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||1625 | File:Giovanni_Cassini.jpg|link=Giovanni Domenico Cassini (nonfiction)|1625: Mathematician, astronomer, and engineer [[Giovanni Domenico Cassini (nonfiction)|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. | ||
||1724 – John Smeaton, English engineer, designed the Coldstream Bridge and Perth Bridge (d. 1794) | ||1724 – John Smeaton, English engineer, designed the Coldstream Bridge and Perth Bridge (d. 1794) | ||
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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.
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.
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.