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File:John Venn.jpg|link=John Venn (nonfiction)|1923: Mathematician and philosopher [[John Venn (nonfiction)|John Venn]] dies. He invented the Venn diagram, now widely used set theory, probability, logic, statistics, and computer science.
File:John Venn.jpg|link=John Venn (nonfiction)|1923: Mathematician and philosopher [[John Venn (nonfiction)|John Venn]] dies. He invented the Venn diagram, now widely used set theory, probability, logic, statistics, and computer science.


||Walter William Rouse Ball, known as W. W. Rouse Ball (d. 4 April 1925), was a British mathematician, lawyer, and fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge from 1878 to 1905. He was also a keen amateur magician, and the founding president of the Cambridge Pentacle Club in 1919, one of the world's oldest magic societies.
|link=W. W. Rouse Ball (nonfiction)|Walter William Rouse Ball, known as W. W. Rouse Ball (d. 4 April 1925), was a British mathematician, lawyer, and fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge from 1878 to 1905. He was also a keen amateur magician, and the founding president of the Cambridge Pentacle Club in 1919, one of the world's oldest magic societies.


||1929 – Karl Benz, German engineer and businessman, founded Mercedes-Benz (b. 1844)
||1929 – Karl Benz, German engineer and businessman, founded Mercedes-Benz (b. 1844)

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  • 1807: Astronomer, freemason, and writer Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande dies. As a lecturer and writer Lalande helped popularize astronomy. His planetary tables were the best available up to the end of the 18th century.

    1807: Astronomer, freemason, and writer Joseph Jérôme Lefrançois de Lalande dies. As a lecturer and writer Lalande helped popularize astronomy. His planetary tables were the best available up to the end of the 18th century.

  • 1826: Electrical engineer Zénobe Gramme born. He will invent the first usefully powerful electric motor.

    1826: Electrical engineer Zénobe Gramme born. He will invent the first usefully powerful electric motor.

  • Escher had a broad interest, but his research was mainly on crystallography, mineralogy and volcanology. He was a pioneer in experimental geology.
  • 1901: Charles Hermite publishes paper on number theory as deterrent to crimes against mathematical constants.

    1901: Charles Hermite publishes paper on number theory as deterrent to crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1923: Mathematician and philosopher John Venn dies. He invented the Venn diagram, now widely used set theory, probability, logic, statistics, and computer science.

    1923: Mathematician and philosopher John Venn dies. He invented the Venn diagram, now widely used set theory, probability, logic, statistics, and computer science.

  • 1976: Engineer and theorist Harry Nyquist dies. He did early theoretical work on determining the bandwidth requirements for transmitting information, laying the foundations for later advances by Claude Shannon, which led to the development of information theory.

    1976: Engineer and theorist Harry Nyquist dies. He did early theoretical work on determining the bandwidth requirements for transmitting information, laying the foundations for later advances by Claude Shannon, which led to the development of information theory.

  • 1977: Dave the Gamer announces "buy one, get one free" sale on all lucky dice in the store.

    1977: Dave the Gamer announces "buy one, get one free" sale on all lucky dice in the store.

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