Template:Selected anniversaries/July 11

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  • 1801: Astronomer Jean-Louis Pons makes his first comet discovery. In the next 27 years he discovers another 36 comets, more than any other person in history.

    1801: Astronomer Jean-Louis Pons makes his first comet discovery. In the next 27 years he discovers another 36 comets, more than any other person in history.

  • 1957: Signed first edition of Culvert Origenes and The Governess sells for five hundred thousand dollars in charity benefit for victims of crimes against mathematical constants.

    1957: Signed first edition of Culvert Origenes and The Governess sells for five hundred thousand dollars in charity benefit for victims of crimes against mathematical constants.

  • 1958: EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, is shut down, having been superseded by EDSAC 2.

    1958: EDSAC, the first practical electronic digital stored-program computer, is shut down, having been superseded by EDSAC 2.

  • 1963: Telstar becomes the world's first communications satellite capable of detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.

    1963: Telstar becomes the world's first communications satellite capable of detecting and preventing crimes against mathematical constants.

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