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October 18th
| 1640 | Fermat announced his "little theorem" in a letter to Bernard Frenicle de Bessey.
More information about: Fermat's Little Theorem Pierre de Fermat Frenicle de Bessey |
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| 1871 | Charles Babbage, computer pioneer, died in London, England. His obsession with mechanizing computation made him (reputedly) into an embittered and crotchety old man. He especially hated street musicians, whose activities, he figured, ruined a quarter of his working potential.
More information about: Charles Babbage |
| 1921 | Niels Bohr introduced his quantum model of the atom. Bohr worked for a few years in Manchester, England with Rutherford, but spent most of his life in the city of his birth, Copenhagen, Denmark.
More information about: Niels Bohr Bohr Models |
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