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1701: Astronomer, physicist, and mathematician Anders Celsius born. In 1742 he will propose the Celsius temperature scale which today bears his name.
1754: Mathematician and theorist Abraham de Moivre dies. His book on probability theory, The Doctrine of Chances, is prized by gamblers.
1810: The Berners Street hoax brings traffic to a standstill in parts of London.
1852: Mathematician and writer Ada Lovelace dies. She did pioneering work in symbolic languages for machine processes, developing what will later be called computer programs for Charles Babbage's early mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine.
1938: Mathematician and philosopher Edmund Husserl publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions based on transcendental consciousness as the limit of all possible knowledge.
1971: The The Mars 2 landing module crashes on Mars after its parachute fails to deploy.
2017: Dennis Paulson of Mars observes a moment of silence in memory of the forty-sixth anniversary of the Mars 2 crash.

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 ||1605: Clergyman, mathematician, and astrologer Nathaniel Torporley - Just after the discovery of the Gunpowder Plot, Torporley was examined by the council for having cast the king's nativity. Pic search French wiki: https://www.google.com/search?q=Nathaniel+Torporley
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+File:Anders_Celsius.jpg|link=Anders Celsius (nonfiction)|1701: Astronomer, physicist, and mathematician [[Anders Celsius (nonfiction)|Anders Celsius]] born. In 1742 he will propose the Celsius temperature scale which today bears his name.
 ||1703: Henry Winstanley dies ... painter and engineer. Pic.