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January 28th
| 1540 | Ludolph van Ceulen, who computed the value of pi to 35 decimal places, born in Hildesheim, Germany. Pi is still sometimes referred to as Ludolph's number.
More information about: Ludolph van Ceulen History of the number pi |
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| 1699 | Leibniz elected the first foreign member of the French Academy.
More information about: Gottfried Leibniz |
| 1724 | Royal Academy of Sciences founded in St. Petersburg, Russia, by Peter the Great.
More information about: Russian Academy of Sciences |
| 1855 | William Burroughs, inventor of a "calculating machine," born in Rochester, NY.
More information about: William Seward Burroughs |
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