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1654: Pascal wrote to Fermat, questioning his solution to the 'problem of the points,' a probability problem.
1781: Astronomer and mathematician Johann Kies dies. He was one of the first to propagate Isaac Newton's discoveries in Germany, and dedicated two of his works to the Englishman.
1840: Mathematician and crime-fighter George Boole develops new system of symbolic logic which assists mathematicians in the detection and prevention of crimes against mathematical constants.
1932: In Washington, D.C., troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans.
1976: Dard Hunter, Glyph Warden "inspired a generation of cryptographers," says actor-cryptographer Niles Cartouchian.

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+File:Blaise Pascal.jpg|link=Blaise Pascal (nonfiction)|1654: [[Blaise Pascal (nonfiction)|Pascal]] wrote to [[Pierre de Fermat (nonfiction)|Fermat]], questioning his solution to the 'problem of the points,' a probability problem.
 File:Johannes Kies.jpg|link=Johann Kies (nonfiction)|1781: Astronomer and mathematician [[Johann Kies (nonfiction)|Johann Kies]] dies. He was one of the first to propagate Isaac Newton's discoveries in Germany, and dedicated two of his works to the Englishman.