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File:Achilles Ajax dice.jpg|link=Dice (nonfiction)|500 BC: Achilles and Ajax play [[Dice (nonfiction)|dice]] to determine who will attend the [[Lucky Spasm Dice Academy]]. | File:Achilles Ajax dice.jpg|link=Dice (nonfiction)|500 BC: Achilles and Ajax play [[Dice (nonfiction)|dice]] to determine who will attend the [[Lucky Spasm Dice Academy]]. | ||
File:Jeremiah Horrocks.jpg|link=Jeremiah Horrocks (nonfiction)|1641: [[Jeremiah Horrocks (nonfiction)|Jeremiah Horrocks]] dies. He was the first person to demonstrate that the Moon moved around the Earth in an elliptical orbit. | File:Jeremiah Horrocks.jpg|link=Jeremiah Horrocks (nonfiction)|1641: Astronomer [[Jeremiah Horrocks (nonfiction)|Jeremiah Horrocks]] dies. He was the first person to demonstrate that the Moon moved around the Earth in an elliptical orbit. | ||
File:Howard Zinn 2009.jpg|link=Howard Zinn (nonfiction)|1942: Historian, playwright, and crime-fighter [[Howard Zinn (nonfiction)|Howard Zinn]] publishes account of travelling to [[Abalonia]] and meeting [[The Eel]]. | File:Howard Zinn 2009.jpg|link=Howard Zinn (nonfiction)|1942: Historian, playwright, and crime-fighter [[Howard Zinn (nonfiction)|Howard Zinn]] publishes account of travelling to [[Abalonia]] and meeting [[The Eel]]. | ||
File:Antikythera Team logo.svg|link=Antikythera Team|1965: [[Antikythera Team]] invents new class of [[Gnomon algorithm]]. | File:Antikythera Team logo.svg|link=Antikythera Team|1965: [[Antikythera Team]] invents new class of [[Gnomon algorithm]]. |
Revision as of 10:12, 29 December 2016
500 BC: Achilles and Ajax play dice to determine who will attend the Lucky Spasm Dice Academy.
1641: Astronomer Jeremiah Horrocks dies. He was the first person to demonstrate that the Moon moved around the Earth in an elliptical orbit.
1942: Historian, playwright, and crime-fighter Howard Zinn publishes account of travelling to Abalonia and meeting The Eel.
1965: Antikythera Team invents new class of Gnomon algorithm.
2009: Documentary film-maker Ridley Scott announces Kickstarter campaign to fund new film named Alien.