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File:Abe Reles corpse.png|link=Abe Reles (nonfiction)|1941: New York mobster and hit man [[Abe Reles (nonfiction)|Abe Reles]] dies.
File:Abe Reles corpse.png|link=Abe Reles (nonfiction)|1941: New York mobster and hit man [[Abe Reles (nonfiction)|Abe Reles]] dies.


File:Janet Beta Accepts Commission (detail).jpg|link=Janet Beta|1942: Mathematician and soldier [[Janet Beta]] discovers evidence [[Colonel Zersetzung]] is using [[Extract of Radium]] to commit [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Janet Beta Accepts Commission (detail).jpg|link=Janet Beta|1942: Mathematician and soldier [[Janet Beta]] discovers evidence [[Colonel Zersetzung]] is secretly diverting government-issued [[Extract of Radium]] for his personal use.


File:George_David_Birkhoff.jpg|link=George David Birkhoff (nonfiction)|1944: Mathematician [[George David Birkhoff (nonfiction)|George David Birkhoff]] dies. He was one of the most important leaders in American mathematics in his generation.
File:George_David_Birkhoff.jpg|link=George David Birkhoff (nonfiction)|1944: Mathematician [[George David Birkhoff (nonfiction)|George David Birkhoff]] dies. He was one of the most important leaders in American mathematics in his generation.
File:Baron Zersetzung.jpg|link=Baron Zersetzung|1946: Military officer and alleged crime bos [[Colonel Zersetzung]] uses [[Extract of Radium]] to secretly synthesize illegal [[Clandestiphrine]].


File:Van meegeren trial.jpg|link=Han van Meegeren (nonfiction)|1947: Painter and forger [[Han van Meegeren (nonfiction)|Han van Meegeren]] is convicted on falsification and fraud charges.
File:Van meegeren trial.jpg|link=Han van Meegeren (nonfiction)|1947: Painter and forger [[Han van Meegeren (nonfiction)|Han van Meegeren]] is convicted on falsification and fraud charges.
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||1981 – Space Shuttle program: Mission STS-2, utilizing the Space Shuttle Columbia, marks the first time a manned spacecraft is launched into space twice.
||1981 – Space Shuttle program: Mission STS-2, utilizing the Space Shuttle Columbia, marks the first time a manned spacecraft is launched into space twice.
File:AESOP.jpg|link=AESOP|1989: [[AESOP]] predicts that [[Tim Berners-Lee (nonfiction)|Tim Berners-Lee]] will propose the World Wide Web one year from today.


File:Tim Berners-Lee (2009).jpg|link=Tim Berners-Lee (nonfiction)|1990: Engineer and computer scientist [[Tim Berners-Lee (nonfiction)|Tim Berners-Lee]] publishes a formal proposal for the World Wide Web.
File:Tim Berners-Lee (2009).jpg|link=Tim Berners-Lee (nonfiction)|1990: Engineer and computer scientist [[Tim Berners-Lee (nonfiction)|Tim Berners-Lee]] publishes a formal proposal for the World Wide Web.

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