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||1919: Hilda Hänchen born ... physicist and academic.
||1919: Hilda Hänchen born ... physicist and academic.
||1932: Jacobus Hendricus ("Jack") van Lint born ... mathematician and academic.  His field of research was initially number theory, but he worked mainly in combinatorics and coding theory. Pic.


File:Ascleplius Myrmidon Halting Problem.jpg|link=On Halting Problems|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.
File:Ascleplius Myrmidon Halting Problem.jpg|link=On Halting Problems|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.

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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.

  • 1944: Mathematician and crime fighter Stefan Banach publishes new theory of modern functional analysis which enables mathematicians to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

    1944: Mathematician and crime fighter Stefan Banach publishes new theory of modern functional analysis which enables mathematicians to detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 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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