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1788: Physicist and academic Laura Bassi dies. She was one of the key figures in introducing Newton's ideas of physics and natural philosophy to Italy.
1958: Project SCORE satellite equipped with Gnomon algorithm control system.
1973: John Brunner accuses Killer Poke of infecting "Hello World" program with Extract of Radium.
1986: The Soviet Union launches its Mir spacecraft. Remaining in orbit for 15 years, it is occupied for ten of those years.
1987: New class of Fantasy Voronoi diagrams uses Gnomon algorithm to compute record-breaking profits.

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-File:Lanfranc circa 1100.jpg|link=Lanfranc (nonfiction)|1079: Celebrated jurist and monk [[Lanfranc (nonfiction)|Lanfranc]] invents prototype [[Hilbert curve (nonfiction)|Hilbert curve]] using [[Gnomon algorithm]].
 File:Laura Bassi.jpg|link=Laura Bassi (nonfiction)|1788: Physicist and academic [[Laura Bassi (nonfiction)|Laura Bassi]] dies. She was one of the key figures in introducing Newton's ideas of physics and natural philosophy to Italy.
 File:Atlas-B rocket with SCORE payload.jpg|link=SCORE (satellite) (nonfiction)|1958: [[SCORE (satellite) (nonfiction)|Project SCORE satellite]] equipped with [[Gnomon algorithm]] control system.