- 1749 French mathematician Pierre-Simon de Laplace, mathematician, astrophysicist; wrote Mécanique Céleste; invented the Laplace transform, and the Laplacian differential operator.
- 1821 Bauxite (Aluminum ore) discovered, at Les Baux, France.
- 1881 German chemist Hermann Staudinger born; 1953 Nobel, discovered polymers.
- 1882 German-American mathematician Emmy Noether born; Noetherian rings in Abstract Algebra, Noether's theorem in Physics.
- 1910 Director Akira Kurosawa born; co-wrote and directed Seven Samurai.
- 1912 German-American engineerWernher von Braun born; developed rockets for Nazis and for NASA.
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Today in History: March 23
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