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||1928: Leo Breiman born ... statistician. His work helped to bridge the gap between statistics and computer science, particularly in the field of machine learning. His most important contributions were his work on classification and regression trees and ensembles of trees fit to bootstrap samples. Pic.
||1928: Leo Breiman born ... statistician. His work helped to bridge the gap between statistics and computer science, particularly in the field of machine learning. His most important contributions were his work on classification and regression trees and ensembles of trees fit to bootstrap samples. Pic.
||1929: Valentine Joseph born ... mathematician, noted for his contributions to education. Pic.


||1941: Beatrice Tinsley born ... astronomer and cosmologist.
||1941: Beatrice Tinsley born ... astronomer and cosmologist.

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  • 1593: The Vatican opens the seven-year trial of scholar Giordano Bruno. He will be burned at the stake.

    1593: The Vatican opens the seven-year trial of scholar Giordano Bruno. He will be burned at the stake.

  • 1931: Miniaturized version of John Ambrose Fleming delivers lecture from within Fleming tube.

    1931: Miniaturized version of John Ambrose Fleming delivers lecture from within Fleming tube.

  • 1832: Novelist, poet, and mathematician Lewis Carroll born. He will write Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass.

    1832: Novelist, poet, and mathematician Lewis Carroll born. He will write Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and its sequel Through the Looking-Glass.

  • 1860: Mathematician and academic János Bolyai dies. He was one of the founders of non-Euclidean geometry.

    1860: Mathematician and academic János Bolyai dies. He was one of the founders of non-Euclidean geometry.

  • 1880: Thomas Edison receives the patent on the incandescent lamp.

    1880: Thomas Edison receives the patent on the incandescent lamp.

  • 1948: Mathematician, theorist, and crime-fighter Nikolai Luzin uses point-set topology to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1948: Mathematician, theorist, and crime-fighter Nikolai Luzin uses point-set topology to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1972: Mathematician Richard Courant dies. He co-wrote What is Mathematics?.

    1972: Mathematician Richard Courant dies. He co-wrote What is Mathematics?.

  • 1972: Brion Gysin uses hand-held scrying engine to counteract the effects of crimes against poetry.

    1972: Brion Gysin uses hand-held scrying engine to counteract the effects of crimes against poetry.

  • 2010: Historian, playwright, and social activist Howard Zinn dies. He wrote extensively about the civil rights and anti-war movements, and labor history of the United States.

    2010: Historian, playwright, and social activist Howard Zinn dies. He wrote extensively about the civil rights and anti-war movements, and labor history of the United States.

  • 2016: Ringmaster declared Picture of the Day by citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

    2016: Ringmaster declared Picture of the Day by citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

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