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||1945: Paul Koebe dies ... mathematician. His work dealt exclusively with the complex numbers, his most important results being on the uniformization of Riemann surfaces in a series of four papers in 1907–1909. Pic.
||1945: Paul Koebe dies ... mathematician. His work dealt exclusively with the complex numbers, his most important results being on the uniformization of Riemann surfaces in a series of four papers in 1907–1909. Pic.


||1961: Earle C. Anthony dies ... businessman and philanthropist based in Los Angeles, California who worked in broadcasting and automobiles. He was also a songwriter, journalist and playwright.
||1961: Earle C. Anthony dies ... businessman and philanthropist based in Los Angeles, California who worked in broadcasting and automobiles. He was also a songwriter, journalist and playwright. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=Earle+C.+Anthony


File:Gambling Den Fight.jpg|link=Gambling Den Fight|1969: Signed first edition of ''[[Gambling Den Fight]]'' purchased by [[Andy Warhol (nonfiction)|Andy Warhol]] for an undisclosed sum.
File:Gambling Den Fight.jpg|link=Gambling Den Fight|1969: Signed first edition of ''[[Gambling Den Fight]]'' purchased by [[Andy Warhol (nonfiction)|Andy Warhol]] for an undisclosed sum.

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  • 1638: Priest and philosopher Nicolas Malebranche born. He will be instrumental in introducing and disseminating the work of René Descartes and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in France.

    1638: Priest and philosopher Nicolas Malebranche born. He will be instrumental in introducing and disseminating the work of René Descartes and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in France.

  • 1667: Mathematician Johann Bernouli born. He will make important contributions to infinitesimal calculus.

    1667: Mathematician Johann Bernouli born. He will make important contributions to infinitesimal calculus.

  • 1928: Artist Andy Warhol born. He will be a leading figure in the Pop art movement.

    1928: Artist Andy Warhol born. He will be a leading figure in the Pop art movement.

  • 1969: Signed first edition of Gambling Den Fight purchased by Andy Warhol for an undisclosed sum.

    1969: Signed first edition of Gambling Den Fight purchased by Andy Warhol for an undisclosed sum.

  • 1991: Computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the Internet.

    1991: Computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee releases files describing his idea for the World Wide Web. WWW debuts as a publicly available service on the Internet.

  • 1996: NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.

    1996: NASA announces that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.

  • 2012: NASA's Curiosity rover lands on the surface of Mars.

    2012: NASA's Curiosity rover lands on the surface of Mars.

  • 2017: Dennis Paulson of Mars celebrates twenty-first anniversary of the NASA announcement that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.

    2017: Dennis Paulson of Mars celebrates twenty-first anniversary of the NASA announcement that the ALH 84001 meteorite, thought to originate from Mars, contains evidence of primitive life-forms.

  • 2018: Chromatographic analysis of Green Spiral reveals "at least two, probably three, possibly four" previously unknown shades of green.

    2018: Chromatographic analysis of Green Spiral reveals "at least two, probably three, possibly four" previously unknown shades of green.

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