October 02
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1608 - Johannes Lippershey demonstrates and applies for a patent for his new invention, the refracting telescope. (His design is greatly improved upon by Galileo in 1609).
1937 - Films of moving X-ray images on a fluorescopic screen, showing the movement of organs of the human body, were shown at a convention in New York City.
2406 - Alanna Treborn assigned as commanding officer of the USS Drake, CL-2509.