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||1867: Frank Lloyd Wright born ... architect, designed the Price Tower and Fallingwater.
||1867: Frank Lloyd Wright born ... architect, designed the Price Tower and Fallingwater.
||1879: John Howard Redfield born ... mathematician, best known for discovery of what is now called Pólya enumeration theorem (PET) in 1927; "in 1940 he came to Haverford College and gave us some lectures on 'Electronic Digital Computers' " Pic: book cover: http://www.worldcat.org/title/recollections-of-john-howard-redfield/oclc/4524551


File:Herman Hollerith.jpg|link=Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|1887: Inventor [[Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|Herman Hollerith]] applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', his punched card calculator.
File:Herman Hollerith.jpg|link=Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|1887: Inventor [[Herman Hollerith (nonfiction)|Herman Hollerith]] applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', his punched card calculator.

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  • 1625: Mathematician, astronomer, and engineer Giovanni Domenico Cassini born. He will discover four satellites of the planet Saturn and note the division of the rings of Saturn; the Cassini Division will be named after him.

    1625: Mathematician, astronomer, and engineer Giovanni Domenico Cassini born. He will discover four satellites of the planet Saturn and note the division of the rings of Saturn; the Cassini Division will be named after him.

  • 1789: James Madison introduces nine amendments to the constitution in the House of Representatives, inluencing later Bill of Rights amendments.

    1789: James Madison introduces nine amendments to the constitution in the House of Representatives, inluencing later Bill of Rights amendments.

  • 1809: Thomas Paine dies. He authored the two most influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution, and inspired the rebels in 1776 to declare independence from Britain.

    1809: Thomas Paine dies. He authored the two most influential pamphlets at the start of the American Revolution, and inspired the rebels in 1776 to declare independence from Britain.

  • 1887: Inventor Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', his punched card calculator.

    1887: Inventor Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', his punched card calculator.

  • 1912: Mathematician Emmy Noether uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1912: Mathematician Emmy Noether uses Gnomon algorithm techniques to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1955: Engineer and computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee born. He will invent the World Wide Web.

    1955: Engineer and computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee born. He will invent the World Wide Web.

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