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||1865: Four conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are hanged. | ||1865: Four conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln are hanged. | ||
||1870: Lilian Vaughan Morgan | ||1870: Lilian Vaughan Morgan born ... experimental biologist who made seminal contributions to the genetics of Drosophila melanogaster, which cemented its status as one of the most powerful model systems in biology. Pic. | ||
||1905: Marie-Louise Dubreil-Jacotin born ... mathematician ... an expert on fluid mechanics and abstract algebra. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=Marie-Louise+Dubreil-Jacotin | ||1905: Marie-Louise Dubreil-Jacotin born ... mathematician ... an expert on fluid mechanics and abstract algebra. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=Marie-Louise+Dubreil-Jacotin |
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1694: Mathematician, astronomer, and Gnomon algorithm theorist Christiaan Huygens publishes his long-awaited autobiography, in which he reveals that he uses statistical analysis and games of chance to catch math criminals in the act.
1752: Weaver and merchant Joseph Marie Jacquard born. He will invent the Jacquard loom, an early type of programmable machine.
1945: Advances in dynastic cellular automata theory reveal new members of Bernoulli family.
1946: Aviator Howard Hughes nearly dies when his XF-11 reconnaissance aircraft prototype crashes in a Beverly Hills neighborhood.
1947: Industrialist, public speaker, and alleged crime boss Baron Zersetzung announces plan to sell shares in the career of Joseph McCarthy, calls it "a new day in political campaigning."