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||Constantin Marie Le Paige (9 March 1852 – 26 January 1929) was a Belgian mathematician. He worked on the theory of algebraic form, especially algebraic curves and surface and more particularly for his work on the construction of cubic surfaces.  
||Constantin Marie Le Paige (9 March 1852 – 26 January 1929) was a Belgian mathematician. He worked on the theory of algebraic form, especially algebraic curves and surface and more particularly for his work on the construction of cubic surfaces.  
||Polykarp Kusch (b. January 26, 1911) was a German-American physicist. In 1955, the Nobel Committee gave a divided Nobel Prize for Physics, with one half to going to Kusch for his accurate determination that the magnetic moment of the electron was greater than its theoretical value, thus leading to reconsideration of—and innovations in—quantum electrodynamics.


File:Harry Laughlin.jpg|link=Harry H. Laughlin (nonfiction)|1943: American eugenicist and sociologist [[Harry H. Laughlin (nonfiction)|Harry H. Laughlin]] dies. He will be the Superintendent of the Eugenics Record Office from its inception in 1910 to its closing in 1939, and among the most active individuals in influencing American eugenics policy, especially compulsory sterilization legislation.
File:Harry Laughlin.jpg|link=Harry H. Laughlin (nonfiction)|1943: American eugenicist and sociologist [[Harry H. Laughlin (nonfiction)|Harry H. Laughlin]] dies. He will be the Superintendent of the Eugenics Record Office from its inception in 1910 to its closing in 1939, and among the most active individuals in influencing American eugenics policy, especially compulsory sterilization legislation.


File:ENIAC Empty-Noise-Into Alien-Communication.jpg|1946: ENIAC ("[[Empty Noise Into Alien Communication]]") successfully refactors the [[Wow! signal (nonfiction)|Wow! signal]].
File:ENIAC Empty-Noise-Into Alien-Communication.jpg|1946: ENIAC ("[[Empty Noise Into Alien Communication]]") successfully refactors the [[Wow! signal (nonfiction)|Wow! signal]].

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  • 1857: Printer, bookseller, and inventor Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville submits sealed patent application for the phonoautograph, which records an audio signal as a photographic image.

    1857: Printer, bookseller, and inventor Édouard-Léon Scott de Martinville submits sealed patent application for the phonoautograph, which records an audio signal as a photographic image.

  • 1885: Physician, scientist, and inventor Edward Davy dies. He played a prominent role in the development of telegraphy, and invented an electric relay.

    1885: Physician, scientist, and inventor Edward Davy dies. He played a prominent role in the development of telegraphy, and invented an electric relay.

  • 1895: Mathematician and academic Arthur Cayley dies. He was the first to define the concept of a group in the modern way, as a set with a binary operation satisfying certain laws.

    1895: Mathematician and academic Arthur Cayley dies. He was the first to define the concept of a group in the modern way, as a set with a binary operation satisfying certain laws.

  • 1926: The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.

    1926: The first demonstration of the television by John Logie Baird.

  • 1943: American eugenicist and sociologist Harry H. Laughlin dies. He will be the Superintendent of the Eugenics Record Office from its inception in 1910 to its closing in 1939, and among the most active individuals in influencing American eugenics policy, especially compulsory sterilization legislation.

    1943: American eugenicist and sociologist Harry H. Laughlin dies. He will be the Superintendent of the Eugenics Record Office from its inception in 1910 to its closing in 1939, and among the most active individuals in influencing American eugenics policy, especially compulsory sterilization legislation.

  • 1946: ENIAC ("Empty Noise Into Alien Communication") successfully refactors the Wow! signal.

    1946: ENIAC ("Empty Noise Into Alien Communication") successfully refactors the Wow! signal.

  • 1962: Ranger 3 is launched to study the Moon. The space probe later misses the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400 km).

    1962: Ranger 3 is launched to study the Moon. The space probe later misses the moon by 22,000 miles (35,400 km).

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