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||1885 – Stephen Butterworth, English physicist and engineer (d. 1958)
||1885 – Stephen Butterworth, English physicist and engineer (d. 1958)
||Egon Sharpe Pearson, CBE FRS (b. 11 August 1895) was one of three children and the son of Karl Pearson and, like his father, a leading British statistician.


File:Mountain vendetta.jpg|link=Havelock|1890: [[Judge Havelock]] survives shootout by running away.
File:Mountain vendetta.jpg|link=Havelock|1890: [[Judge Havelock]] survives shootout by running away.

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  • 1578: Mathematician, cosmographer, and academic Pedro Nunes dies. One of the greatest mathematicians of his time, he is best known for his mathematical approach to navigation and cartography.

    1578: Mathematician, cosmographer, and academic Pedro Nunes dies. One of the greatest mathematicians of his time, he is best known for his mathematical approach to navigation and cartography.

  • 1890: Judge Havelock survives shootout by running away.

    1890: Judge Havelock survives shootout by running away.

  • 1974: Graphic designer and typographer Jan Tschichold dies. He was a leading advocate of Modernist design, but later condemn Modernist design in general as being authoritarian and inherently fascistic.

    1974: Graphic designer and typographer Jan Tschichold dies. He was a leading advocate of Modernist design, but later condemn Modernist design in general as being authoritarian and inherently fascistic.

  • 2003: Mathematician and academic Armand Borel dies. He worked in algebraic topology, in the theory of Lie groups, and was one of the creators of the contemporary theory of linear algebraic groups.

    2003: Mathematician and academic Armand Borel dies. He worked in algebraic topology, in the theory of Lie groups, and was one of the creators of the contemporary theory of linear algebraic groups.

  • 1995: Mathematician and logician Alonzo Church dies. He made major contributions to mathematical logic and the foundations of theoretical computer science.

    1995: Mathematician and logician Alonzo Church dies. He made major contributions to mathematical logic and the foundations of theoretical computer science.

  • 2017: Pin Man #1 is "a work in progress," says author Karl Jones. "I have characters sketches, and cover art, but I'm still thinking about the stories."

    2017: Pin Man #1 is "a work in progress," says author Karl Jones. "I have characters sketches, and cover art, but I'm still thinking about the stories."

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