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||1873: E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter. | ||1873: E. Remington and Sons in Ilion, New York begins production of the first practical typewriter. | ||
||1879: Robert Daniel Carmichael born ... mathematician ... known for his research in what are now called the Carmichael numbers (a subset of Fermat pseudoprimes, numbers satisfying properties of primes described by Fermat's Little Theorem although they are not primes), Carmichael's totient function conjecture, Carmichael's theorem, and the Carmichael function, all significant in number theory and in the study of the prime numbers. Pic: http://matematica.unibocconi.it/autore/robert-daniel-carmichael | |||
||1881: The first Minnesota State Capitol burns down due to a fire. | ||1881: The first Minnesota State Capitol burns down due to a fire. | ||
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1597: Priest and mathematician Jean-Charles della Faille born. He will publish a method for calculating the center of gravity of the sector of a circle.
1611: Mathematician John Pell born. He will expand the scope of algebra in the theory of equations.
1871: Mystic and faith healer Grigori Rasputin invents new type of scrying engine, uses it to commit crimes against mathematical constants.
1893: Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla gives the first public demonstration of radio in St. Louis, Missouri.
1945: Field Report Number One (Peenemunde edition) spends ten weeks on New York Times bestseller list.
1973: The Dark Side of the Moon released. It will go on to become one of the most successful albums ever.
1974: Signed first edition of Humpty Dumpty At Bat sells for five hundred thousand dollars in charity auction to benefit victims of crimes against physical constants.
1974: Watergate scandal: Seven are indicted for their role in the Watergate break-in and charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice.
1974: Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and alleged math criminal Skip Digits performs benefit concert to raise money for the seven persons indicted for their roles in the Watergate scandal.