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||1939: The erroneous word "dord" is discovered in the Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition, prompting an investigation. | ||1939: The erroneous word "dord" is discovered in the Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition, prompting an investigation. | ||
||1948: Michael John Caldwell Gordon born ... computer scientist. He led the development of the HOL theorem prover. The HOL system is an environment for interactive theorem proving in a higher-order logic. Pic. | ||1948: Michael John Caldwell Gordon born ... computer scientist. He led the development of the HOL theorem prover. The HOL system is an environment for interactive theorem proving in a higher-order logic. Pic. | ||
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||1960: Teiji Takagi dies ... mathematician, best known for proving the Takagi existence theorem in class field theory. The Blancmange curve, the graph of a nowhere-differentiable but uniformly continuous function, is also called the Takagi curve after his work on it. Pic. | ||1960: Teiji Takagi dies ... mathematician, best known for proving the Takagi existence theorem in class field theory. The Blancmange curve, the graph of a nowhere-differentiable but uniformly continuous function, is also called the Takagi curve after his work on it. Pic. | ||
File:Florence_Newman_(1940s).jpg|link=Florence Newman Trefethen (nonfiction)|1961: Codebreaker, historian, academic, and alleged time-traveller [[Florence Newman Trefethen (nonfiction)|Florence Newman Trefethen]] discovers new class of [[Gnomon algorithm]] functions which use [[high-energy literature]] sensors to analyze the form and function of poetry. | |||
||1988: Cartoonist Milton Caniff dies. ''Terry and the Pirates'', ''Steve Cannon''. Pic. | ||1988: Cartoonist Milton Caniff dies. ''Terry and the Pirates'', ''Steve Cannon''. Pic. | ||
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1533: Philosopher and author Michel de Montaigne born. He will be one of the most significant philosophers of the French Renaissance, known for popularizing the essay as a literary genre.
1552: Clockmaker and mathematician Jost Bürgi born. He will be recognized during his own lifetime as one of the most excellent mechanical engineers of his generation.
1901: Chemist, biochemist, peace activist, author, and educator Linus Pauling born.
1961: Codebreaker, historian, academic, and alleged time-traveller Florence Newman Trefethen discovers new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which use high-energy literature sensors to analyze the form and function of poetry.
2017: Steganographic analysis of excerpt from "Burglars" unexpected reveals "at least half a gigabyte of encrypted data, probably related to the ENIAC program".