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||1939: Adolf Hitler signs an order to begin the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and disabled people.
||1939: Adolf Hitler signs an order to begin the systematic euthanasia of mentally ill and disabled people.
File:Stefan Banach.jpg|link=Stefan Banach (nonfiction)|1944: Mathematician and crime fighter [[Stefan Banach (nonfiction)|Stefan Banach]] publishes new theory of modern functional analysis which enables mathematicians to detect and prevent [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1952: The ILLIAC I becomes operational. The ILLIAC I (Illinois Automatic Computer), a pioneering computer built in 1952 by the University of Illinois, was the first computer built and owned entirely by a US educational institution. Pic.  
||1952: The ILLIAC I becomes operational. The ILLIAC I (Illinois Automatic Computer), a pioneering computer built in 1952 by the University of Illinois, was the first computer built and owned entirely by a US educational institution. Pic.  

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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.

  • 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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