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||1877: Henry Norris Russell born ... astronomer who, along with Ejnar Hertzsprung, developed the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram (1910). Pic.
||1877: Henry Norris Russell born ... astronomer who, along with Ejnar Hertzsprung, developed the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram (1910). Pic.
||1884: Philip S. Van Cise born ... U.S. Army colonel, crimebusting district attorney, and private practice lawyer in Denver, Colorado. He is best known for arresting and prosecuting the notorious "Million-Dollar Bunco Ring" headed by Lou Blonger, a story he recounted in his book ''Fighting the Underworld''. No pic online.


||1886: Lester Randolph Ford Sr. born ... mathematician.
||1886: Lester Randolph Ford Sr. born ... mathematician.


||Georgi Delchev Bradistilov (b. 25 October 1904 (12 October 1904 OS) – 18 June 1977) was a Bulgarian mathematician. Pic.
||1904: Georgi Delchev Bradistilov born ... mathematician. Pic.


||1910 – William Higinbotham, American physicist and video game designer (d. 1994)
||1910: William Higinbotham born ... physicist and video game designer.


||1910: Mathematician and logician Gholam Hossein Mosaheb born. Pic. Birth/death dates confusion, see: http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/mosaheb-gholam-hosayn
||1910: Mathematician and logician Gholam Hossein Mosaheb born. Pic. Birth/death dates confusion, see: http://www.iranicaonline.org/articles/mosaheb-gholam-hosayn


||Ivan Morton Niven (b. October 25, 1915) was a Canadian-American mathematician, specializing in number theory.  Pic.
||1915: Ivan Morton Niven dies ... mathematician, specializing in number theory.  Pic.


File:Culvert Origenes.jpg|link=Culvert Origenes|1927: Writer and alleged troll [[Culvert Origenes]] received Pulitzer Prize for his essay on [[Alice Beta]]'s contributions to [[Gnomon algorithm]] theory.
File:Culvert Origenes.jpg|link=Culvert Origenes|1927: Writer and alleged troll [[Culvert Origenes]] received Pulitzer Prize for his essay on [[Alice Beta]]'s contributions to [[Gnomon algorithm]] theory.
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File:Peter_Naur.jpg|link=Peter Naur (nonfiction)|1928: Computer scientist, astronomer, and academic [[Peter Naur (nonfiction)|Peter]] Naur born. He will contribute to the design, structure, and performance of computer programs and algorithms.
File:Peter_Naur.jpg|link=Peter Naur (nonfiction)|1928: Computer scientist, astronomer, and academic [[Peter Naur (nonfiction)|Peter]] Naur born. He will contribute to the design, structure, and performance of computer programs and algorithms.


||Professor Roger John Tayler OBE FRS (b. 25 October 1929) was a British astronomer. In his scientific work, Professor Tayler made important contributions to stellar structure and evolution, plasma stability, nucleogenesis and cosmology.
||1929: Roger John Tayler born ... astronomer. In his scientific work, Professor Tayler made important contributions to stellar structure and evolution, plasma stability, nucleogenesis and cosmology.


||Friedrich Heinrich Albert Wangerin (d. October 25, 1933) was a German mathematician. Pic.
||1933: Friedrich Heinrich Albert Wangerin dies ... mathematician. Pic.


||1944 – Heinrich Himmler orders a crackdown on the Edelweiss Pirates, a loosely organized youth culture in Nazi Germany that had assisted army deserters and others to hide from the Third Reich.
||1944: Heinrich Himmler orders a crackdown on the Edelweiss Pirates, a loosely organized youth culture in Nazi Germany that had assisted army deserters and others to hide from the Third Reich.


||1949 – Mary Ackworth Orr Evershed, English astronomer and Dante scholar (b. 1867)
||1949: Mary Ackworth Orr Evershed dies ... astronomer and Dante scholar.


|File:Tunguska-Preservation-TV.jpg|link=Tunguska Event Preservation Society|1962: The [[Tunguska Event Preservation Society]] launches fundraiser to simulate the 1927 Tunguska expedition.
|File:Tunguska-Preservation-TV.jpg|link=Tunguska Event Preservation Society|1962: The [[Tunguska Event Preservation Society]] launches fundraiser to simulate the 1927 Tunguska expedition.
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File:Alfred Tarski 1968.jpg|link=Alfred Tarski (nonfiction)|1962: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[Alfred Tarski (nonfiction)|Alfred Tarski]] publishes new theory of metamathematical analysis which quickly finds applications in the detection and prevention of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Alfred Tarski 1968.jpg|link=Alfred Tarski (nonfiction)|1962: Mathematician and crime-fighter [[Alfred Tarski (nonfiction)|Alfred Tarski]] publishes new theory of metamathematical analysis which quickly finds applications in the detection and prevention of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||Mikhail Kuzmich Yangel (d. October 25, 1971), was a leading missile designer in the Soviet Union.
||1971: Mikhail Kuzmich Yangel dies ... leading missile designer in the Soviet Union.


