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||1872: Léon Delagrange born ... pilot and sculptor. Pic.
||1872: Léon Delagrange born ... pilot and sculptor. Pic.
File:Jacquard loom with two children and a dog (circa 1877).jpg|link=Jacquard loom (nonfiction)|1877: Children reprogram [[Jacquard loom (nonfiction)|Jacquard loom]] to compute new family of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]].


||1879: Adolf Anderssen dies ... mathematician and chess player. Pic.
||1879: Adolf Anderssen dies ... mathematician and chess player. Pic.
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||1969: Apollo program: Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.
||1969: Apollo program: Apollo 9 returns safely to Earth after testing the Lunar Module.
File:Howard Aiken.jpg|link=Howard H. Aiken (nonfiction)|1969: Physicist, computer scientist, and [[APTO]] field engineer [[Howard H. Aiken (nonfiction)|Howard H. Aiken]] publishes new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]] which compute and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1987: Peter Karl Henrici dies ... mathematician best known for his contributions to the field of numerical analysis. Pic.
||1987: Peter Karl Henrici dies ... mathematician best known for his contributions to the field of numerical analysis. Pic.
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||2013: Cartha DeLoach dies ... FBI agent and author. Pic.
||2013: Cartha DeLoach dies ... FBI agent and author. Pic.
File:Tractor.jpg|link=Tractor (nonfiction)|2013: ''[[Tractor (nonfiction)|Tractor]]'' voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]].


||2015: Jenifer Wheildon Brown dies ... physicist and computer scientist. She is most noted for her formulation of ray tracing equations in a cold magneto-plasma, now widely known in the radio science community as Haselgrove's Equations. Pic search.
||2015: Jenifer Wheildon Brown dies ... physicist and computer scientist. She is most noted for her formulation of ray tracing equations in a cold magneto-plasma, now widely known in the radio science community as Haselgrove's Equations. Pic search.

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  • 1764: Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey born. His government will see the abolition of slavery in the British Empire.

    1764: Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey born. His government will see the abolition of slavery in the British Empire.

  • 1908: Chemist and US military officer Myrtle Bachelder born. Bachelder will be responsible for the analysis of the spectroscopy of uranium for the Manhattan Project during the Second World War. After the war, Bachelder will make pioneering contributions to metallochemistry.

    1908: Chemist and US military officer Myrtle Bachelder born. Bachelder will be responsible for the analysis of the spectroscopy of uranium for the Manhattan Project during the Second World War. After the war, Bachelder will make pioneering contributions to metallochemistry.

  • 1911: Mathematician Melvin Dresher (Dreszer) born. Dresher will contribute to game theory, co-developing the game theoretical model of cooperation and conflict known as the Prisoner's dilemma.

    1911: Mathematician Melvin Dresher (Dreszer) born. Dresher will contribute to game theory, co-developing the game theoretical model of cooperation and conflict known as the Prisoner's dilemma.

  • 2016: Philosopher, mathematician, and computer scientist Hilary Putnam dies. Putnam argued for the reality of mathematical entities, later espousing the view that mathematics is not purely logical, but "quasi-empirical".

    2016: Philosopher, mathematician, and computer scientist Hilary Putnam dies. Putnam argued for the reality of mathematical entities, later espousing the view that mathematics is not purely logical, but "quasi-empirical".

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