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525 BC: Supervillain Gnotilus defends himself from sneak attack by the Heracles.
1521: Polymath Gerolamo Cardano uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to prevent Gnotilus from secreting geometry solvent.
1882: Astronomer, physicist, and mathematician Arthur Eddington born. He will become famous for his work concerning the theory of relativity.
1933: Carnivorous dirigibles break their tethers, eat over two hundred head of cattle.
1997: Computer scientist and mathematician Donald Knuth invents new type of scrying engine.
2001: Miniaturized version of John Ambrose Fleming delivers lecture from within Fleming tube.

1895 – The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines, marking the debut of the cinema.

1895 – Wilhelm Röntgen publishes a paper detailing his discovery of a new type of radiation, which later will be known as x-rays.

1663 – Francesco Maria Grimaldi, Italian mathematician and physicist (b. 1618)

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 File:Gnotilus-fighting-Heracles.jpg|link=Gnotilus|525 BC: Supervillain [[Gnotilus]] defends himself from sneak attack by the [[Heracles (nonfiction)|Heracles]].
+File:Gerolamo Cardano.jpg|link=Gerolamo Cardano (nonfiction)|1521: Polymath [[Gerolamo Cardano (nonfiction)|Gerolamo Cardano]] uses [[Gnomon algorithm]] techniques to prevent [[Gnotilus]] from secreting [[geometry solvent]].
 File:Arthur Stanley Eddington.jpg|link=Arthur Eddington (nonfiction)|1882: Astronomer, physicist, and mathematician [[Arthur Eddington (nonfiction)|Arthur Eddington]] born. He will become famous for his work concerning the theory of relativity.
 File:Carnivorous_airships_circa_1930-31.jpg|link=Carnivorous dirigible|1933: [[Carnivorous dirigible|Carnivorous dirigibles]] break their tethers, eat over two hundred head of cattle.