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||1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.
||1969 – Apollo program: Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.
||Peter Karl Henrici (d. 13 March 1987) was a Swiss mathematician best known for his contributions to the field of numerical analysis. Pic.


||1997 – The Phoenix Lights are seen over Phoenix, Arizona by hundreds of people, and by millions on television.
||1997 – The Phoenix Lights are seen over Phoenix, Arizona by hundreds of people, and by millions on television.

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  • 1764: Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey born. His government will see the abolition of slavery in the British Empire.

    1764: Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey born. His government will see the abolition of slavery in the British Empire.

  • 1877: Children reprogram Jacquard loom to compute new family of Gnomon algorithm functions.

    1877: Children reprogram Jacquard loom to compute new family of Gnomon algorithm functions.

  • Mathematician Melvin Dresher (Dreszer) born. He will contribute to game theory, co-developing the game theoretical model of cooperation and conflict known as the Prisoner's dilemma.

    Mathematician Melvin Dresher (Dreszer) born. He will contribute to game theory, co-developing the game theoretical model of cooperation and conflict known as the Prisoner's dilemma.

  • 2015: Steganographic analysis of Nikola Tesla illustration unexpectedly reveals "at least a terabyte" of encrypted data, "almost certainly Tesla's case files on crimes against physical constants."

    2015: Steganographic analysis of Nikola Tesla illustration unexpectedly reveals "at least a terabyte" of encrypted data, "almost certainly Tesla's case files on crimes against physical constants."

  • 2016: Philosopher, mathematician, and computer scientist Hilary Putnam dies. He argued for the reality of mathematical entities, later espousing the view that mathematics is not purely logical, but "quasi-empirical".

    2016: Philosopher, mathematician, and computer scientist Hilary Putnam dies. He argued for the reality of mathematical entities, later espousing the view that mathematics is not purely logical, but "quasi-empirical".

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