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||1949 – George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is published. | ||1949 – George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is published. | ||
File:Tim Berners-Lee (2009).jpg| | File:Tim Berners-Lee (2009).jpg|link=Tim Berners-Lee (nonfiction)|1955: Engineer and computer scientist [[Tim Berners-Lee (nonfiction)|Tim Berners-Lee]] born. He will invent the World Wide Web. | ||
||1967 – Six-Day War: The USS Liberty incident occurs, killing 34 and wounding 171. | ||1967 – Six-Day War: The USS Liberty incident occurs, killing 34 and wounding 171. | ||
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1789: James Madison introduces nine amendments to the constitution in the House of Representatives, inluencing later Bill of Rights amendments.
1809: Thomas Paine dies. He authored the two most influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution, and inspired the rebels in 1776 to declare independence from Britain.
1912: Mathematician Emmy Noether uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1955: Engineer and computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee born. He will invent the World Wide Web.