May 11

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  • 868: A copy of the Diamond Sutra is printed in China, making it the oldest known dated printed book.

    868: A copy of the Diamond Sutra is printed in China, making it the oldest known dated printed book.

  • 1610: Priest and mathematician Matteo Ricci dies. Ricci translated Euclid's Elements into Chinese, as well as the Confucian classics into Latin, for the first time.

    1610: Priest and mathematician Matteo Ricci dies. Ricci translated Euclid's Elements into Chinese, as well as the Confucian classics into Latin, for the first time.

  • 1858: Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd U.S. State.

    1858: Minnesota is admitted as the 32nd U.S. State.

  • 1918: Theoretical physicist and academic Richard Feynman born. Feynmann will share the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to the development of quantum electrodynamics.

    1918: Theoretical physicist and academic Richard Feynman born. Feynmann will share the 1965 Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to the development of quantum electrodynamics.

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