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1654: Pascal wrote to Fermat, questioning his solution to the 'problem of the points,' a probability problem.
1781: Astronomer and mathematician Johann Kies dies. He was one of the first to propagate Isaac Newton's discoveries in Germany, and dedicated two of his works to the Englishman.
1840: Mathematician and crime-fighter George Boole develops new system of symbolic logic which assists mathematicians in the detection and prevention of crimes against mathematical constants.
1932: In Washington, D.C., troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans.
1976: Dard Hunter, Glyph Warden "inspired a generation of cryptographers," says actor-cryptographer Niles Cartouchian.

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 ||2001: Wau Holland dies ... computer scientist, co-founded Chaos Computer Club.
+||2004: Walter Feit dies ... mathematician who worked in finite group theory and representation theory. Pic.
 ||2005: Astronomers announce their discovery of the dwarf planet Eris.