8th July

[babynick34 at yahoo.com]

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From: babynick34
Subject: 8th July
Date: 6/7/00 6:20 pm  (ET)

Some interesting things about the 8th July

1. It's after the 4th July (hey, I'm good... I can add!) Seriously... 4th
July is a holiday in the US, so not a good day for a book release.

2. Harry Potter PoA was released 8th July 1999.

3. Bloomsbury Publishing (http://www.bloomsbury.com) are said to have
called the 8th July: "Harry Potter Day"

4.
Mathematicians born on this day:
1760 : Kramp
1777 : Hecht
1904 : Henri Cartan


Mathematicians who died on this day:

1390 : Albert
1476 : Regiomontanus
1695 : Huygens
1971 : Reidemeister


So nothing overly exciting about the 8th July... but it does seem to be
the date which has stuck as being "Harry Potter Day".

Nick.