Template:Selected anniversaries/April 2
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1165: Rabbi, philosopher, astronomer, and physician Maimonides publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions which detect and prevent crimes against mathematical constants.
1902: Graphic designer and typographer Jan Tschichold born. He will become a leading advocate of Modernist design, but later condemn Modernist design in general as being authoritarian and inherently fascistic.
1923: Polymath George Spencer-Brown born. He will write Laws of Form, calling it the "primary algebra" and the "calculus of indications".
1924: Famed gem detective Niles Cartouchian returns stolen Pharaonic treasure to Egypt, wins acclaim both national and global.