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||1999 – Stanley Kubrick, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928) Stanley Kubrick (d. March 7, 1999) was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, editor, and photographer. He is frequently cited as one of the greatest and most influential directors in cinematic history. His films, which are mostly adaptations of novels or short stories, cover a wide range of genres, and are noted for their realism, dark humor, unique cinematography, extensive set designs, and evocative use of music. | ||1999 – Stanley Kubrick, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1928) Stanley Kubrick (d. March 7, 1999) was an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, editor, and photographer. He is frequently cited as one of the greatest and most influential directors in cinematic history. His films, which are mostly adaptations of novels or short stories, cover a wide range of genres, and are noted for their realism, dark humor, unique cinematography, extensive set designs, and evocative use of music. | ||
||David Gale (d. March 7, 2008) was an American mathematician and economist. He was a professor emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley, affiliated with the departments of mathematics, economics, and industrial engineering and operations research. He has contributed to the fields of mathematical economics, game theory, and convex analysis. | |||
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1705: Inventor and priest Bartolomeu de Gusmão uses Gnomon algorithm functions to communicate with D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson.
1788: Physicist and academic Antoine César Becquerel born. He will pioneer the study of electric and luminescent phenomena.
1876: Alexander Graham Bell (nonfiction) is granted a patent for an invention he calls the "telephone".
1875: Gambling Den Fight wins Royal Society award for most exciting new illustration of the year.
1886: Mathematician and physicist G. I. Taylor born. He will make major contributions to fluid dynamics and wave theory.
1937: D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson uses Gnomon algorithm functions to communicate with Bartolomeu de Gusmão.
1950: Cold War: The Soviet Union issues a statement denying that Klaus Fuchs served as a Soviet spy.