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Important events from the history of math that happened on this day:
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March 2nd
| 1877 | The U.S. Congress finally awarded 20 disputed electoral votes to Rutherford B. Hayes, giving him a 185-184 Electoral College victory over Samuel J. Tilden in the 1876 U.S. presidential election, despite Tilden's having won the popular vote (Harper's Weekly).
More information about: The Electoral College Controversy of 1876-1877 |
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| 1962 | Charles Jean de la Vallee Poussin died in Louvain, Belgium. He is best known for having proved the Prime Number Theorem.
More information about: Charles de la Vallee Poussin |
| 1978 | Edward Begle died in Palo Alto, California. Originally a topologist, he became a leader in mathematics education.
More information about: Edward Begle |
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