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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: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.
||1819 – Charles Piazzi Smyth, Italian-Scottish astronomer and academic (d. 1900)
||1888 – The James Lick telescope at the Lick Observatory, measuring 91 cm in diameter, is used for the first time. It was the largest refracting telescope in the world at the time.
||1927 – Carl David Tolmé Runge, German physicist and mathematician (b. 1856)
||1932 – Martial law is declared in Honduras to stop a revolt by banana workers fired by the United Fruit Company.
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]].
||1945 – Edgar Cayce, American psychic and author (b. 1877)
File:Mel Gibson Cannes 2011.jpg|link=Mel Gibson (nonfiction)|1954: Actor and filmmaker [[Mel Gibson (nonfiction)|Mel Gibson]] born.
File:Mel Gibson Cannes 2011.jpg|link=Mel Gibson (nonfiction)|1954: Actor and filmmaker [[Mel Gibson (nonfiction)|Mel Gibson]] born.
File:The Hal Jordan Playbook.jpg|link=The Hal Jordan Playbook|1964: ''[[The Hal Jordan Playbook]]'' wins Pulitzer Prize.
 
||1956 – A fire damages the top part of the Eiffel Tower.
 
||1961 – The SL-1 nuclear reactor is destroyed by a steam explosion in the only reactor incident in the United States to cause immediate fatalities.
 
|File:The Hal Jordan Playbook.jpg|link=The Hal Jordan Playbook|1964: ''[[The Hal Jordan Playbook]]'' wins Pulitzer Prize.
 
File:Antikythera Team logo.svg|link=Antikythera Team|1965: [[Antikythera Team]] invents new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]].
File:Antikythera Team logo.svg|link=Antikythera Team|1965: [[Antikythera Team]] invents new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]].
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]]''.
 
||1967 – Reginald Punnett, British scientist (b. 1875)
 
||1967 – Jack Ruby, American businessman and murderer (b. 1911)
 
||1969 – Jean Focas, Greek-French astronomer (b. 1909)
 
||1977 – William Gropper, American lithographer, cartoonist, and painter (b. 1897)
 
||1989 – Sergei Sobolev, Russian mathematician and academic (b. 1909)
 
||1999 – The Mars Polar Lander is launched.
 
|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]]''.
 
||2009 – The first block of the blockchain of the decentralized payment system Bitcoin, called the Genesis block, was established by the creator of the system, Satoshi Nakamoto.
 
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.
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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Revision as of 16:34, 22 October 2017

  • 1641: Astronomer Jeremiah Horrocks dies. He was the first person to demonstrate that the Moon moved around the Earth in an elliptical orbit.

    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.

    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.

    1954: Actor and filmmaker Mel Gibson born.

  • 1965: Antikythera Team invents new class of Gnomon algorithm functions.

    1965: Antikythera Team invents new class of Gnomon algorithm functions.

  • 2012: Supervillain and art critic The Eel condemns Peter Aal.

    2012: Supervillain and art critic The Eel condemns Peter Aal.

  • 2016: Computer scientist, astronomer, and academic Peter Naur dies. His main areas of inquiry were design, structure and performance of computer programs and algorithms.

    2016: Computer scientist, astronomer, and academic Peter Naur dies. His main areas of inquiry were design, structure and performance of computer programs and algorithms.

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