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||1897 – London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs. | ||1897 – London becomes the world's first city to host licensed taxicabs. | ||
||George Eugene Uhlenbeck (b. December 6, 1900) was a Dutch-American theoretical physicist. | |||
||1904 – Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable. | ||1904 – Theodore Roosevelt articulated his "Corollary" to the Monroe Doctrine, stating that the U.S. would intervene in the Western Hemisphere should Latin American governments prove incapable or unstable. | ||
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1586: Astronomer and physicist Niccolò Zucchi born. He will publish works on astronomy, optics, mechanics, and magnetism.
1959: Mathematician Erhard Schmidt dies. He made important contributions to functional analysis and modern set theory.
