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File:Melvin Dresher.jpg|link=Melvin Dresher (nonfiction)|1911: Mathematician [[Melvin Dresher (nonfiction)|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. | File:Melvin Dresher.jpg|link=Melvin Dresher (nonfiction)|1911: Mathematician [[Melvin Dresher (nonfiction)|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. | ||
File:Armageddon Hard.jpg|link=Armageddon Hard|'''''[[Armageddon Hard]]''''' is a 1998 American planetary catastrophe heist film about a New York City detective (Bruce Willis) who must stop a rogue splinter asteroid (99942 Apophis-B) from destroying the earth. | |||
File:Hilary Putnam.jpg|link=Hilary Putnam (nonfiction)|2016: Philosopher, mathematician, and computer scientist [[Hilary Putnam (nonfiction)|Hilary Putnam]] dies. Putnam argued for the reality of mathematical entities, later espousing the view that mathematics is not purely logical, but "quasi-empirical". | File:Hilary Putnam.jpg|link=Hilary Putnam (nonfiction)|2016: Philosopher, mathematician, and computer scientist [[Hilary Putnam (nonfiction)|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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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.
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.
Armageddon Hard is a 1998 American planetary catastrophe heist film about a New York City detective (Bruce Willis) who must stop a rogue splinter asteroid (99942 Apophis-B) from destroying the earth.
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".