Feb 8, 1950
East Germany established their infamous State Security Service, commonly known as the Stasi.
Recommended Movie
The Lives of Others (German: Das Leben der Anderen) won the 2006 Academy Award for Best Foreign Film.
*中文译名“窃听风暴”
Recommended Book
“Each snowflake in an avalanche pleads not guilty.”― Stanislaw J. Lec
Feb 8, 1957
John von Neumann, Hungarian American mathematician, physicist, and computer scientist, the Father of the Modern Computer, died atage 53.
“If people do not believe that mathematics is simple, it is only because they do not realize how complicated life is.” ― John von Neumann
Recommended books
Book by Neumann
Book about Neumann