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||1390 – First trial for witchcraft in Paris leading to the death of three people.
||1390: First trial for witchcraft in Paris leading to the death of three people.


||1590 – Dirck Coornhert, Dutch philosopher, theologian, and politician (b. 1522)
||1590: Dirck Coornhert dies ... philosopher, theologian, and politician.


File:Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.jpg|link=Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (nonfiction)|1675: [[Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (nonfiction)|Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz]] makes the first use of the long s (∫) as a symbol of the integral in [[Calculus (nonfiction)|calculus]].
File:Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz.jpg|link=Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (nonfiction)|1675: [[Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (nonfiction)|Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz]] makes the first use of the long s (∫) as a symbol of the integral in [[Calculus (nonfiction)|calculus]].


||Martin Folkes (b. 29 October 1690), was an English antiquary, numismatist, mathematician, and astronomer. Pic.
||1690: Martin Folkes born ... antiquary, numismatist, mathematician, and astronomer. Pic.


File:Laura Bassi.jpg|link=Laura Bassi (nonfiction)|1732: Physicist and academic [[Laura Bassi (nonfiction)|Laura Bassi]] is granted professorship in philosophy by the University of Bologna, thus also making her a member of the Academy of the Sciences.
File:Laura Bassi.jpg|link=Laura Bassi (nonfiction)|1732: Physicist and academic [[Laura Bassi (nonfiction)|Laura Bassi]] is granted professorship in philosophy by the University of Bologna, thus also making her a member of the Academy of the Sciences.
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File:Jean le Rond d'Alembert.jpg|link=Jean le Rond d'Alembert (nonfiction)|1783: Mathematician, physicist, and philosopher [[Jean le Rond d'Alembert (nonfiction)|Jean le Rond d'Alembert]] dies. He made contributions to mathematics and physics, including D'Alembert's formula for obtaining solutions to the wave equation.
File:Jean le Rond d'Alembert.jpg|link=Jean le Rond d'Alembert (nonfiction)|1783: Mathematician, physicist, and philosopher [[Jean le Rond d'Alembert (nonfiction)|Jean le Rond d'Alembert]] dies. He made contributions to mathematics and physics, including D'Alembert's formula for obtaining solutions to the wave equation.


||1808 – Caterina Scarpellini, Italian astronomer and meteorologist (d. 1873)
||1808: Caterina Scarpellini dies ... astronomer and meteorologist.


||1856 – Jacques Curie, French physicist and academic (d. 1941)
||1856: Jacques Curie born ... physicist and academic.


||1880 – Abram Ioffe, Russian physicist and academic (d. 1960) Abram Fedorovich (or Fyodorovich) Ioffe (Russian: Абра́м Фёдорович Ио́ффе; 29 October [O.S. 17 October] 1880 – 14 October 1960) was a prominent Russian/Soviet physicist. He received the Stalin Prize (1942), the Lenin Prize (1960) (posthumously), and the Hero of Socialist Labor (1955). Ioffe was an expert in electromagnetism, radiology, crystals, high-impact physics, thermoelectricity and photoelectricity. He established research laboratories for radioactivity, superconductivity, and nuclear physics
||1880: Abram Ioffe born ... physicist and academic ... an expert in electromagnetism, radiology, crystals, high-impact physics, thermoelectricity and photoelectricity. He established research laboratories for radioactivity, superconductivity, and nuclear physics


||1921 – Bill Mauldin, American soldier and cartoonist (d. 2003)
||1921: Bill Mauldin born ... soldier and cartoonist.


||1923 – Carl Djerassi, Austrian-American chemist, author, and playwright (d. 2015)
||1923: Carl Djerassi born ... chemist, author, and playwright.


||1925 – Klaus Roth, British mathematician (d. 2015) Klaus Friedrich Roth (29 October 1925 – 10 November 2015) was a German-born British mathematician known for work on diophantine approximation, the large sieve, and irregularities of distribution.
||1925: Klaus Roth born .. mathematician ... known for work on diophantine approximation, the large sieve, and irregularities of distribution.


||1933 – Paul Painlevé, French mathematician and politician, 84th Prime Minister of France (b. 1853)
||1933: Paul Painlevé dies ... mathematician and politician, 84th Prime Minister of France.


||Heinrich Biltz (d. October 29, 1943) was a German chemist and academic. Pic.
||Heinrich Biltz (d. October 29, 1943) was a German chemist and academic. Pic.
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File:Long Shot film still.jpg|link=Long Shot (nuclear test) (nonfiction)|1965 Oct. 29: ''[[Long Shot (nuclear test) (nonfiction)|Long Shot]]'' nuclear weapons test at Amchitka, Alaska. It was the largest underground explosion ever detonated by the United States.
File:Long Shot film still.jpg|link=Long Shot (nuclear test) (nonfiction)|1965 Oct. 29: ''[[Long Shot (nuclear test) (nonfiction)|Long Shot]]'' nuclear weapons test at Amchitka, Alaska. It was the largest underground explosion ever detonated by the United States.


||1969 – The first-ever computer-to-computer link is established on ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet.
||1969: The first-ever computer-to-computer link is established on ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet.


||1971 – Arne Tiselius, Swedish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1902)
||1971: Arne Tiselius dies ... biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.


