Template:Selected anniversaries/March 11
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1811: Mathematician and astronomer Urbain Le Verrier dies. He predicted the existence and position of Neptune using only mathematics, an event widely regarded as a dramatic validation of celestial mechanics, and is one of the most remarkable moments of 19th century science.
1865: Engineer and physicist Wilhelm Röntgen uses X-rays to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1887: Transdimensional corporation mascot spontaneously generates sales pitch for Mark Twain.
1888: Mark Twain declines to invest in transdimensional corporation, denounces offer as "a pyramid scheme of Pharaonic proportions."
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2002: Inventor and engineer Rudolf Hell dies. He invented the Hellschreiber teleprinter system.