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1749: Mathematician and astronomer Pierre-Simon Laplace born. He will make important contributions to mathematics, statistics, physics and astronomy.
1882: Mathematician Emmy Noether born. Noether will make landmark contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics.
1897: Mathematician, physicist, and academic John Lighton Synge born. He will be a prolific author and influential mentor, and be credited with the introduction of a new geometrical approach to the theory of relativity.
1945: First publication of Middle-earth Farm, an allegorial novel by George Orwell and J.R.R. Tolkien.
1977: The first of The Nixon Interviews (12 will be recorded over four weeks) are videotaped with British journalist David Frost interviewing former United States President Richard Nixon about the Watergate scandal and the Nixon tapes.
2001: The Mir spacecraft is de-orbited. It had been in orbit for 15 years, it was occupied for ten of those years.
Are You Sure ... (March 23)
• ... that mathematician Emmy Noether made landmark contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics?
• ... that Middle-earth Farm is an allegorical novel by George Orwell and J.R.R. Tolkien?
On This Day in History and Fiction
1749: Mathematician and astronomer Pierre-Simon Laplace born. He will make important contributions to mathematics, statistics, physics and astronomy.
1882: Mathematician Emmy Noether born. Noether will make landmark contributions to abstract algebra and theoretical physics.
1897: Mathematician, physicist, and academic John Lighton Synge born. He will be a prolific author and influential mentor, and be credited with the introduction of a new geometrical approach to the theory of relativity.
1945: First publication of Middle-earth Farm, an allegorial novel by George Orwell and J.R.R. Tolkien.
1977: The first of The Nixon Interviews (12 will be recorded over four weeks) are videotaped with British journalist David Frost interviewing former United States President Richard Nixon about the Watergate scandal and the Nixon tapes.
2001: The Mir spacecraft is de-orbited. It had been in orbit for 15 years, it was occupied for ten of those years.
Daily Favorites
Hair
The Pompadour of Love is a pompapdours-only hair salon franchise.
Love in the Age of Muttonchops is a short documentary film about writer, scientist, and alleged time-traveler Isaac Asimov.
An American Bald Man in London is a 1981 horror travel film about two American backpackers who are attacked by a piratical janitor while traveling in England.
The Bioluminescent Hair Club is a world-wide bioluminescent hair restoration, bioluminescent hair regrowth, and bioluminescent hair replacement service.
Plait it once, Sam. For old time's sake.