Template:Selected anniversaries/July 8

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  1695: Mathematician, astronomer, and physicist Christiaan Huygens dies. He was a leading scientist of his time.

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  1759: Mathematician, physicist, and astronomer John Winthrop publishes an analysis of Gnomon algorithm techniques which will inspire future generations of scientists to construct the ENIAC ("Empty Noise Into Alien Communication") project.

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  1766: Physician and surgeon Dominique Jean Larrey born. He will be an important innovator in battlefield medicine and triage, now often considered the first modern military surgeon.

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  1767: Anatomist, anatomical wax modeler, and crime-fighter Anna Morandi Manzolini publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent Organic golem generation.

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  1947: The Roswell UFO incident, the (supposed) crash of an alien spaceship near Roswell in New Mexico.

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  1948: Janet Beta at ENIAC "raises more questions that it answers," says director of Project Blue Book.

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  1960: Pilot Francis Gary Powers is charged with espionage resulting from his flight over the Soviet Union.