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||Johann Hieronymus Schröter (b. 30 August 1745) was a German astronomer. | |||
||1751 – Christopher Polhem, Swedish physicist and engineer (b. 1661) | ||1751 – Christopher Polhem, Swedish physicist and engineer (b. 1661) | ||
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1844: Astronomer Francis Baily dies. He observed "Baily's beads" during an annular eclipse (1836).
1905: Mathematician Emmy Noether uses Gnomon algorithm functions to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1954: The Worcester Lunch Car Company's Research Division announces daily Flying Diner breakfast and dinner flights between San Francisco and New Minneapolis.
2013: Poet, playwright, translator, and lecturer Seamus Heaney dies. He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature.
2017: Leonardo Draws Clock Head wins Newbery Award for Best Children's Book Cover of the Year.