Template:Selected anniversaries/March 31

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  • 1596: Mathematician and philosopher René Descartes born. He will be remembered as the father of modern Western philosophy.

    1596: Mathematician and philosopher René Descartes born. He will be remembered as the father of modern Western philosophy.

  • 1861: USS Cairo retrofitted with military scrying engine device.

    1861: USS Cairo retrofitted with military scrying engine device.

  • 1877: Mathematician and philosopher Antoine Augustin Cournot dies. He introduced the ideas of functions and probability into economic analysis.

    1877: Mathematician and philosopher Antoine Augustin Cournot dies. He introduced the ideas of functions and probability into economic analysis.

  • 1985: Pin Man publishes his autobiography. He will quickly receive both praise and death threats.

    1985: Pin Man publishes his autobiography. He will quickly receive both praise and death threats.

  • 2001: Physicist and academic Clifford Shull dies. He shared the 1994 Nobel Prize in Physics with Bertram Brockhouse for the development of the neutron scattering technique.

    2001: Physicist and academic Clifford Shull dies. He shared the 1994 Nobel Prize in Physics with Bertram Brockhouse for the development of the neutron scattering technique.

  • 2003: Mathematician and academic Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter dies. He was one of the greatest geometers of the 20th century.

    2003: Mathematician and academic Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter dies. He was one of the greatest geometers of the 20th century.

  • 2017: SOEP cartel threatens to shoot stomach oil smugglers on sight.

    2017: SOEP cartel threatens to shoot stomach oil smugglers on sight.

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