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||2005: A second photo from the Hubble Space Telescope confirms that Pluto has two additional moons, Nix and Hydra. | ||2005: A second photo from the Hubble Space Telescope confirms that Pluto has two additional moons, Nix and Hydra. | ||
||2007: Pierre-Gilles de Gennes dies ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. | ||2007: Pierre-Gilles de Gennes dies ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate. Pic. | ||
||2014: Hans-Peter Dürr dies ... physicist and academic. | ||2014: Hans-Peter Dürr dies ... physicist and academic. | ||
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1048: Polymath, scholar, mathematician, astronomer, philosopher, and poet Omar Khayyám born.
1661: Mathematician William Oughtred uses Gnomon algorithm functions to detect crimes against mathematical constants.
1711: Polymath Roger Joseph Boscovich born. He will be a physicist, astronomer, mathematician, philosopher, diplomat, poet, theologian, and Jesuit priest.
1822: Photographer and journalist Mathew Brady born. He will be one of the first American photographers, best known for his scenes of the Civil War.
1871: Gem detective and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde accuses Niles Cartouchian of manufacturing illegal time crystals (nonfiction).
1872: Philosopher, logician, mathematician, historian, writer, social critic and political activist Bertrand Russell born.
1902: "Fightin'" Bert Russell agrees to fight three rounds of bare-knuckled boxing at World Peace Conference.
2016: Cowries voted Image of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.