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||1865 – Wilhelm Wirtinger, Austrian-German mathematician and theorist (d. 1945)
||1865 – Wilhelm Wirtinger, Austrian-German mathematician and theorist (d. 1945)
||Hendrik Brugt Gerhard Casimir ForMemRS (b. July 15, 1909) was a Dutch physicist best known for his research on the two-fluid model of superconductors (together with C. J. Gorter) in 1934 and the Casimir effect (together with D. Polder) in 1948.


||1915 – Albert Ghiorso, American chemist and academic (d. 2010)
||1915 – Albert Ghiorso, American chemist and academic (d. 2010)

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  • 998: Mathematician and astronomer Abū al-Wafā' Būzjānī dies. His Almagest was widely read by medieval Arabic astronomers in the centuries after his death.

    998: Mathematician and astronomer Abū al-Wafā' Būzjānī dies. His Almagest was widely read by medieval Arabic astronomers in the centuries after his death.

  • 1188: Polymath Ibn Rushd (Averoess) publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1188: Polymath Ibn Rushd (Averoess) publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1573: Architect Inigo Jones born. He will be one of the first architects of the early modern period to employ Vitruvian rules of proportion and symmetry in his buildings.

    1573: Architect Inigo Jones born. He will be one of the first architects of the early modern period to employ Vitruvian rules of proportion and symmetry in his buildings.

  • 1864: Adventurer and alleged time-travelling "Pirate of the Prairies" Wallace War-Heels defeats Baron Zersetzung in single combat.

    1864: Adventurer and alleged time-travelling "Pirate of the Prairies" Wallace War-Heels defeats Baron Zersetzung in single combat.

  • 1865: Mathematician Wilhelm Wirtinger born. He will contribute to complex analysis, geometry, algebra, number theory, Lie groups and knot theory.

    1865: Mathematician Wilhelm Wirtinger born. He will contribute to complex analysis, geometry, algebra, number theory, Lie groups and knot theory.

  • 1866: Social activist and alleged superhero The Governess chastises math criminals, shames them into returning stolen digits.

    1866: Social activist and alleged superhero The Governess chastises math criminals, shames them into returning stolen digits.

  • 2013: Computer scientist and academic John T. Riedl dies. He was a founder of the field of recommender systems, social computing, and interactive intelligent user interface systems.

    2013: Computer scientist and academic John T. Riedl dies. He was a founder of the field of recommender systems, social computing, and interactive intelligent user interface systems.

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