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||2010: Keith Batey dies ... a codebreaker who, with his wife, Mavis Batey, worked on the German Enigma machine at Bletchley Park during World War. Pic: http://spartacus-educational.com/Keith_Batey.htm
||2010: Keith Batey dies ... a codebreaker who, with his wife, Mavis Batey, worked on the German Enigma machine at Bletchley Park during World War. Pic: http://spartacus-educational.com/Keith_Batey.htm
File:Three Kings.jpg|link=Three Kings (nonfiction)|2019: Signed first edition of ''[[Three Kings (nonfiction)|Three Kings]]'' sells for an undisclosed amount to "a couple, both eminent [[Gnomon algorithm]] theorists and long-time residents of [[New Minneapolis, Canada]]."


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  • 413 BC: A lunar eclipse caused panic among the sailors of the Athens fleet and thus affected the outcome of a crucial battle in the Peloponnesian War.

    413 BC: A lunar eclipse caused panic among the sailors of the Athens fleet and thus affected the outcome of a crucial battle in the Peloponnesian War.

  • 1789: With the first use of his new 1.2 m (3.9 ft) telescope, then the largest in the world, William Herschel discovered a new moon of Saturn, which was later named Enceladus.

    1789: With the first use of his new 1.2 m (3.9 ft) telescope, then the largest in the world, William Herschel discovered a new moon of Saturn, which was later named Enceladus.

  • 1801: Mathematician and philosopher Antoine Augustin Cournot born. He will introduce the ideas of functions and probability into economic analysis.

    1801: Mathematician and philosopher Antoine Augustin Cournot born. He will introduce the ideas of functions and probability into economic analysis.

  • 1916: Sociologist and author C. Wright Mills born. He will be published widely in popular and intellectual journals, advocating public and political engagement over disinterested observation.

    1916: Sociologist and author C. Wright Mills born. He will be published widely in popular and intellectual journals, advocating public and political engagement over disinterested observation.

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