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||1604: Supernova 1604, the most recent supernova to be observed in the Milky Way. | ||1604: Supernova 1604, the most recent supernova to be observed in the Milky Way. | ||
||1704: Johann Andreas Segner, German mathematician, physicist, and physician | ||1704: Johann Andreas Segner, German mathematician, physicist, and physician. Pic. | ||
||1801: Auguste Arthur de la Rive born ... physicist. | ||1801: Auguste Arthur de la Rive born ... physicist. | ||
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1581: Mathematician and linguist Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac born. He will do work in number theory and find a method of constructing magic squares.
1582: Astronomer and mathematician Michael Maestlin uses Copernican system of the solar system to predict imminent outbreak of crimes against mathematical constants.
1859: Alfred Dreyfus born. He will be wrongly convicted of treason during the Dreyfus affair.
1903: "Fightin'" Bert Russell agrees to fight three rounds of bare-knuckled boxing at World Peace Conference.
1918: CIA officer and author E. Howard Hunt born. Along with G. Gordon Liddy, Hunt will plot the Watergate burglaries and other undercover operations for the Nixon administration.
1948: Mathematician Joseph Wedderburn dies. He made significant contributions to algebra, proving that a finite division algebra is a field, and proving part of the Artin–Wedderburn theorem on simple algebras.
2016: Purple Racer voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.
2017: Artificial intelligence based on the Golden ratio develops genuine gratitude for Michael Maestlin's approximation of the Golden ratio.
