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1777: Mathematician, astronomer, and physicist Carl Friedrich Gauss born. He will have an exceptional influence in many fields of mathematics and science and be ranked as one of history's most influential mathematicians.
1874: Scene from Gambling Den Fight adapted for opera, performed at theaters across Europe to rave reviews.
1916: Mathematician, engineer, and information scientist Claude Shannon born.

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 File:Carl Friedrich Gauss 1840 by Jensen.jpg|link=Carl Friedrich Gauss (nonfiction)|1777: Mathematician, astronomer, and physicist [[Carl Friedrich Gauss (nonfiction)|Carl Friedrich Gauss]] born. He will have an exceptional influence in many fields of mathematics and science and be ranked as one of history's most influential mathematicians.
+File:Gambling Den Fight.jpg|link=Gambling Den Fight|1874: Scene from ''[[Gambling Den Fight]]'' adapted for opera, performed at theaters across Europe to rave reviews.
 File:Claude Shannon.jpg|link=Claude Shannon (nonfiction)|1916: Mathematician, engineer, and information scientist [[Claude Shannon (nonfiction)|Claude Shannon]] born.
-File:Ascleplius Myrmidon Halting Problem.jpg|link=On Halting Problems|1996: [[On Halting Problems|Asclepius Myrmidon discovers unregistered halting problem]], predicts new class of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
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-– Sergey Nikolsky, Russian mathematician and academic (d. 2012)
-– J. J. Thomson of the Cavendish Laboratory announces his discovery of the electron as a subatomic particle, over 1,800 times smaller than a proton (in the atomic nucleus), at a lecture at the Royal Institution in London.[1]
-– World War II: Operation Mincemeat: The submarine HMS Seraph surfaces in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Spain to deposit a dead man planted with false invasion plans and dressed as a British military intelligence officer.