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||1772 – Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, French geographer and cartographer (b. 1703)
||1772 – Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, French geographer and cartographer (b. 1703)
||Cosimo Alessandro Collini (d. 21 March 1806) was an Italian historian and Voltaire's secretary from 1752 to 1756. Pic.


||1866 – Antonia Maury, American astronomer and astrophysicist (d. 1952)
||1866 – Antonia Maury, American astronomer and astrophysicist (d. 1952)

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  • 1768: Mathematician and physicist Joseph Fourier born. He will initiate the investigation of Fourier series and their applications to problems of heat transfer and vibrations.

    1768: Mathematician and physicist Joseph Fourier born. He will initiate the investigation of Fourier series and their applications to problems of heat transfer and vibrations.

  • 1882: Mark Twain admits to experiencing great fear during his famous interview with Wallace War-Heels.

    1882: Mark Twain admits to experiencing great fear during his famous interview with Wallace War-Heels.

  • 1884: Mathematician George David Birkhoff born. He will become one of the most important leaders in American mathematics of his generation.

    1884: Mathematician George David Birkhoff born. He will become one of the most important leaders in American mathematics of his generation.

  • 1901: Physicist, inventor, and crime-fighter Nikola Tesla predicts that mathematician George David Birkhoff will be "one of the great crime fighters of his generation."

    1901: Physicist, inventor, and crime-fighter Nikola Tesla predicts that mathematician George David Birkhoff will be "one of the great crime fighters of his generation."

  • 1924: Physicist Harry Lehmann born. He will contribute to the LSZ reduction formula and the Källén–Lehmann spectral representation.

    1924: Physicist Harry Lehmann born. He will contribute to the LSZ reduction formula and the Källén–Lehmann spectral representation.

  • 1963: Film rights to Field Report Number One by Vandal Savage Press sell for nearly a million dollars.

    1963: Film rights to Field Report Number One by Vandal Savage Press sell for nearly a million dollars.

  • 1965: NASA launches Ranger 9, the last in a series of unmanned lunar space probes.

    1965: NASA launches Ranger 9, the last in a series of unmanned lunar space probes.

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