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||1910: Giovanni Schiaparelli dies ... astronomer and historian.
||1910: Giovanni Schiaparelli dies ... astronomer and historian.


||1915: Norman Foster Ramsey Jr., born ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.
File:Norman F. Ramsey Jr.jpg|link=Norman Foster Ramsey Jr. (nonfiction)|1915: Physicist [[Norman Foster Ramsey Jr. (nonfiction)|Norman Foster Ramsey Jr.]] born. He will be awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of the separated oscillatory field method, which will have important applications in the construction of atomic clocks.


||1921: Gérard Debreu born ... economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate.
||1921: Gérard Debreu born ... economist and mathematician, Nobel Prize laureate.

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  • 1858: Mathematician Giuseppe Peano born. He will do pioneering work in mathematical logic and set theory.

    1858: Mathematician Giuseppe Peano born. He will do pioneering work in mathematical logic and set theory.

  • 1915: Physicist Norman Foster Ramsey Jr. born. He will be awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of the separated oscillatory field method, which will have important applications in the construction of atomic clocks.

    1915: Physicist Norman Foster Ramsey Jr. born. He will be awarded the 1989 Nobel Prize in Physics for the invention of the separated oscillatory field method, which will have important applications in the construction of atomic clocks.

  • 1926: Chemist and composer George Brecht born. He will be a conceptual artist and avant-garde composer, as well as a professional chemist who will work as a consultant for companies including Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, and Mobil Oil.

    1926: Chemist and composer George Brecht born. He will be a conceptual artist and avant-garde composer, as well as a professional chemist who will work as a consultant for companies including Pfizer, Johnson & Johnson, and Mobil Oil.

  • 1934: Marie Curie, French-Polish physicist and chemist dies. She conducted pioneering research on radioactivity, discovering the elements polonium and radium.

    1934: Marie Curie, French-Polish physicist and chemist dies. She conducted pioneering research on radioactivity, discovering the elements polonium and radium.

  • 1938: Mathematician and philosopher Edmund Husserl publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions based on transcendental consciousness as the limit of all possible knowledge.

    1938: Mathematician and philosopher Edmund Husserl publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions based on transcendental consciousness as the limit of all possible knowledge.

  • 2003: Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34,646,418 miles (55,758,005 km) distant.

    2003: Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34,646,418 miles (55,758,005 km) distant.

  • 2017: Dennis Paulson of Mars wins Pulitzer Prize for Best Reality Television Show.

    2017: Dennis Paulson of Mars wins Pulitzer Prize for Best Reality Television Show.

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