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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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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."
2018: Creature voted Image of the Day by the citizens of New Minneapolis, Canada.
