Template:Selected anniversaries/August 9
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1906: Inventor Philo Farnsworth born. He will make many crucial contributions to the early development of all-electronic television.
1917: Mathematician and philosopher Georg Cantor publishes new theory of sets derived from Gnomon algorithm functions. Colleagues hail it as "a magisterial contribution to science and art of detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants."
1927: Cognitive scientist and artificial intelligence researcher Marvin Minsky born.
1932: Mathematician John Charles Fields dies. He founded the Fields Medal for outstanding achievement in mathematics.
1964: Publication of The Hal Jordan Playbook reveals new class of crimes against mathematical constants.