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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. Noether will make landmark contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics.

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

  • 1897: Mathematician, physicist, and academic John Lighton Synge born. He will be a prolific author and influential mentor, and be credited with the introduction of a new geometrical approach to the theory of relativity.

    1897: Mathematician, physicist, and academic John Lighton Synge born. He will be a prolific author and influential mentor, and be credited with the introduction of a new geometrical approach to the theory of relativity.

  • 1945: First publication of Middle-earth Farm, an allegorial novel by George Orwell and J.R.R. Tolkien.

    1945: First publication of Middle-earth Farm, an allegorial novel by George Orwell and J.R.R. Tolkien.

  • 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.

  • 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.

Are You Sure ... (March 23)

• ... that mathematician Emmy Noether made landmark contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics?

• ... that Middle-earth Farm is an allegorical novel by George Orwell and J.R.R. Tolkien?


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On This Day in History and Fiction

  • 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. Noether will make landmark contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics.

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

  • 1897: Mathematician, physicist, and academic John Lighton Synge born. He will be a prolific author and influential mentor, and be credited with the introduction of a new geometrical approach to the theory of relativity.

    1897: Mathematician, physicist, and academic John Lighton Synge born. He will be a prolific author and influential mentor, and be credited with the introduction of a new geometrical approach to the theory of relativity.

  • 1945: First publication of Middle-earth Farm, an allegorial novel by George Orwell and J.R.R. Tolkien.

    1945: First publication of Middle-earth Farm, an allegorial novel by George Orwell and J.R.R. Tolkien.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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