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||1963: John F. Kennedy signs the ratification of the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.
||1963: John F. Kennedy signs the ratification of the Partial Nuclear Test Ban Treaty.


||1993: Andrey Nikolayevich Tikhonov born ... mathematician and geophysicist known for important contributions to topology, functional analysis, mathematical physics, and ill-posed problems. He was also one of the inventors of the magnetotellurics method in geophysics.  
||1912: Martin Maximilian Emil Eichler dies ... number theorist. Eichler and Goro Shimura developed a method to construct elliptic curves from certain modular forms. The converse notion that every elliptic curve has a corresponding modular form would later be the key to the proof of Fermat's last theorem. Pic.
 
||1993: Andrey Nikolayevich Tikhonov dies ... mathematician and geophysicist known for important contributions to topology, functional analysis, mathematical physics, and ill-posed problems. He was also one of the inventors of the magnetotellurics method in geophysics. Pic.  


||1995: Olga Taussky-Todd dies ... mathematician, attendant of the Vienna Circle.
||1995: Olga Taussky-Todd dies ... mathematician, attendant of the Vienna Circle.

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  • 1719: Mathematician Pierre Raymond de Montmort dies. He wrote Essay d'analyse sur les jeux de hazard, an influential book about probability and games of chance which introduced the combinatorial study of derangements.

    1719: Mathematician Pierre Raymond de Montmort dies. He wrote Essay d'analyse sur les jeux de hazard, an influential book about probability and games of chance which introduced the combinatorial study of derangements.

  • 1796: Mathematician and philosopher Thomas Reid dies. Reid believed that common sense (in a special philosophical sense of sensus communis) is, or at least should be, at the foundation of all philosophical inquiry, justifying our belief that there is an external world.

    1796: Mathematician and philosopher Thomas Reid dies. Reid believed that common sense (in a special philosophical sense of sensus communis) is, or at least should be, at the foundation of all philosophical inquiry, justifying our belief that there is an external world.

  • 1797: Red Eyes Fighting "is a reasonably accurate depiction of events as I remember them," says Red Eyes.

    1797: Red Eyes Fighting "is a reasonably accurate depiction of events as I remember them," says Red Eyes.

  • 1885: Physicist and philosopher Niels Bohr born. He will make foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, for which he will receive the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922.

    1885: Physicist and philosopher Niels Bohr born. He will make foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, for which he will receive the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922.

  • 1919: Computer scientist and academic Henriette Avram born. She will develope the MARC (Machine Readable Cataloging) format, the international data standard for bibliographic and holdings information in libraries.

    1919: Computer scientist and academic Henriette Avram born. She will develope the MARC (Machine Readable Cataloging) format, the international data standard for bibliographic and holdings information in libraries.

  • 2017: The Worcester Lunch Car Company's Research Division demonstrates advanced Flying Diner technology, including a new dinner menu.

    2017: The Worcester Lunch Car Company's Research Division demonstrates advanced Flying Diner technology, including a new dinner menu.

  • 2018: Swirl is voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

    2018: Swirl is voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

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