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||1979: The American space probe Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passes the planet at a distance of 21,000 kilometres (13,000 mi).
||1979: The American space probe Pioneer 11 becomes the first spacecraft to visit Saturn when it passes the planet at a distance of 21,000 kilometres (13,000 mi).


||1981: Albert Speer, German architect and author (b. 1905)
||1981: Albert Speer dies ... architect and author.


File:Haskell Brooks Curry.jpg|link=Haskell Curry (nonfiction)|1982: Mathematician and academic [[Haskell Curry (nonfiction)|Haskell Curry]] dies. He is known for his work in combinatory logic.
File:Haskell Brooks Curry.jpg|link=Haskell Curry (nonfiction)|1982: Mathematician and academic [[Haskell Curry (nonfiction)|Haskell Curry]] dies. He is known for his work in combinatory logic.
||1982: Ludwig Georg Elias Moses Bieberbach dies ... mathematician and Nazi. Pic.


||1982: The United States Air Force Space Command is founded.
||1982: The United States Air Force Space Command is founded.

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  • 1599: Explorer Cornelis de Houtman dies. He discovered a new sea route from Europe to Indonesia, beginning the Dutch spice trade.

    1599: Explorer Cornelis de Houtman dies. He discovered a new sea route from Europe to Indonesia, beginning the Dutch spice trade.

  • 1648: Mathematician, theologian, and philosopher Marin Mersenne dies. He is remembered as the "father of acoustics".

    1648: Mathematician, theologian, and philosopher Marin Mersenne dies. He is remembered as the "father of acoustics".

  • 1938: Asclepius Myrmidon publishes On Halting Problems, about the computational and medical problem of determining, from a description of an arbitrary computer program and an input, whether the program will finish running or continue to run forever.

    1938: Asclepius Myrmidon publishes On Halting Problems, about the computational and medical problem of determining, from a description of an arbitrary computer program and an input, whether the program will finish running or continue to run forever.

  • 1944: Mathematician and crime fighter Stefan Banach publishes new theory of modern functional analysis which enables mathematicians to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1944: Mathematician and crime fighter Stefan Banach publishes new theory of modern functional analysis which enables mathematicians to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1982: Mathematician and academic Haskell Curry dies. He is known for his work in combinatory logic.

    1982: Mathematician and academic Haskell Curry dies. He is known for his work in combinatory logic.

  • 2017: Signed first edition of Asclepius Myrmidon Spear Charge sells for two and a half million dollars.

    2017: Signed first edition of Asclepius Myrmidon Spear Charge sells for two and a half million dollars.

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