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File:Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi.jpg|link=Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (nonfiction)|903: Astronomer [[Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (nonfiction)|Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi]] born. He will publish his ''Book of Fixed Stars'' in 964. | File:Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi.jpg|link=Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (nonfiction)|903: Astronomer [[Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi (nonfiction)|Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi]] born. He will publish his ''Book of Fixed Stars'' in 964. | ||
||1735: Gregorio Fontana born ... mathematician. He was chair of mathematics at the university of Pavia succeeding Roger Joseph Boscovich. He has been credited with the introduction of polar coordinates. | ||1735: Gregorio Fontana born ... mathematician. He was chair of mathematics at the university of Pavia succeeding Roger Joseph Boscovich. He has been credited with the introduction of polar coordinates. Pic. | ||
||1805: Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin born ... magician, the "Father of Modern Conjuring". Pic. | ||1805: Jean Eugène Robert-Houdin born ... magician, the "Father of Modern Conjuring". Pic. | ||
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File:Leopold Kronecker 1865.jpg|link=Leopold Kronecker (nonfiction)|1823: Mathematician [[Leopold Kronecker (nonfiction)|Leopold Kronecker]] born. His work will include number theory, algebra, and logic. | File:Leopold Kronecker 1865.jpg|link=Leopold Kronecker (nonfiction)|1823: Mathematician [[Leopold Kronecker (nonfiction)|Leopold Kronecker]] born. His work will include number theory, algebra, and logic. | ||
||1830: | ||1830: Luigi Cremona born ... mathematician. His life was devoted to the study of geometry and reforming advanced mathematical teaching in Italy. His reputation mainly rests on his Introduzione ad una teoria geometrica delle curve piane. He notably enriched our knowledge of algebraic curves and algebraic surfaces. Pic. | ||
||1847: Robert Liston born ... surgeon. Liston was noted for his skill in an era prior to anaesthetics, when speed made a difference in terms of pain and survival. | ||1847: Robert Liston born ... surgeon. Liston was noted for his skill in an era prior to anaesthetics, when speed made a difference in terms of pain and survival. | ||
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903: Astronomer Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi born. He will publish his Book of Fixed Stars in 964.
1823: Mathematician Leopold Kronecker born. His work will include number theory, algebra, and logic.
1929: Mathematician, physicist, and APTO philosopher Hermann Weyl uses fermions (now known as Weyl semimetals) to detect and prevent crimes against physical constants.
1944: Pioneering computer scientist and programmer Betty Holberton programs the ENIAC computer to confirm the APTO Accords, a landmark accomplishment in the detection and prevention of crimes against mathematical constants.
1963: Instant replay makes its debut during the Army-Navy football game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
1979: Astronomer and astrophysicist Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin dies. Her doctoral thesis established that hydrogen is the overwhelming constituent of stars, and accordingly the most abundant element in the universe.
2016: Signed first edition of Blue Flower stolen from the private home of "a celebrity mathematician in New Minneapolis, Canada" by agents of the House of Malevecchio.