Template:Selected anniversaries/April 8

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  • 1461: Mathematician and astronomer Georg von Peuerbach (nonfiction) dies. He is remembered for his streamlined presentation of Ptolemaic astronomy in the Theoricae Novae Planetarum.

    1461: Mathematician and astronomer Georg von Peuerbach (nonfiction) dies. He is remembered for his streamlined presentation of Ptolemaic astronomy in the Theoricae Novae Planetarum.

  • 1484: Polymath Johannes Trithemius publishes Chronicles of an Gnomon Algorithm Cryptographer, for which he will be posthumously awarded the Pulitzer Prize.

    1484: Polymath Johannes Trithemius publishes Chronicles of an Gnomon Algorithm Cryptographer, for which he will be posthumously awarded the Pulitzer Prize.

  • 1541: Physician and archaeologist Michele Mercati born. He will be one of the first scholars to recognize prehistoric stone tools as human-made rather than natural or mythologically created thunderstones.

    1541: Physician and archaeologist Michele Mercati born. He will be one of the first scholars to recognize prehistoric stone tools as human-made rather than natural or mythologically created thunderstones.

  • 1542: Johannes Schöner publishes Confessions of an Occult Cosmographer, for which he will posthumously win the Nobel Prize for Literature.

    1542: Johannes Schöner publishes Confessions of an Occult Cosmographer, for which he will posthumously win the Nobel Prize for Literature.

  • 1732: Inventor, astronomer, mathematician, clockmaker, and surveyor David Rittenhouse born. He will become the first Director of the United States Mint, hand-striking the new nation's first coins.

    1732: Inventor, astronomer, mathematician, clockmaker, and surveyor David Rittenhouse born. He will become the first Director of the United States Mint, hand-striking the new nation's first coins.

  • 1858: Mathematician and philosopher Havelock publishes computational biography of David Rittenhouse.

    1858: Mathematician and philosopher Havelock publishes computational biography of David Rittenhouse.

  • 1859: Mathematician and philosopher Edmund Husserl born. He will argue that transcendental consciousness sets the limits of all possible knowledge.

    1859: Mathematician and philosopher Edmund Husserl born. He will argue that transcendental consciousness sets the limits of all possible knowledge.

  • 1903: Mathematician Marshall Harvey Stone born. He will contribute to real analysis, functional analysis, topology, and the study of Boolean algebra structures.

    1903: Mathematician Marshall Harvey Stone born. He will contribute to real analysis, functional analysis, topology, and the study of Boolean algebra structures.

  • 1904: British mystic Aleister Crowley transcribes the first chapter of The Book of the Law.

    1904: British mystic Aleister Crowley transcribes the first chapter of The Book of the Law.

  • 1910: Kinetoscope used in series of math crimes, authorities name Skip Digits as person of interest.

    1910: Kinetoscope used in series of math crimes, authorities name Skip Digits as person of interest.

  • 1911: Physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.

    1911: Physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity.

  • 1878: Physicist Ernst Ruhmer dies. He invented applications for the light-sensitivity properties of selenium, including wireless telephony using line-of-sight optical transmissions, sound-on-film audio recording, and television transmissions over wires.

    1878: Physicist Ernst Ruhmer dies. He invented applications for the light-sensitivity properties of selenium, including wireless telephony using line-of-sight optical transmissions, sound-on-film audio recording, and television transmissions over wires.

  • 1959: A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper meets to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL.

    1959: A team of computer manufacturers, users, and university people led by Grace Hopper meets to discuss the creation of a new programming language that would be called COBOL.

  • 2001: New Minneapolis-based dance company Rhizolith Group announces world tour.

    2001: New Minneapolis-based dance company Rhizolith Group announces world tour.

  • 2008: Mathematician Graham Higman dies. In mathematics, Higman contributed to group theory. During the Second World War he was a conscientious objector, working at the Meteorological Office in Northern Ireland and Gibraltar.

    2008: Mathematician Graham Higman dies. In mathematics, Higman contributed to group theory. During the Second World War he was a conscientious objector, working at the Meteorological Office in Northern Ireland and Gibraltar.

  • 2016: Signed first edition of Boxes purchased for an undisclosed amount by "an eminent mathematician residing in New Minneapolis, Canada."

    2016: Signed first edition of Boxes purchased for an undisclosed amount by "an eminent mathematician residing in New Minneapolis, Canada."

  • 2017: Mathematician Donald Erik Sarason dies. He made fundamental advances in the areas of Hardy space theory and Vanishing mean oscillation (VMO).

    2017: Mathematician Donald Erik Sarason dies. He made fundamental advances in the areas of Hardy space theory and Vanishing mean oscillation (VMO).

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