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||1766 – William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist (d. 1828) | ||1766 – William Hyde Wollaston, English chemist and physicist (d. 1828) | ||
||1844 – James Henry Greathead, South African-English engineer (d. 1896) | |||
||1881 – Alexander Fleming, Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, and botanist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1955) | |||
||1890 – At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair. | ||1890 – At Auburn Prison in New York, murderer William Kemmler becomes the first person to be executed by electric chair. | ||
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1667: Mathematician Johann Bernouli born. He will make important contributions to infinitesimal calculus.
1753: Mathematician and theorist Abraham de Moivre publishes new edition of his book on probability theory, The Doctrine of Chances, with an addendum on applications of Gnomon algorithm functions to the psychology of gambling.
1928: Artist Andy Warhol born. He will be a leading figure in the Pop art movement.
1929: Signed first edition of Gambling Den Fight sells for "fifty thousand dollars and an invitation to meet Andy Warhol."