: The British Admiralty dismisses Francis Ronalds's new invention of the first working electric telegraph as "wholly unnecessary", preferring to continue using the semaphore.
- Http://fiction.karljones.com/index.php?title=File:LED Traffic Light.jpg
1914: In Cleveland, Ohio, the first electric traffic light is installed.
1920: Artist George Tooker born. His paintings will depict his subjects naturally, as in a photograph, but the images will use flat tones, an ambiguous perspective, and alarming juxtapositions to suggest an imagined or dreamed reality.
1921: New version of Bernoulli family tree powered by cellular automata.