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Events

1905 - Einstein reveals his Theory of Relativity.

Births

1705 - William Cookworthy, English chemist

1755 - James Parkinson, English physician

1798 - Macedonio Melloni, Italian physicist

1953 - Andrew Wiles, British mathematician who found a proof for Fermat's Last Theorem

Deaths

1626 - Marin GetaldiÄ, Croatian mathematician

1926 - Luther Burbank, American botanist

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