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read plox: The output of laser pointers available to the general public varies by country in order to prevent accidental damage to the retina of human eyes. The US FDA determined that Class IIIa lasers could cause injury to the eye if viewed directly for approximately 0.25 seconds, although it has cited evidence that exposure to visible lasers is "usually" limited by the blink reflex of the eye, which they have timed at just under 0.25 seconds.[8] More recent studies show that the risk to the human eye from accidental exposure to light from commercially available class IIIa laser pointers having powers up to 5 mW seems rather small, typically involving deliberate staring into the beam for 10 or more seconds.[9][10] Viewing of a laser pointer beam for more than 10 seconds can be harmful, howeve 943 Queen Emma of France, (b. 894) 1083 Matilda of Flanders, Queen consort (b. 1031) 1285 King Peter III of Aragon (b. 1239) 1327 King James II of Aragon (b. 1267) 1483 Henry Stafford, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, English politician (b. 1454) 1610 Richard Bancroft, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1544) 1618 Archduke Maximilian III of Austria (b. 1568) 1716 Engelbert Kaempfer, German physician and traveler (b. 1651) 1807 Baron de Breteuil, French statesman (b. 1730) 1846 Esaias Tegnér, Swedish writer, professor of Greek language, and bishop (b. 1782) 1852 Pyotr Kotlyarevsky, Russian general (b. 1782) 1863 Theodore Judah, American railroad engineer (b. 1826) 1877 Friedrich Graf von Wrangel, Prussian field marshal (b. 1784) 1887 Jenny Lind, Swedish soprano (b. 1820) 1898 George Goyder, English-born surveyor-general of South Australia (b. 1826) 1905 Albert von Kölliker, Swiss anatomist (b. 1817) 1935 Jock Cameron, South African cricketer (b. 1905) 1944 Thomas Midgley, American chemist and inventor (b. 1889) 1945 Princess Thyra, daughter of Frederick VIII of Denmark (b. 1880) 1949 Jerome F. Donovan, American politician (b. 1872) 1950 George Bernard Shaw, Irish writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1856) 1959 Michael Considine, Australian politician (b. 1885) 1960 Dimitris Mitropoulos, Greek conductor and composer (b. 1896) 1961 James Thurber, American humorist (b. 1894) 1963 Ngô Đình Diệm, President of South Vietnam (b. 1901) 1966 Peter Debye, Dutch chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1884) 1966 Mississippi John Hurt, American blues singer (b. 1892) 1970 Richard Cardinal Cushing, archbishop of Boston (b. 1895) 1975 Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italian film director (b. 1922) 1979 Jacques Mesrine, French criminal (b. 1936) 1982 Lester Roloff, Man of God, preacher (b. 1914) 1984 Velma Barfield, American murderer (b. 1932) 1986 Paul Frees, American voice actor (b. 1920) 1991 Irwin Allen, American film producer (b. 1916) 1992 Hal Roach, American director and producer (b. 1892) 1996 Eva Cassidy, American singer (b. 1963) 1998 Vincent Winter, British actor (b. 1957) 2002 Tonio Selwart, German actor (b. 1896) 2002 Charles Sheffield, American author and physicist (b. 1935) 2003 Frank McCloskey, American politician (b. 1939) 2004 Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, President of the United Arab Emirates (b. 1918) 2004 Theo van Gogh, Dutch filmmaker (b. 1957) 2004 Gerrie Knetemann, Dutch cyclist (b. 1951) 2005 Ferruccio Valcareggi, Italian football player and coach (b. 1919) 2007 Charmaine Dragun, Australian journalist (b. 1978) 2007 Witold Kiełtyka, Polish metal drummer (Decapitated) (b. 1984) 2007 Igor Moiseyev, Russian choreographer (b. 1906) 2007 Lillian Ellison, American professional wrestler (b. 1923) 2007 Henry Cele, South African Actor (b. 1949)

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