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$1876: Mathematician Thomas Joannes Stieltjes uses continued fraction theory to fight crimes against mathematical constants.$

1876: Mathematician Thomas Joannes Stieltjes uses continued fraction theory to fight crimes against mathematical constants.
1939: Mathematician and academic Ferdinand von Lindemann dies. He proved (1882) that π (pi) is a transcendental number.
1981: Modern dance company Rhizolith Group debuts new work based on the life of Ayn Rand.
1982: Writer and philosopher Ayn Rand dies.
2017: The Eel and Radium Jane Arm Wrestling awarded Pulitzer Prize, declared "the most entertaining illustration of the year."

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 File:Thomas Joannes Stieltjes.jpg|link=Thomas Joannes Stieltjes (nonfiction)|1876: Mathematician [[Thomas Joannes Stieltjes (nonfiction)|Thomas Joannes Stieltjes]] uses continued fraction theory to fight [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
+||Naum Ilyich Akhiezer (b. 6 March 1901) was a Soviet mathematician of Jewish origin, known for his works in approximation theory and the theory of differential and integral operators. He is also known as the author of classical books on various subjects in analysis, and for his work on the history of mathematics.
 ||1927 – Gordon Cooper, American engineer, pilot, and astronaut (d. 2004)
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 ||1967 – Joseph Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva defects to the United States.
-||Ivan Emanuel Wallin (22 January 1883 – 6 March 1969) was an American biologist who made the first experimental works on endosymbiotic theory.[2] Nicknamed the "Mitochondria Man"
+||Ivan Emanuel Wallin (d. 6 March 1969) was an American biologist who made the first experimental works on endosymbiotic theory.[2] Nicknamed the "Mitochondria Man"
 ||1970 – An explosion at the Weather Underground safe house in Greenwich Village kills three.