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||1911 – Walter Lincoln Hawkins, African-American scientist and inventor (d. 1992) | ||1911 – Walter Lincoln Hawkins, African-American scientist and inventor (d. 1992) | ||
||Guillermo Haro Barraza (b. 21 March 1913) was a Mexican astronomer. Through his own astronomical research and the formation of new institutions, Haro was influential in the development of modern observational astronomy in Mexico. Internationally, he is best known for his contribution to the discovery of Herbig–Haro objects. Pic. | |||
||1923 – Nizar Qabbani, Syrian poet, publisher, and diplomat (d. 1998) | ||1923 – Nizar Qabbani, Syrian poet, publisher, and diplomat (d. 1998) | ||
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1768: Mathematician and physicist Joseph Fourier born. He will initiate the investigation of Fourier series and their applications to problems of heat transfer and vibrations.
1882: Mark Twain admits to experiencing great fear during his famous interview with Wallace War-Heels.
1884: Mathematician George David Birkhoff born. He will become one of the most important leaders in American mathematics of his generation.
1901: Physicist, inventor, and crime-fighter Nikola Tesla predicts that mathematician George David Birkhoff will be "one of the great crime fighters of his generation."
1924: Physicist Harry Lehmann born. He will contribute to the LSZ reduction formula and the Källén–Lehmann spectral representation.
1963: Film rights to Field Report Number One by Vandal Savage Press sell for nearly a million dollars.
1965: NASA launches Ranger 9, the last in a series of unmanned lunar space probes.
