October 15

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  • 1608: Physicist and mathematician Evangelista Torricelli born. He will invent the barometer, make advances in optics, and work on the method of indivisibles.

    1608: Physicist and mathematician Evangelista Torricelli born. He will invent the barometer, make advances in optics, and work on the method of indivisibles.

  • 1863: Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley sinks for the second time, killing all eight of her second crew, including Horace Hunley himself, who was aboard at the time, even though he was not a member of the Confederate military.

    1863: Confederate submarine H. L. Hunley sinks for the second time, killing all eight of her second crew, including Horace Hunley himself, who was aboard at the time, even though he was not a member of the Confederate military.

  • 1894: The Dreyfus affair: Alfred Dreyfus is arrested for spying.

    1894: The Dreyfus affair: Alfred Dreyfus is arrested for spying.

  • 1965: Mathematician Abraham Fraenkel dies. He contributed to axiomatic set theory, and published a biography of Georg Cantor.

    1965: Mathematician Abraham Fraenkel dies. He contributed to axiomatic set theory, and published a biography of Georg Cantor.

  • 2015: Pink City voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

    2015: Pink City voted Picture of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.

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