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||1906: William Feller born ... mathematician and academic. | ||1906: William Feller born ... mathematician and academic. | ||
||1907: László Tisza born ... physicist and academic ... initiated the two-fluid theory of liquid helium. Pic. | |||
||1907: Robert A. Heinlein born ... science fiction writer and screenwriter. | ||1907: Robert A. Heinlein born ... science fiction writer and screenwriter. | ||
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1694: Mathematician, astronomer, and Gnomon algorithm theorist Christiaan Huygens publishes his long-awaited autobiography, in which he reveals that he uses statistical analysis and games of chance to catch math criminals in the act.
1752: Weaver and merchant Joseph Marie Jacquard born. He will invent the Jacquard loom, an early type of programmable machine.
1945: Advances in dynastic cellular automata theory reveal new members of Bernoulli family.
1946: Aviator Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 reconnaissance aircraft prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood.
1947: Industrialist, public speaker, and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung announces plan to sell shares in the career of Joseph McCarthy, calls it "a new day in political campaigning."