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||1760 – Louis Godin, French astronomer and academic (b. 1704) | ||1760 – Louis Godin, French astronomer and academic (b. 1704) | ||
||Joseph-Nicolas Delisle (d. 11 September 1768) was a French astronomer and cartographer. | |||
||1792 – The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house where they are stored. | ||1792 – The Hope Diamond is stolen along with other French crown jewels when six men break into the house where they are stored. | ||
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1843: Mathematician and explorer Joseph Nicollet dies. He mapped the Upper Mississippi River basin during the 1830s.
1859: Surgeon and gentleman scientist James Braid uses principles of hypnotherapy to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1862: Short story writer O. Henry, known for his surprise endings, born.
2017: Renaissance-era mechanical soldier Clock Head performs stand-up comedy routine for charity, raises five million dollars for victims of crimes against mathematical constants.