Template:Selected anniversaries/October 8
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1942: Physicist, mathematician, and engineer Sergey Chaplygin dies. He is known for mathematical formulas such as Chaplygin's equation, and for a hypothetical substance in cosmology called Chaplygin gas, named after him.
1985: Mathematician, cryptographer, and author Gordon Welchman dies. During the Second World War, he developed traffic analysis techniques for breaking German codes.
Achilles and Ajax play dice to determine who will attend the Lucky Spasm Dice Academy.
Hilbert curve gives dice players brief lecture on mathematics.