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||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. | ||
||Gregorio Ricci-Curbastro (d. 6 August 1925) was an Italian mathematician born in Lugo di Romagna. He is most famous as the inventor of tensor calculus | |||
File:Andy Warhol.jpg|link=Andy Warhol (nonfiction)|1928: Artist [[Andy Warhol (nonfiction)|Andy Warhol]] born. He will be a leading figure in the [[Pop art (nonfiction)|Pop art]] movement. | File:Andy Warhol.jpg|link=Andy Warhol (nonfiction)|1928: Artist [[Andy Warhol (nonfiction)|Andy Warhol]] born. He will be a leading figure in the [[Pop art (nonfiction)|Pop art]] movement. | ||
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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 crimes against mathematical constants.
1928: Artist Andy Warhol born. He will be a leading figure in the Pop art movement.
1969: Signed first edition of Gambling Den Fight purchased by Andy Warhol for an undisclosed sum.
1996: NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.
2017: Dennis Paulson of Mars celebrates twenty-first anniversary of the NASA announcement that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.