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||1849 – Regular steamboat service from the west to the east coast of the United States begins with the arrival of the SS California in San Francisco Bay, four months 22 days after leaving New York Harbor. | ||1849 – Regular steamboat service from the west to the east coast of the United States begins with the arrival of the SS California in San Francisco Bay, four months 22 days after leaving New York Harbor. | ||
||Manuel John Johnson, FRS (d. 28 February 1859) was a British astronomer. | |||
||1878 – Pierre Fatou, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1929) | ||1878 – Pierre Fatou, French mathematician and astronomer (d. 1929) | ||
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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.
1691: Physician, satirist, and polymath John Arbuthnot uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to rewrite existing manuscripts using satirical premises.
1901: Chemist, biochemist, peace activist, author, and educator Linus Pauling born.
1919: New class of Crimes against mathematical constants "exploit vulnerabilities in Leap Year algorithms."
1944: Der Reichsspritzenmeister develops new drug to stimulate crimes against mathematical constants.