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||1882: Robert Lee Moore born ... mathematician who taught for many years at the University of Texas. He is known for his work in general topology, for the Moore method of teaching university mathematics, and for his poor treatment of African-American mathematics students. Pic.
||1882: Robert Lee Moore born ... mathematician who taught for many years at the University of Texas. He is known for his work in general topology, for the Moore method of teaching university mathematics, and for his poor treatment of African-American mathematics students. Pic.
||1885: Theoretical physicist and academic Earle Hesse Kennard born. Much of his research for the Navy focused on hydrodynamics and elasticity, in particular on the theory of potential flow, the physics of underwater explosions and structural vibrations. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=Earle+Hesse+Kennard


||1907: Pedro Arrupe SJ born ... Jesuit priest who served as the twenty-eighth Superior General of the Society of Jesus (1965–83). Stationed as novice master outside Hiroshima in 1945, he used his medical background as a first responder to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. No pic.
||1907: Pedro Arrupe SJ born ... Jesuit priest who served as the twenty-eighth Superior General of the Society of Jesus (1965–83). Stationed as novice master outside Hiroshima in 1945, he used his medical background as a first responder to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. No pic.

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  • 1716: Mathematician and philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz dies. He developed differential and integral calculus independently of Isaac Newton, and designed and built mechanical calculators.

    1716: Mathematician and philosopher Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz dies. He developed differential and integral calculus independently of Isaac Newton, and designed and built mechanical calculators.

  • 1971: Mathematician and academic Hanna Neumann dies. She contributed to group theory, co-authoring the important paper Wreath products and varieties of groups (with her husband Bernhard and eldest son Peter), and authoring the influential book Varieties of Groups.

    1971: Mathematician and academic Hanna Neumann dies. She contributed to group theory, co-authoring the important paper Wreath products and varieties of groups (with her husband Bernhard and eldest son Peter), and authoring the influential book Varieties of Groups.

  • 1971: Mariner 9 enters orbit around Mars. It will map 70% of the surface, and study temporal changes in the atmosphere and surface.

    1971: Mariner 9 enters orbit around Mars. It will map 70% of the surface, and study temporal changes in the atmosphere and surface.

  • 2016: Steganographic analysis of Two Creatures 2 unexpectedly reveals "at least fifty kilobytes" of previously unknown Gnomon algorithm functions.

    2016: Steganographic analysis of Two Creatures 2 unexpectedly reveals "at least fifty kilobytes" of previously unknown Gnomon algorithm functions.

  • 2017: Dennis Paulson celebrates forty-sixth anniversary of Mariner 9 entering orbit around Mars.

    2017: Dennis Paulson celebrates forty-sixth anniversary of Mariner 9 entering orbit around Mars.

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