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2002 First everRussian mathematician Grigori Perelman posts the first of three preprint texts with his proof of the Poincaré conjecture. It remains the only of the Millennium Prize Problems in mathematics to be solved. He later refused both the prize money from Clay Mathematics Institute as well as the Fields Medal for his work.
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1869 Oddly trueThe Victorian Aboriginal Protection Act is enacted in Australia, giving the government control of indigenous people's wages, their terms of employment, where they could live, and of their children, effectively leading to the Stolen Generations.
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1750 First everThe F.H.C. Society, also known as the Flat Hat Club, is formed at Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, Virginia. It is the first college fraternity.
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The Guthrie daily leader (Guthrie, Okla.), November 11, 1903
Page 6 · mentions "monster" · printed on this very day
“THE LEADER GUTHRIE OKLAHOMA WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 11 1903 fAQE SIX k 1 r mmmsssasssssssSisissffsssiriessssssssi t THE FEAR OF HUMBUG Prevents Many People From Trying a Good Medicine Stomach troublos arc so common and in mos…”
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