||1980 – Demonstration flight of a secretly modified C-130 for an Iran hostage crisis rescue attempt ends in crash landing at Eglin Air Force Base's Duke Field, Florida leading to cancellation of Operation Credible Sport.
||1980: Demonstration flight of a secretly modified C-130 for an Iran hostage crisis rescue attempt ends in crash landing at Eglin Air Force Base's Duke Field, Florida leading to cancellation of Operation Credible Sport.


||Hugo Hadwiger (d. 29 October 1981) was a Swiss mathematician, known for his work in geometry, combinatorics, and cryptography. Pic.
||1981: Hugo Hadwiger dies ... mathematician, known for his work in geometry, combinatorics, and cryptography. Pic.


||1991 – The American Galileo spacecraft makes its closest approach to 951 Gaspra, becoming the first probe to visit an asteroid.
||1991: The American Galileo spacecraft makes its closest approach to 951 Gaspra, becoming the first probe to visit an asteroid.


||1993: Lipman Bers dies ... mathematician ... he created the theory of pseudoanalytic functions and worked on Riemann surfaces and Kleinian groups. Pic: http://www.eilatgordinlevitan.com/riga/riga_pages/riga_stories_bers.html
||1993: Lipman Bers dies ... mathematician ... he created the theory of pseudoanalytic functions and worked on Riemann surfaces and Kleinian groups. Pic: http://www.eilatgordinlevitan.com/riga/riga_pages/riga_stories_bers.html


||Richard James Duffin (d. October 29, 1996) was an American physicist, known for his contributions to electrical transmission theory and to the development of geometric programming and other areas within operations research.
||Robert Palmer Dilworth dies ... mathematician. His primary research area was lattice theory; his biography at the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive states "it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was one of the main factors in the subject moving from being merely a tool of other disciplines to an important subject in its own right". He is best known for Dilworth's theorem (Dilworth 1950) relating chains and antichains in partial orders; he was also the first to study antimatroids. Pic: https://www.geni.com/people/Robert-P-Dilworth/6000000035405400337


||1997 – Andreas Gerasimos Michalitsianos, Greek-American astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1947)
||1996: Richard James Duffin dies ... physicist, known for his contributions to electrical transmission theory and to the development of geometric programming and other areas within operations research.


||2004 – Ordal Demokan, Turkish physicist and academic (b. 1946)
||1997: Andreas Gerasimos Michalitsianos dies ... astronomer and astrophysicist.


||2004 – Peter Twinn, English mathematician and entomologist (b. 1916)
||2004: Ordal Demokan dies ... physicist and academic.


File:Lord_Kelvin.jpg|link=Heat death of the universe (nonfiction)|2017: "[[Brainiac (nonfiction)|Brainiac]] is planning to [[Heat death of the universe (nonfiction)|kill us all]]," warns Lord Kelvin.
||2004: Peter Twinn dies ... mathematician and entomologist (b. 1916)


|File:Carnevale Tenebre vise 600x800.jpg|link=Carnevale Tenebre|[[Carnevale Tenebre]] uses vise to clamp souls.
|File:Thugs strangling traveller.jpg|link=Criminal (nonfiction)|[[Demon (nonfiction)|Demon]]-hunters [[Predation (nonfiction)|capture their prey]]. One hunter grips the Demon's feet, another its hands, while the third weaves a sacred ligature around the Demon's neck.
|File:Marshall McLuhan.jpg|link=Marshall McLuhan (nonfiction)|[[Marshall McLuhan (nonfiction)|Marshall McLuhan]] less wrong than you think.
|File:Brer_Rabbit_and_Tar_Baby_9000_small.png|link=Tar-Baby 9000|[[Tar-Baby 9000]] uploads [[Turpentine delight]] into Brer Rabbit.
|File:Nysa_on_Maeander_Library_Upgrade.jpg|link=Nysa on the Maeander|[[Nysa on the Maeander]] upgrading to full [[transdimensional corporation]].
|File:Phantomtollbooth.PNG|link=The Phantom Tollbooth (nonfiction)|Before his appearance in [[The Phantom Tollbooth]], Tock the Clock Dog endorsed Extract of Radium in order to qualify for [[Who Wants to Be a Chronometer?]].
|File:Curie and radium by Castaigne.jpg|link=Extract of Radium|M. and Mme. Curie reverse engineer [[Extract of Radium]].
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Revision as of 09:08, 24 August 2018

  • 1675: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz makes the first use of the long s (∫) as a symbol of the integral in calculus.

    1675: Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz makes the first use of the long s (∫) as a symbol of the integral in calculus.

  • 1732: Physicist and academic Laura Bassi is granted professorship in philosophy by the University of Bologna, thus also making her a member of the Academy of the Sciences.

    1732: Physicist and academic Laura Bassi is granted professorship in philosophy by the University of Bologna, thus also making her a member of the Academy of the Sciences.

  • 1783: Mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Jean le Rond d'Alembert dies. He made contributions to mathematics and physics, including D'Alembert's formula for obtaining solutions to the wave equation.

    1783: Mathematician, physicist, and philosopher Jean le Rond d'Alembert dies. He made contributions to mathematics and physics, including D'Alembert's formula for obtaining solutions to the wave equation.

  • 1965 Oct. 29: Long Shot nuclear weapons test at Amchitka, Alaska. It was the largest underground explosion ever detonated by the United States.

    1965 Oct. 29: Long Shot nuclear weapons test at Amchitka, Alaska. It was the largest underground explosion ever detonated by the United States.

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