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File:Herman_Hollerith.jpg|link=Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|1891: Inventor [[Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|Herman Hollerith]] uses census data to define new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]]. | File:Herman_Hollerith.jpg|link=Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|1891: Inventor [[Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|Herman Hollerith]] uses census data to define new class of [[Gnomon algorithm functions]]. | ||
File:Egg Tooth Neighborhood Association logo.jpg|link=Egg Tooth (neighborhood)|2012: [[Egg Tooth (neighborhood)|Egg Tooth Neighborhood Association]] festival honors the life and work of [[Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|Herman Hollerith]]. | File:Egg Tooth Neighborhood Association logo.jpg|link=Egg Tooth (neighborhood)|2012: [[Egg Tooth (neighborhood)|Egg Tooth Neighborhood Association]] festival honors the life and work of [[Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|Herman Hollerith]]. | ||
File:Mark Twain by Abdullah Frères, 1867.jpg|link=Mark Twain|2013: Artificial intelligence [[Mark Twain]] visits [[Egg Tooth (neighborhood)|Egg Tooth Neighborhood neighborhood]], lauds May Day celebration. | File:Mark Twain by Abdullah Frères, 1867.jpg|link=Mark Twain|2013: Artificial intelligence [[Mark Twain]] visits [[Egg Tooth (neighborhood)|Egg Tooth Neighborhood neighborhood]], lauds May Day celebration. | ||
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1825 – Johann Jakob Balmer, Swiss mathematician and physicist (d. 1898) | |||
1908 – Morris Kline, American mathematician and academic (d. 1992) | |||
1924 – Evelyn Boyd Granville, American mathematician, computer scientist, and academic | |||
1840 – The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom. | |||
1960 – Cold War: U-2 incident: Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis. | |||
Revision as of 13:11, 9 March 2017
1891: Inventor Herman Hollerith uses census data to define new class of Gnomon algorithm functions.
2012: Egg Tooth Neighborhood Association festival honors the life and work of Herman Hollerith.
2013: Artificial intelligence Mark Twain visits Egg Tooth Neighborhood neighborhood, lauds May Day celebration.
1825 – Johann Jakob Balmer, Swiss mathematician and physicist (d. 1898)
1908 – Morris Kline, American mathematician and academic (d. 1992)
1924 – Evelyn Boyd Granville, American mathematician, computer scientist, and academic
1840 – The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.
1960 – Cold War: U-2 incident: Francis Gary Powers, in a Lockheed U-2 spyplane, is shot down over the Soviet Union, sparking a diplomatic crisis.