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1991 2 year experimental Biosphere 2 in Oracle Arizona begins

1988 Experimental airplane Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, complete 1st nonstop, round-the-world flight without refueling lands

1961 Kip Winger, born in Denver, Colorado, Charles Frederick Kip Winger, musician, songwriter, bass guitarist, hard rock, heavy metal, classical, experimental genres, lead singer, Alan Parsons Project, played with Alice Cooper, had band called, Winger, released new CD, 2008

1957 1st experimental sodium nuclear reactor operated

1954 Sweden begins experimental TV

1951 Peter Gordon, born in New York City, New York, Peter Laurence Gordon, experimental composer, musician, opera, world music, jazz, rock influences, founder, Love of Life Orchestra, composed for Suzanne Vega, Laurie Anderson, worked on Desperate Housewives soundtrack

1948 Philips begin experimental TV broadcasting

1944 Joseph Celli, born in America, composer, musician, experimental, contemporary music genres, worked with John Cage, the Kronos Quartet

1942 Auschwitz begins experimental gassing executions

1940 Caproni-Campini CC-2, experimental jet plane, maiden flight (Milan)

1940 End of U.S.S.R. experimental calendar; Gregorian readopted 6/27

1939 Max Neuhaus, born in Beaumont, Texas, composer, percussionist, avant-garde, experimental genres, interpreter of contemporary music, sound art pioneer, designed sound generation and projection systems

1938 1st public experimental demonstration of Baird color TV in London

1934 Vinko Globokar, born in Anderny, France, composer, trombonist, experimental musician, avante-garde style

1933 Phill Niblock, born in Anderson, Indiana, composer, videographer, filmmaker, director, avente-garde music foundation, Experimental Media

1932 BBS begins experimental regular TV broadcasts

1931 VARA begins experimental TV broadcast in Diamantbeurs Amsterdam

1928 Fritz von Opel reaches 200 kph in experimental rocket car

1923 U.S.S.R. adopts experimental calendar, with 5-day "weeks"

1923 U.S.S.R. adopts experimental calendar

1708 Albrecht von Haller, born in Switzerland, experimental physiology, Academy of Science


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