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 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.