Template:Selected anniversaries/August 27
From Gnomon Chronicles
1858: Mathematician Giuseppe Peano born. He will do pioneering work in mathematical logic and set theory.
1938: Mathematician and philosopher Edmund Husserl publishes new class of Gnomon algorithm functions based on transcendental consciousness as the limit of all possible knowledge.
2003: Mars makes its closest approach to Earth in nearly 60,000 years, passing 34,646,418 miles (55,758,005 km) distant.
