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1801: Mathematician and philosopher Antoine Augustin Cournot born. He will introduce the ideas of functions and probability into economic analysis.
1802: Mathematician and engineer Gaspard Monge publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions, based on his pioneering work in differential geometry, which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
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1916: Sociologist and author C. Wright Mills born. He will be published widely in popular and intellectual journals, advocating public and political engagement over disinterested observation.
1966: New study reveals that the Brainiac Explains lecture series is funded by a Brownian racket.

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 ||1789 – William Herschel discovers a new moon of Saturn: Enceladus.
+||1789 – With the first use of his new 1.2 m (3.9 ft) telescope, then the largest in the world, William Herschel discovered a new moon of Saturn, which was later named Enceladus.
 File:Antoine Augustin Cournot.jpg|link=Antoine Augustin Cournot (nonfiction)|1801: Mathematician and philosopher [[Antoine Augustin Cournot (nonfiction)|Antoine Augustin Cournot]] born. He will introduce the ideas of functions and probability into economic analysis.
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 File:Brainiac Explains Lecture Series (Dominic Yeso).jpg|link=Brainiac Explains|1966: New study reveals that the [[Brainiac Explains]] lecture series is funded by a [[Brownian racket]].
+||1993 – The asteroid 243 Ida became the first found to have a moon when it was visited by NASA's Galileo probe.
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