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||1519 – Johannes Crato von Krafftheim, German humanist and physician (d. 1585) | |||
||1718 – Blackbeard, English pirate (b. 1680) | |||
||1721 – Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres, Swiss-Canadian cartographer and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia (d. 1824) | |||
||1813 – Johann Christian Reil, German physician, physiologist, and anatomist (b. 1759) | |||
||1896 – George Washington Gale Ferris Jr., American engineer, invented the Ferris wheel (b. 1859) | |||
||1897 – Paul Oswald Ahnert, German astronomer and educator (d. 1989) | |||
||1904 – Louis Néel, French physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000) | |||
||1909 – Mikhail Mil, Russian engineer, founded the Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant (d. 1970) | |||
File:Jack London 1903.jpg|link=Jack London (nonfiction)|1916: Author [[Jack London (nonfiction)|Jack London]] dies. He was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone. | File:Jack London 1903.jpg|link=Jack London (nonfiction)|1916: Author [[Jack London (nonfiction)|Jack London]] dies. He was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone. | ||
||1917 – Andrew Huxley, English physiologist and biophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2012) | |||
||1922 – Eugene Stoner, American engineer and weapons designer, designed the AR-15 rifle (d. 1997) | |||
||1935 – The China Clipper inaugurates the first commercial transpacific air service, connecting Alameda, California with Manila. | |||
||1939 – Tom West, American engineer and author (d. 2011) Soul of a New Machine | |||
File:Arthur Stanley Eddington.jpg|link=Arthur Eddington (nonfiction)|1944: Astronomer, physicist, and mathematician [[Arthur Eddington (nonfiction)|Arthur Eddington]] dies. He became famous for his work concerning the theory of relativity. | File:Arthur Stanley Eddington.jpg|link=Arthur Eddington (nonfiction)|1944: Astronomer, physicist, and mathematician [[Arthur Eddington (nonfiction)|Arthur Eddington]] dies. He became famous for his work concerning the theory of relativity. | ||
||1981 – Hans Adolf Krebs, German-English physician and biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1900) | |||
|File:Nobel Ice (Fabergé egg).jpg|1945: [[Dysprosium Titanate]] succeeds with [[Cryptography (nonfiction)|cryptographic injection attack]] on [[Sweet, sweet crude oil]], now secretly trafficking in [[Clandestiphrine]], warn crime analysts. | |File:Nobel Ice (Fabergé egg).jpg|1945: [[Dysprosium Titanate]] succeeds with [[Cryptography (nonfiction)|cryptographic injection attack]] on [[Sweet, sweet crude oil]], now secretly trafficking in [[Clandestiphrine]], warn crime analysts. | ||
File:ENIAC Empty-Noise-Into Alien-Communication.jpg|1946: ENIAC ("[[Empty Noise Into Alien Communication]]") successfully refactors the [[Wow! signal (nonfiction)|Wow! signal]]. | File:ENIAC Empty-Noise-Into Alien-Communication.jpg|1946: ENIAC ("[[Empty Noise Into Alien Communication]]") successfully refactors the [[Wow! signal (nonfiction)|Wow! signal]]. | ||
File:Brainiac Explains Lecture Series (Dominic Yeso).jpg|link=Brainiac Explains|1962: ''[[Brainiac Explains]]'' lecture series provides formula for [[clandestiphrine]], authorities expect rise in [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | File:Brainiac Explains Lecture Series (Dominic Yeso).jpg|link=Brainiac Explains|1962: ''[[Brainiac Explains]]'' lecture series provides formula for [[clandestiphrine]], authorities expect rise in [[crimes against mathematical constants]]. | ||
File:Aldous Huxley.png|link=Aldous Huxley (nonfiction)|1963: Writer and philosopher [[Aldous Huxley (nonfiction)|Aldous Huxley]] dies. He was acknowledged as one of the pre-eminent intellectuals of his time. | File:Aldous Huxley.png|link=Aldous Huxley (nonfiction)|1963: Writer and philosopher [[Aldous Huxley (nonfiction)|Aldous Huxley]] dies. He was acknowledged as one of the pre-eminent intellectuals of his time. | ||
File:John F. Kennedy moon mission speech.jpg|link=John F. Kennedy (nonfiction)|1963: United States President [[John F. Kennedy (nonfiction)|John F. Kennedy]] is assassinated. | ||1963 – U.S. President John F. Kennedy is assassinated and Texas Governor John Connally is seriously wounded. | ||
File:John F. Kennedy moon mission speech.jpg|link=John F. Kennedy (nonfiction)|1963: United States President [[John F. Kennedy (nonfiction)|John F. Kennedy]] is assassinated, and Texas Governor John Connally is seriously wounded. | |||
File:Umbrella Man.jpg|link=Umbrella Man (nonfiction)|1965: [[Umbrella Man (nonfiction)|Umbrella Man witnesses]] rubbed with [[Clandestiphrine]], 73% die of stack overflow allergy. Witness Protection Program implements software patch to prevent recurrence. | File:Umbrella Man.jpg|link=Umbrella Man (nonfiction)|1965: [[Umbrella Man (nonfiction)|Umbrella Man witnesses]] rubbed with [[Clandestiphrine]], 73% die of stack overflow allergy. Witness Protection Program implements software patch to prevent recurrence. | ||
File:Clandestiphrine proposal.jpg|link=Clandestiphrine|1967: [[Clandestiphrine]] trafficking money laundered via ''[[The Little Petroleum Sample That Could]]'', say [[transdimensional drug]] authorities. | |||
||1977 – British Airways inaugurates a regular London to New York City supersonic Concorde service. | |||
||1987 – Two Chicago television stations are hijacked by an unknown pirate dressed as Max Headroom. | |||
||1988 – In Palmdale, California, the first prototype B-2 Spirit stealth bomber is revealed. | |||
|File:Petroleum.jpg|link=The Little Petroleum Sample That Could|1967: ''[[The Little Petroleum Sample That Could]]'' is false-flag operation by [[Clandestiphrine]] traffickers, say [[transdimensional drug]] authorities. | |File:Petroleum.jpg|link=The Little Petroleum Sample That Could|1967: ''[[The Little Petroleum Sample That Could]]'' is false-flag operation by [[Clandestiphrine]] traffickers, say [[transdimensional drug]] authorities. | ||
|File:Klein bottles nesting.jpg|1969: [[Klein bottle (nonfiction)|Klein bottle]] says it needs "[[Extract of Radium]] and a stiff drink." | |File:Klein bottles nesting.jpg|1969: [[Klein bottle (nonfiction)|Klein bottle]] says it needs "[[Extract of Radium]] and a stiff drink." |
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1916: Author Jack London dies. He was one of the first fiction writers to obtain worldwide celebrity and a large fortune from his fiction alone.
1944: Astronomer, physicist, and mathematician Arthur Eddington dies. He became famous for his work concerning the theory of relativity.
1946: ENIAC ("Empty Noise Into Alien Communication") successfully refactors the Wow! signal.
1962: Brainiac Explains lecture series provides formula for clandestiphrine, authorities expect rise in crimes against mathematical constants.
1963: Writer and philosopher Aldous Huxley dies. He was acknowledged as one of the pre-eminent intellectuals of his time.
1963: United States President John F. Kennedy is assassinated, and Texas Governor John Connally is seriously wounded.
1965: Umbrella Man witnesses rubbed with Clandestiphrine, 73% die of stack overflow allergy. Witness Protection Program implements software patch to prevent recurrence.
1967: Clandestiphrine trafficking money laundered via The Little Petroleum Sample That Could, say transdimensional drug authorities.