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||1877: American Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon: The Nez Perce defeat the U.S. Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory.
||1877: American Indian Wars: Battle of White Bird Canyon: The Nez Perce defeat the U.S. Cavalry at White Bird Canyon in the Idaho Territory.
||1882: William Shanks buried ... amateur mathematician. Shanks is famous for his calculation of π to 707 places, accomplished in 1873, which, however, was only correct up to the first 527 places. This error was highlighted in 1944 by D. F. Ferguson (using a mechanical desk calculator). Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=William+Shanks+pi


||1885: The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.
||1885: The Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor.

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  • 1714: Astronomer and cartographer César-François Cassini de Thury born. In 1744, he will begin the construction of a great topographical map of France, one of the landmarks in the history of cartography. Completed by his son Jean-Dominique, Cassini IV and published by the Académie des Sciences from 1744 to 1793, its 180 plates will be known as the Cassini map.

    1714: Astronomer and cartographer César-François Cassini de Thury born. In 1744, he will begin the construction of a great topographical map of France, one of the landmarks in the history of cartography. Completed by his son Jean-Dominique, Cassini IV and published by the Académie des Sciences from 1744 to 1793, its 180 plates will be known as the Cassini map.

  • 1859: Inventor and crime-fighter Charles Grafton Page uses Gnomon algorithm to forecast and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1859: Inventor and crime-fighter Charles Grafton Page uses Gnomon algorithm to forecast and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1925: Pharmacologist and chemist Alexander Shulgin born. He will discover, synthesize, and personally bioassay over 230 psychoactive compounds for their psychedelic and entactogenic potential.

    1925: Pharmacologist and chemist Alexander Shulgin born. He will discover, synthesize, and personally bioassay over 230 psychoactive compounds for their psychedelic and entactogenic potential.

  • 1932: Bonus Army: Around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits.

    1932: Bonus Army: Around a thousand World War I veterans amass at the United States Capitol as the U.S. Senate considers a bill that would give them certain benefits.

  • 1939: Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla uses ultra-low-frequency electrical current to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants. His work will later be useful in detecting and removing the Watergate scandal virus.

    1939: Electrical engineer Nikola Tesla uses ultra-low-frequency electrical current to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants. His work will later be useful in detecting and removing the Watergate scandal virus.

  • 1972: Watergate scandal (nonfiction): Five White House operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committee, in an attempt by some members of the Republican party to illegally wiretap the opposition.

    1972: Watergate scandal (nonfiction): Five White House operatives are arrested for burgling the offices of the Democratic National Committee, in an attempt by some members of the Republican party to illegally wiretap the opposition.

  • 2018: Steganograpic analysis of Pilgrim unexpectedly reveals "at least two hundred kilobytes" of previously unknown Gnomon algorithm functions.

    2018: Steganograpic analysis of Pilgrim unexpectedly reveals "at least two hundred kilobytes" of previously unknown Gnomon algorithm functions.

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