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||1915 – Ivan M. Niven, Canadian-American mathematician and academic (d. 1999) | ||1915 – Ivan M. Niven, Canadian-American mathematician and academic (d. 1999) | ||
File:Culvert Origenes.jpg|link=Culvert Origenes|1927: Writer and alleged troll [[Culvert Origenes]] received Pulitzer Prize for his essay on [[Alice Beta]]'s contributions to [[Gnomon algorithm]] theory. | |||
File:Peter_Naur.jpg|link=Peter Naur (nonfiction)|1928: Computer scientist, astronomer, and academic [[Peter Naur (nonfiction)|Peter]] Naur born. He will contribute to the design, structure, and performance of computer programs and algorithms. | File:Peter_Naur.jpg|link=Peter Naur (nonfiction)|1928: Computer scientist, astronomer, and academic [[Peter Naur (nonfiction)|Peter]] Naur born. He will contribute to the design, structure, and performance of computer programs and algorithms. | ||
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1647: Physicist and mathematician Evangelista Torricelli dies. He invented the barometer, made advances in optics, and worked on the method of indivisibles.
1927: Writer and alleged troll Culvert Origenes received Pulitzer Prize for his essay on Alice Beta's contributions to Gnomon algorithm theory.
1928: Computer scientist, astronomer, and academic Peter Naur born. He will contribute to the design, structure, and performance of computer programs and algorithms.
1962: The Tunguska Event Preservation Society launches fundraiser to simulate the 1927 Tunguska expedition.