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||1916: Francis Crick born ... biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate. | ||1916: Francis Crick born ... biologist, biophysicist, and neuroscientist, Nobel Prize laureate. | ||
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||2014: Alexander Imich dies ... chemist, parapsychologist, and academic. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=alexander+imich | ||2014: Alexander Imich dies ... chemist, parapsychologist, and academic. Pic search: https://www.google.com/search?q=alexander+imich | ||
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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.
1887: Inventor Herman Hollerith applies for US patent #395,781 for the 'Art of Compiling Statistics', his punched card calculator.
1955: Engineer and computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee born. He will invent the World Wide Web.