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File:Karl Weierstrass.jpg|link=Karl Weierstrass (nonfiction)|1815: Mathematician and academic [[Karl Weierstrass (nonfiction)|Karl Weierstrass]] born. He will be cited as the "father of modern analysis". | File:Karl Weierstrass.jpg|link=Karl Weierstrass (nonfiction)|1815: Mathematician and academic [[Karl Weierstrass (nonfiction)|Karl Weierstrass]] born. He will be cited as the "father of modern analysis". | ||
File:The_Eel.jpg|link=The Eel|1816: Art critic and alleged math criminal [[The Eel]] escapes from [[Nacreum]], spending less than a day in prison. | File:The_Eel.jpg|link=The Eel|1816: Art critic and alleged math criminal [[The Eel]] escapes from [[Nacreum]], spending less than a day in the famed transdimensional prison. | ||
||1831: Paolo Mantegazza born ... neurologist, physiologist, and anthropologist ... coca. Pic. | ||1831: Paolo Mantegazza born ... neurologist, physiologist, and anthropologist ... coca. Pic. | ||
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||1856: Charles Leroux born ... balloonist and skydiver. Pic. | ||1856: Charles Leroux born ... balloonist and skydiver. Pic. | ||
||1883: David Gibb born ... mathematician and astronomer. He was the first person to use the term numerical integration. | ||1883: David Gibb born ... mathematician and astronomer. He was the first person to use the term numerical integration. Pic: http://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Gibb.html | ||
||1902: Abraham Wald born ... mathematician and economist. Pic. | ||1902: Abraham Wald born ... mathematician and economist. Pic. | ||
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||2009: Qian Xuesen dies ... aerodynamicist and academic. Pic. | ||2009: Qian Xuesen dies ... aerodynamicist and academic. Pic. | ||
File:Karl_Werewolf_Jones.jpg|2009: Karl "Werewolf" Jones hosts "the greatest Halloween party ever." | |||
||2010: John Selfridge dies ... mathematician who contributed to the fields of analytic number theory, computational number theory, and combinatorics. Pic search good: https://www.google.com/search?q=John+Lewis+Selfridge | ||2010: John Selfridge dies ... mathematician who contributed to the fields of analytic number theory, computational number theory, and combinatorics. Pic search good: https://www.google.com/search?q=John+Lewis+Selfridge | ||
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||2013: Trevor Kletz dies ... chemist and author ... safety chem hazmat. He is credited with introducing the concept of inherent safety, and was a major promoter of Hazop. No DOB. Pic. | ||2013: Trevor Kletz dies ... chemist and author ... safety chem hazmat. He is credited with introducing the concept of inherent safety, and was a major promoter of Hazop. No DOB. Pic. | ||
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1815: Mathematician and academic Karl Weierstrass born. He will be cited as the "father of modern analysis".
1847: Physicist and electrical engineer Galileo Ferraris born. He will be a pioneer of AC power systems, and inventor of the induction motor.
1926: Magician and stuntman Harry Houdini dies. Houdini's grand illusions and daring, spectacular escape acts made him one of the most famous magicians of all time.
2009: Karl "Werewolf" Jones hosts "the greatest Halloween party ever."
