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||1872: Ludwik Silberstein born ... physicist who helped make special relativity and general relativity staples of university coursework. His textbook The Theory of Relativity was published by Macmillan in 1914 with a second edition, expanded to include general relativity, in 1924. | ||1872: Ludwik Silberstein born ... physicist who helped make special relativity and general relativity staples of university coursework. His textbook The Theory of Relativity was published by Macmillan in 1914 with a second edition, expanded to include general relativity, in 1924. | ||
||1881: Ebenezer Cunningham born ... mathematician who is remembered for his research and exposition at the dawn of special relativity. | ||1881: Ebenezer Cunningham born ... mathematician who is remembered for his research and exposition at the dawn of special relativity. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=ebenezer+cunningham | ||
||1886: John Deere dies ... blacksmith and businessman, founded Deere & Company. Pic. | ||1886: John Deere dies ... blacksmith and businessman, founded Deere & Company. Pic. | ||
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1765: Mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist Alexis Clairaut dies. His work helped to establish the validity of the principles and results that Sir Isaac Newton had outlined in the Principia of 1687.
1854: Scientist and inventor Johann Philipp Reis uses Gnomon algorithm functions to prevent outbreak of Kingpin inclination.
1902: Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
1973: Watergate scandal (nonfiction): Televised hearings begin in the United States Senate.
2001: Mathematician Jacques-Louis Lions dies. He made contributions to the theory of partial differential equations and to stochastic control.
2019: Triumph voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.