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||892 – Al-Tirmidhi, Persian scholar and hadith compiler (b. 824)
||892: Al-Tirmidhi dies ... scholar and hadith compiler.


||1410 – The first known mention of the Prague astronomical clock.
||1410: The first known mention of the Prague astronomical clock.


File:Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac.jpg|link=Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac (nonfiction)|1581: Mathematician and linguist [[Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac (nonfiction)|Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac]] born. He will do work in number theory and find a method of constructing magic squares.  
File:Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac.jpg|link=Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac (nonfiction)|1581: Mathematician and linguist [[Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac (nonfiction)|Claude Gaspard Bachet de Méziriac]] born. He will do work in number theory and find a method of constructing magic squares.  
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File:Michael Maestlin.jpg|link=Michael Maestlin (nonfiction)|1582: Astronomer and mathematician [[Michael Maestlin (nonfiction)|Michael Maestlin]] uses Copernican system of the solar system to predict imminent outbreak of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].
File:Michael Maestlin.jpg|link=Michael Maestlin (nonfiction)|1582: Astronomer and mathematician [[Michael Maestlin (nonfiction)|Michael Maestlin]] uses Copernican system of the solar system to predict imminent outbreak of [[crimes against mathematical constants]].


||1604 – Supernova 1604, the most recent supernova to be observed in the Milky Way.
||1604: Supernova 1604, the most recent supernova to be observed in the Milky Way.


||1704 – Johann Andreas Segner, German mathematician, physicist, and physician (d. 1777)
||1704: Johann Andreas Segner, German mathematician, physicist, and physician (d. 1777)


||Auguste Arthur de la Rive (b. October 9, 1801) was a Swiss physicist.  
||1801: Auguste Arthur de la Rive born ... physicist.  


||1806 – Benjamin Banneker, American astronomer and surveyor (b. 1731)
||1806: Benjamin Banneker dies ... astronomer and surveyor.


||Giovanni Francesco Giuseppe Malfatti, also known as Gian Francesco or Gianfrancesco (d. 1807) was an Italian mathematician. Pic.
||1807: Giovanni Francesco Giuseppe Malfatti, also known as Gian Francesco or Gianfrancesco, dies ... mathematician. Pic.


||1837 – Francis Wayland Parker, American theorist and academic (d. 1902)
||1837: Francis Wayland Parker born ... theorist and academic.


||1852 – Hermann Emil Fischer, German chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1919) Hermann Emil Louis Fischer FRS FRSE FCS (9 October 1852 – 15 July 1919) was a German chemist and 1902 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He also discovered the Fischer esterification. He developed the Fischer projection, a symbolic way of drawing asymmetric carbon atoms.  
||1852: Hermann Emil Fischer born ... chemist and academic ... 1902 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He also discovered the Fischer esterification. He developed the Fischer projection, a symbolic way of drawing asymmetric carbon atoms. Pic.


||1858 – Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (d. 1935)
||1858: Mihajlo Pupin, Serbian-American physicist and chemist (d. 1935)


File:Alfred Dreyfus age 76.jpg|1859: [[Alfred Dreyfus (nonfiction)|Alfred Dreyfus]] born. He will be wrongly convicted of treason during the [[Dreyfus affair (nonfiction)|Dreyfus affair]].
File:Alfred Dreyfus age 76.jpg|1859: [[Alfred Dreyfus (nonfiction)|Alfred Dreyfus]] born. He will be wrongly convicted of treason during the [[Dreyfus affair (nonfiction)|Dreyfus affair]].


||1873 – Karl Schwarzschild, German physicist and astronomer (d. 1916)
||1873: Karl Schwarzschild born ... physicist and astronomer.


||1873 – Charles Rudolph Walgreen, American pharmacist and businessman, founded Walgreens (d. 1939)
||1873: Charles Rudolph Walgreen born ... pharmacist and businessman, founded Walgreens.


||1879 – Max von Laue, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1960)
||1879: Max von Laue born ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.


||Heinrich Adolph Louis Behnke (b. 9 October 1898) was a German mathematician  
||1898: Heinrich Adolph Louis Behnke born ... mathematician.


||1900 – Joseph Friedman, American inventor, invented the bendy straw (d. 1982)
||1900: Joseph Friedman born ... inventor, invented the bendy straw.


