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||1667 – Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri, Italian priest, mathematician, and philosopher (d. 1733) | ||1667 – Giovanni Girolamo Saccheri, Italian priest, mathematician, and philosopher (d. 1733) | ||
||1725 | File:Jean-Étienne Montucla.jpg|link=|1725: Mathematician and theorist [[Jean-Étienne Montucla (nonfiction)|Jean-Étienne Montucla]] born. His deep interest in history of mathematics became apparent with his publication of ''Histoire des Mathématiques'', the first part appearing in 1758. | ||
||1787 – François Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist (d. 1850) | ||1787 – François Sulpice Beudant, French mineralogist and geologist (d. 1850) | ||
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1575: Mathematician Federico Commandino born. He will gain fame for his central role as translator of works of ancient mathematicians.
1588: Astronomer, physicist, engineer, philosopher, mathematician, and crime-fighter Galileo Galilei uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to locate alleged supervillain Anarchimedes.
1725: Mathematician and theorist Jean-Étienne Montucla born. His deep interest in history of mathematics became apparent with his publication of Histoire des Mathématiques, the first part appearing in 1758.
1947: Advances in dynastic cellular automata theory reveal new members of Bernoulli family.
1948: Physicist and chemist Richard C. Tolman dies. He made important contributions to theoretical cosmology in the years soon after Einstein's discovery of general relativity.
1948: Mathematician and crime-fighter Alice Beta publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1977: Voyager 1 spacecraft launches. It will visit Jupiter, Saturn, and Saturn's large moon Titan.