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File:Ridley-Scott-researching-Alien.jpg|link=Ridley Scott|2009: Documentary film-maker [[Ridley Scott]] announces Kickstarter campaign to fund new film named ''[[Alien (film) (nonfiction)|Alien]]''. | File:Ridley-Scott-researching-Alien.jpg|link=Ridley Scott|2009: Documentary film-maker [[Ridley Scott]] announces Kickstarter campaign to fund new film named ''[[Alien (film) (nonfiction)|Alien]]''. | ||
File:Eel hates statue.jpg|link=The Eel Hates Peter Aal|2012: Supervillain and art critic [[The Eel]] condemns ''[[Bernd Maro (nonfiction)|Peter Aal]]''. | File:Eel hates statue.jpg|link=The Eel Hates Peter Aal|2012: Supervillain and art critic [[The Eel]] condemns ''[[Bernd Maro (nonfiction)|Peter Aal]]''. | ||
File:Peter_Naur.jpg|link=Peter Naur (nonfiction)|2016: Computer scientist, astronomer, and academic [[Peter Naur (nonfiction)|Peter]] Naur dies. His main areas of inquiry were design, structure and performance of computer programs and algorithms. | |||
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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.
1954: Actor and filmmaker Mel Gibson born.
1964: The Hal Jordan Playbook wins Pulitzer Prize.
1965: Antikythera Team invents new class of Gnomon algorithm functions.
2009: Documentary film-maker Ridley Scott announces Kickstarter campaign to fund new film named Alien.
2016: Computer scientist, astronomer, and academic Peter Naur dies. His main areas of inquiry were design, structure and performance of computer programs and algorithms.
