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||1894 – Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician and physicist (b. 1821) | ||1894 – Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician and physicist (b. 1821) | ||
||Karl Adolf Hessenberg (b. September 8, 1904) was a German mathematician and engineer. The Hessenberg matrix form is named after him. | |||
||1918 – Derek Barton, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998) | ||1918 – Derek Barton, English-American chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1998) | ||
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1588: Mathematician, theologian, and philosopher Marin Mersenne born. He will be remembered as the "father of acoustics".
1635: Mathematician, astronomer, and crime-fighter Adriaan Metius manufactures precision optical instruments for detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.
1637: Astrologer, mathematician, cosmologist, Qabalist and Rosicrucian apologist Robert Fludd dies.
1973: Film director and arms dealer Egon Rhodomunde raises money for his next film by selling shares in the President Ford's pardon of former President Richard Nixon.
1974: As a direct result of the Watergate scandal, Richard Nixon becomes the first President of the United States to resign from office. His Vice President, Gerald Ford, becomes president. US President Gerald Ford pardons former President Richard Nixon for any crimes Nixon may have committed while in office.
1974: Industrialist, public motivational speaker, and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung says he "is confident that President Ford did the right thing by pardoning Nixon."
2013: Rhizolith Group performs new work in remembrance of mathematician Robert Fludd.