File:Fightin' Bert Russell.jpg|link=Bertrand Russell|1903: [[Bertrand Russell|"Fightin'" Bert Russell]] agrees to fight three rounds of bare-knuckled boxing at World Peace Conference.
File:Fightin' Bert Russell.jpg|link=Bertrand Russell|1903: [[Bertrand Russell|"Fightin'" Bert Russell]] agrees to fight three rounds of bare-knuckled boxing at World Peace Conference.


||Bailie Hugh Blackburn (d. 9 October 1909) was a Scottish mathematician. A lifelong friend of William Thomson (later Lord Kelvin), and the husband of illustrator Jemima Blackburn, he was professor of mathematics at the University of Glasgow from 1849 to 1879. Pic.
||1909: Bailie Hugh Blackburn dies ... mathematician. A lifelong friend of William Thomson (later Lord Kelvin), and the husband of illustrator Jemima Blackburn, he was professor of mathematics at the University of Glasgow from 1849 to 1879. Pic.


|File:Georg Cantor 1894.png|link=Georg Cantor (nonfiction)|1917: Mathematician and philosopher [[Georg Cantor (nonfiction)|Georg Cantor]] publishes new [[Set theory (nonfiction)|theory of sets]] derived from [[Gnomon algorithm functions]]. Colleagues hail it as "a magisterial contribution to science and art of detecting and preventing [[crimes against mathematical constants]]."
|File:Georg Cantor 1894.png|link=Georg Cantor (nonfiction)|1917: Mathematician and philosopher [[Georg Cantor (nonfiction)|Georg Cantor]] publishes new [[Set theory (nonfiction)|theory of sets]] derived from [[Gnomon algorithm functions]]. Colleagues hail it as "a magisterial contribution to science and art of detecting and preventing [[crimes against mathematical constants]]."
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File:E. Howard Hunt.jpg|link=E. Howard Hunt (nonfiction)|1918: CIA officer and author [[E. Howard Hunt (nonfiction)|E. Howard Hunt]] born. Along with G. Gordon Liddy, Hunt will plot the [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|Watergate burglaries and other undercover operations for the Nixon administration]].  
File:E. Howard Hunt.jpg|link=E. Howard Hunt (nonfiction)|1918: CIA officer and author [[E. Howard Hunt (nonfiction)|E. Howard Hunt]] born. Along with G. Gordon Liddy, Hunt will plot the [[Watergate scandal (nonfiction)|Watergate burglaries and other undercover operations for the Nixon administration]].  


||Hing Tong (16 February 1922 – 4 March 2007) was a leading American mathematician. He is well known for providing the original proof of the Katetov–Tong insertion theorem.
||1930: Enrico Forlanini dies ... engineer, inventor and aeronautical pioneer, known for his works on helicopters, aircraft, hydrofoils and dirigibles.


||Enrico Forlanini (d. 9 October 1930) was an Italian engineer, inventor and aeronautical pioneer, known for his works on helicopters, aircraft, hydrofoils and dirigibles.
||1933: Peter Mansfield born ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.


||1933 – Peter Mansfield, English physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2017)
||1936: Generators at Boulder Dam (later renamed to Hoover Dam) begin to generate electricity from the Colorado River and transmit it 266 miles to Los Angeles.


||1936 – Generators at Boulder Dam (later renamed to Hoover Dam) begin to generate electricity from the Colorado River and transmit it 266 miles to Los Angeles.
||1943: Pieter Zeeman dies ... physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.


||1943 – Pieter Zeeman, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1865)
||1943: S. Barry Cooper born ... mathematician and computability theorist. His book ''Computability Theory'' made the technical research area accessible to a new generation of students. Pic.


||S. Barry Cooper (b. 9 October 1943) was a British mathematician and computability theorist. His book ''Computability Theory'' made the technical research area accessible to a new generation of students. Pic.
File:Joseph Wedderburn.jpg|link=Joseph Wedderburn (nonfiction)|1948: Mathematician [[Joseph Wedderburn (nonfiction)|Joseph Wedderburn]] dies. He made significant contributions to algebra, proving that a finite division algebra is a field, and proving part of the Artin–Wedderburn theorem on simple algebras.  


