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||1943: James Earl Baumgartner born ... mathematician who worked in set theory, mathematical logic and foundations, and topology. Pic.
||1943: James Earl Baumgartner born ... mathematician who worked in set theory, mathematical logic and foundations, and topology. Pic.
||1912: Fritz Klingenberg killed by tank shellfire during firefight ... German officer in the Waffen-SS who served with the SS Division Das Reich and was a commander of the SS Division Götz von Berlichingen. He was best known for his role in the capture of the Yugoslavian capital, Belgrade with just 6 men, for which he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. Pic.


||1946: Gilbert Newton Lewis dies ... physical chemist known for the discovery of the covalent bond and his concept of electron pairs; his Lewis dot structures and other contributions to valence bond theory have shaped modern theories of chemical bonding.
||1946: Gilbert Newton Lewis dies ... physical chemist known for the discovery of the covalent bond and his concept of electron pairs; his Lewis dot structures and other contributions to valence bond theory have shaped modern theories of chemical bonding.

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  • 1749: Mathematician and astronomer Pierre-Simon Laplace born. He will make important contributions to mathematics, statistics, physics and astronomy.

    1749: Mathematician and astronomer Pierre-Simon Laplace born. He will make important contributions to mathematics, statistics, physics and astronomy.

  • 1882: Mathematician Emmy Noether born. She will make landmark contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics.

    1882: Mathematician Emmy Noether born. She will make landmark contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics.

  • 1964: Physicist and academic Louis de Broglie uses the wave nature of electrons to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1964: Physicist and academic Louis de Broglie uses the wave nature of electrons to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1977: The first of The Nixon Interviews (12 will be recorded over four weeks) are videotaped with British journalist David Frost interviewing former United States President Richard Nixon about the Watergate scandal and the Nixon tapes.

    1977: The first of The Nixon Interviews (12 will be recorded over four weeks) are videotaped with British journalist David Frost interviewing former United States President Richard Nixon about the Watergate scandal and the Nixon tapes.

  • 2000: AESOP said to be cause of prophetic dreams among the Mir astronauts.

    2000: AESOP said to be cause of prophetic dreams among the Mir astronauts.

  • 2001: The Mir spacecraft is de-orbited. It had been in orbit for 15 years, it was occupied for ten of those years.

    2001: The Mir spacecraft is de-orbited. It had been in orbit for 15 years, it was occupied for ten of those years.

  • 2011: Jean Bartik dies. She was one of the original programmers for the ENIAC computer.

    2011: Jean Bartik dies. She was one of the original programmers for the ENIAC computer.

  • 2017: Signed first edition of the "Enter or Exit" sequence from Table Manners sells for five thousand dollars in charity auction of victims of crimes against mathematical constants.

    2017: Signed first edition of the "Enter or Exit" sequence from Table Manners sells for five thousand dollars in charity auction of victims of crimes against mathematical constants.

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