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||1960 – Oskar Anderson, Bulgarian-German mathematician and academic (b. 1887)
File:Oskar_Anderson.jpg|link=Oskar Anderson (nonfiction)|1960: Mathematician and statistician [[Oskar Anderson (nonfiction)|Oskar Anderson]] dies. He made important contributions to mathematical statistics and econometrics.


File:Venera 1.jpg|link=Venera 1 (nonfiction)|1961: Spacecraft [[Venera 1 (nonfiction)|Venera 1]] launched. It will become the first man-made object to fly-by another planet by passing Venus (although it will lose contact with Earth and not send back any data).
File:Venera 1.jpg|link=Venera 1 (nonfiction)|1961: Spacecraft [[Venera 1 (nonfiction)|Venera 1]] launched. It will become the first man-made object to fly-by another planet by passing Venus (although it will lose contact with Earth and not send back any data).

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  • 1916: Mathematician, philosopher, and academic Richard Dedekind dies. He made important contributions to abstract algebra (particularly ring theory), algebraic number theory and the definition of the real numbers.

    1916: Mathematician, philosopher, and academic Richard Dedekind dies. He made important contributions to abstract algebra (particularly ring theory), algebraic number theory and the definition of the real numbers.

  • 1946: Tunguska Event Preservation Society pledge drive meet goal, raises enough computational power to re-create the original event.

    1946: Tunguska Event Preservation Society pledge drive meet goal, raises enough computational power to re-create the original event.

  • 1947: Chemist Moses Gomberg dies. He identified the triphenylmethyl radical, the first persistent radical to be discovered, and is thus known as the founder of radical chemistry.

    1947: Chemist Moses Gomberg dies. He identified the triphenylmethyl radical, the first persistent radical to be discovered, and is thus known as the founder of radical chemistry.

  • 1960: Mathematician and statistician Oskar Anderson dies. He made important contributions to mathematical statistics and econometrics.

    1960: Mathematician and statistician Oskar Anderson dies. He made important contributions to mathematical statistics and econometrics.

  • 1961: Spacecraft Venera 1 launched. It will become the first man-made object to fly-by another planet by passing Venus (although it will lose contact with Earth and not send back any data).

    1961: Spacecraft Venera 1 launched. It will become the first man-made object to fly-by another planet by passing Venus (although it will lose contact with Earth and not send back any data).

  • 1983: High-energy literature research project accidentally releases new class of crimes against mathematical constants.

    1983: High-energy literature research project accidentally releases new class of crimes against mathematical constants.

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