File:Joseph Wedderburn.jpg|link=Joseph Wedderburn (nonfiction)|1948: Mathematician [[Joseph Wedderburn (nonfiction)|Joseph Wedderburn]] dies. He made significant contributions to algebra, proving that a finite division algebra is a field, and proving part of the Artin–Wedderburn theorem on simple algebras.  
||1955: George Placzek dies ... physicist. Together with Otto Frisch, he suggested a direct experimental proof of nuclear fission. Together with Niels Bohr and others, he was instrumental in clarifying the role of Uranium 235 for the possibility of nuclear chain reaction. Pic.


||George Placzek (d. October 9, 1955) was a Czech physicist. Together with Otto Frisch, he suggested a direct experimental proof of nuclear fission. Together with Niels Bohr and others, he was instrumental in clarifying the role of Uranium 235 for the possibility of nuclear chain reaction. Pic.
||1959: Henry Thomas Tizard dies ... chemist, inventor and Rector of Imperial College, who developed the modern "octane rating" used to classify petrol, helped develop radar in World War II, and led the first serious studies of UFOs. Pic: https://www.todayinsci.com/8/8_23.htm


||1962 – Milan Vidmar, Slovenian chess player and engineer (b. 1885)
||1962: Milan Vidmar dies ... chess player and engineer.


||1967 – Cyril Norman Hinshelwood, English chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1897)
||1967: Cyril Norman Hinshelwood dies ... chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.


||1987 – William P. Murphy, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1892)
||1987: William P. Murphy dies ... physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate.


||1988 – Felix Wankel, German engineer, invented the Wankel engine (b. 1902)
||1988L Felix Wankel dies ... engineer, invented the Wankel engine.


||Milton "Bags" Jackson (d. October 9, 1999) was an American jazz vibraphonist, usually thought of as a bebop player, although he performed in several jazz idioms. He is especially remembered for his cool swinging solos as a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet and his penchant for collaborating with several hard bop and post-bop players.
||1999: Milton "Bags" Jackson dies ... jazz vibraphonist, usually thought of as a bebop player, although he performed in several jazz idioms. He is especially remembered for his cool swinging solos as a member of the Modern Jazz Quartet and his penchant for collaborating with several hard bop and post-bop players.


||2009 – First lunar impact of the Centaur and LCROSS spacecrafts as part of NASA's Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.
||2009: First lunar impact of the Centaur and LCROSS spacecrafts as part of NASA's Lunar Precursor Robotic Program.


||Alfred Jacobus (Alf) van der Poorten (d. 9 October 2010) was a Dutch-Australian number theorist. Pic.
||2010: Alfred Jacobus (Alf) van der Poorten dies ... number theorist. Pic.


||2010 – Maurice Allais, French economist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1911)
||2010: Maurice Allais dies ... economist and physicist, Nobel Prize laureate.


File:Similar Golden Rectangles.png|link=Golden ratio (nonfiction)|2017: Artificial intelligence based on the [[Golden ratio (nonfiction)|Golden ratio]] develops genuine gratitude for [[Michael Maestlin (nonfiction)|Michael Maestlin]]'s approximation of the [[Golden ratio (nonfiction)|Golden ratio]].
File:Similar Golden Rectangles.png|link=Golden ratio (nonfiction)|2017: Artificial intelligence based on the [[Golden ratio (nonfiction)|Golden ratio]] develops genuine gratitude for [[Michael Maestlin (nonfiction)|Michael Maestlin]]'s approximation of the [[Golden ratio (nonfiction)|Golden ratio]].

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