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March 19th
| 1791 | Metric system, including the decimal subdivision of the circle, advocated in report made to the Paris Academy of Sciences. The committee consisted of J. C. Borda, J. Lagrange, P. S. Laplace, G. Monge, and de Condorcet.
More information about: The Metric System |
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| 1918 | The Standard Time Act of Congress established four time zones in the continental United States, along with the controversial daylight savings time.
More information about: Standard Time Act |
| 1978 | Gaston Julia, who was famous for his work on iteration in the 1920s and was made even more famous by Benoit Mandelbrot's attention to his work beginning in the 1970s, died in Paris on this day. He was born in Algeria in 1893.
More information about: Gaston Julia |
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