||Mina Spiegel Rees (d. October 25, 1997) was an American mathematician. She was a pioneer in the history of computing and helped establish funding streams and institutional infrastructure for research. Pic.
||1997: Mina Spiegel Rees dies ... mathematician. She was a pioneer in the history of computing and helped establish funding streams and institutional infrastructure for research. Pic.


||Ennio De Giorgi (d. 25 October 1996) was an Italian mathematician, member of the House of Giorgi, who worked on partial differential equations and the foundations of mathematics. Pic.
||1996: Ennio De Giorgi dies ... mathematician, member of the House of Giorgi, who worked on partial differential equations and the foundations of mathematics. Pic.


||2002 – René Thom, French mathematician and biologist (b. 1923)
||2002: René Thom dies ... mathematician and biologist.


|File:Brainiac Explains Lecture Series (Dominic Yeso).jpg|link=Brainiac Explains|2016: New study reveals that the [[Brainiac Explains]] lecture series is explains why [[Brainiac skull diodes (nonfiction)|skull diodes]] are essential to well-ordered computation.
|File:Halting_problem.svg|link=Halting problem (nonfiction)|1985: [[Halting problem (nonfiction)|Halting problem]] is delicious, says supervillain [[Forbidden Ratio]].
|File:Rule 90 trees.svg|link=Cellular automaton (nonfiction)|1986: New version of [[Bernoulli family (nonfiction)|Bernoulli family tree]] powered by [[Cellular automaton (nonfiction)|cellular automata]].
|File:Bourbaki_virages_dangereux_fruiting_body.jpg|link=Outsider mathematics|1997: Fruiting body of ''Bourbaki virages dangereux'' nominated as symbol of [[Outsider mathematics|outsider mathematics]].
|File:Fugitive_Rubies_interrogation_800x600.jpg|link=Fugitive Rubies|2000: Captured supervillain [[Fugitive Rubies]] involuntarily luminesces under green laser interrogation, re-emits red light.
|File:Papillon_book_cover.jpg|link=Papillon (nonfiction)|2001: Re-emitted red light suggests that [[Fugitive Rubies]] is secretly manipulating ''[[Papillon (nonfiction)|Papillon]]'', say [[High-energy literature|High-energy literature theorists]].
|File:Mandelbrot set command line depiction.png|link=Mandelbrot set (nonfiction)|2013: Line printer [[Mandelbrot set (nonfiction)|Mandelbrot set]] yearns for color, launches Kickstarter campaign to fund upgrade.
|File:Brainiac head.png|link=Brainiac skull diodes (nonfiction)|2015: Second-hand [[Brainiac skull diodes (nonfiction)|Brainiac skull diodes]] is actually secret hideout of supervillain [[Fugitive Rubies]].
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  • 1647: Physicist and mathematician Evangelista Torricelli dies. He invented the barometer, made advances in optics, and worked on the method of indivisibles.

    1647: Physicist and mathematician Evangelista Torricelli dies. He invented the barometer, made advances in optics, and worked on the method of indivisibles.

  • 1713: Gottfried Leibniz, in a letter to Johann Bernoulli, observed that an alternating series whose terms monotonically decrease to zero in absolute value is convergent.

    1713: Gottfried Leibniz, in a letter to Johann Bernoulli, observed that an alternating series whose terms monotonically decrease to zero in absolute value is convergent.

  • 1927: Writer and alleged troll Culvert Origenes received Pulitzer Prize for his essay on Alice Beta's contributions to Gnomon algorithm theory.

    1927: Writer and alleged troll Culvert Origenes received Pulitzer Prize for his essay on Alice Beta's contributions to Gnomon algorithm theory.

  • 1927: Mathematician, naval engineer, and cryptid-hunter Aleksey Krylov publishes his pioneering theory of efficient computation, later known as Krylon's Gnomon algorithm, which detects and repels aquatic cryptid and alleged supervillain Neptune Slaughter.

    1927: Mathematician, naval engineer, and cryptid-hunter Aleksey Krylov publishes his pioneering theory of efficient computation, later known as Krylon's Gnomon algorithm, which detects and repels aquatic cryptid and alleged supervillain Neptune Slaughter.

  • 1928: Computer scientist, astronomer, and academic Peter Naur born. He will contribute to the design, structure, and performance of computer programs and algorithms.

    1928: Computer scientist, astronomer, and academic Peter Naur born. He will contribute to the design, structure, and performance of computer programs and algorithms.

  • 1962: Mathematician and crime-fighter Alfred Tarski publishes new theory of metamathematical analysis which quickly finds applications in the detection and prevention of crimes against mathematical constants.

    1962: Mathematician and crime-fighter Alfred Tarski publishes new theory of metamathematical analysis which quickly finds applications in the detection and prevention of crimes against mathematical constants.

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