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||1896 – Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician and historian (d. 1966) | ||1896 – Sofya Yanovskaya, Russian mathematician and historian (d. 1966) | ||
||John "Jack" Roland Redman (b. January 31, 1898) was an admiral in the United States Navy. A naval communications officer, he played key roles in signals intelligence during World War II in Washington, D.C., and on the staff of Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. | |||
||1915 – World War I: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare in the Battle of Bolimów against Russia. | ||1915 – World War I: Germany is the first to make large-scale use of poison gas in warfare in the Battle of Bolimów against Russia. | ||
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1632: Clockmaker and mathematician Jost Bürgi dies. He was recognized during his own lifetime as one of the most excellent mechanical engineers of his generation.
1638: Astronomer Jeremiah Horrocks uses Gnomon algorithm functions to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1933: Physicist and crime-fighter Werner Heisenberg uses the uncertainty principle to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1971: The Winter Soldier Investigation, organized by the Vietnam Veterans Against the War to publicize war crimes and atrocities by Americans and allies in Vietnam, begins in Detroit.
2001: American comic book artist Gil Kane dies.
2002: Anarchimedes uses Gnomon algorithm to commit crimes against mathematical constants.
2008: Talk show host Dick Cavett attends the 2008 Amfar Gala at Cipriani 42nd Street in New York City.
