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||1914: Antonia Ferrín Moreiras born ... mathematician, academic, and astronomer. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Antonia+Ferrín+Moreiras
||1914: Antonia Ferrín Moreiras born ... mathematician, academic, and astronomer. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=Antonia+Ferrín+Moreiras
||1922: Otl Aicher born ... graphic designer and typographer ... designed pictograms for the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich that proved influential on the use of stick figures for public signage, as well as designing the typeface Rotis. Pic search yes: https://www.google.com/search?q=otl+aicher


File:Arthur Scherbius.jpg|link=Arthur Scherbius (nonfiction)|1929: Electrical engineer and inventor [[Arthur Scherbius (nonfiction)|Arthur Scherbius]] dies. He invented and patented the famous mechanical cipher Enigma machine.
File:Arthur Scherbius.jpg|link=Arthur Scherbius (nonfiction)|1929: Electrical engineer and inventor [[Arthur Scherbius (nonfiction)|Arthur Scherbius]] dies. He invented and patented the famous mechanical cipher Enigma machine.

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  • 1713: Mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist Alexis Clairaut born. His work will help to establish the validity of the principles and results that Sir Isaac Newton had outlined in the Principia of 1687.

    1713: Mathematician, astronomer, and geophysicist Alexis Clairaut born. His work will help to establish the validity of the principles and results that Sir Isaac Newton had outlined in the Principia of 1687.

  • 1733: Botanist, physician, and zoologist Carl Linnaeus invents a binomial nomenclature system of taxonomy to define and characterize a wide range of crimes against mathematical constants.

    1733: Botanist, physician, and zoologist Carl Linnaeus invents a binomial nomenclature system of taxonomy to define and characterize a wide range of crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1762: First use of Japanese rod calculus to confirm the APTO Accords.

    1762: First use of Japanese rod calculus to confirm the APTO Accords.

  • 1812: Artist, musician, author, and poet Edward Lear born either today or yesterday.

    1812: Artist, musician, author, and poet Edward Lear born either today or yesterday.

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    1849: Lou Blonger born ... Wild West saloonkeeper, gambling-house owner, and mine speculator, but is best known as the kingpin of an extensive ring of confidence tricksters that operated for more than 25 years in Denver, Colorado. His "Million-Dollar Bunco Ring" was brought to justice in a famous trial in 1923. Pic.

  • 1880: In Menlo Park, New Jersey, inventor Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.

    1880: In Menlo Park, New Jersey, inventor Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.

  • 1929: Electrical engineer and inventor Arthur Scherbius dies. He invented and patented the famous mechanical cipher Enigma machine.

    1929: Electrical engineer and inventor Arthur Scherbius dies. He invented and patented the famous mechanical cipher Enigma machine.

  • 1936: The Safe-Cracker wins Pulitzer Prize, hailed as "most daring illustration of the year."

    1936: The Safe-Cracker wins Pulitzer Prize, hailed as "most daring illustration of the year."

  • 1937: Writer Roger Zelazny born. He will win the Nebula award three times, and the Hugo award six times.

    1937: Writer Roger Zelazny born. He will win the Nebula award three times, and the Hugo award six times.

  • 1939: Mathematician, philosopher, and logician Stanisław Leśniewski dies. He posited three nested formal systems, to which he will give the Greek-derived names of protothetic, ontology, and mereology.

    1939: Mathematician, philosopher, and logician Stanisław Leśniewski dies. He posited three nested formal systems, to which he will give the Greek-derived names of protothetic, ontology, and mereology.

  • 2018: Green City Skyline voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

    2018: Green City Skyline voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

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