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{{*mp|October 16}} [[mathematics|Mathematician]] '''[[Benoît Mandelbrot]]''', known for his work with [[fractal]]s, dies at the age of 85. |
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{{*mp|October 15}} After 14 years of construction, the drilling of the world's [[List of longest tunnels in the world|longest transport tunnel]], the '''[[Gotthard Base Tunnel|Gotthard Base Railway Tunnel]]''' ''(pictured)'' through the [[Swiss Alps]], is completed. |
{{*mp|October 15}} After 14 years of construction, the drilling of the world's [[List of longest tunnels in the world|longest transport tunnel]], the '''[[Gotthard Base Tunnel|Gotthard Base Railway Tunnel]]''' ''(pictured)'' through the [[Swiss Alps]], is completed. |
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{{*mp|October 14}} The [[United Nations]] [[Food and Agriculture Organization]] announces that it believes '''[[rinderpest]]''' has been eradicated, making it the second virus in history, after [[smallpox]], to have been eliminated by humans. |
{{*mp|October 14}} The [[United Nations]] [[Food and Agriculture Organization]] announces that it believes '''[[rinderpest]]''' has been eradicated, making it the second virus in history, after [[smallpox]], to have been eliminated by humans. |
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{{*mp|October 13}} All 33 miners [[2010 Copiapó mining accident|trapped]] for 10 weeks in the [[San José Mine]] in [[Copiapó]], [[Chile]], are '''[[2010 Copiapó mining accident#Rescue - Operation St. Lawrence|rescued]]'''. |
{{*mp|October 13}} All 33 miners [[2010 Copiapó mining accident|trapped]] for 10 weeks in the [[San José Mine]] in [[Copiapó]], [[Chile]], are '''[[2010 Copiapó mining accident#Rescue - Operation St. Lawrence|rescued]]'''. |
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{{*mp|October 12}} A [[United States|U.S.]] [[United States Federal courts|federal]] judge '''[[Log Cabin Republicans v. United States of America|orders]]''' the [[United States Department of Defense|Defense Department]] to stop enforcing the [[Don't ask, don't tell|"don't ask, don't tell"]] policy prohibiting openly gay people from serving in the military. |
{{*mp|October 12}} A [[United States|U.S.]] [[United States Federal courts|federal]] judge '''[[Log Cabin Republicans v. United States of America|orders]]''' the [[United States Department of Defense|Defense Department]] to stop enforcing the [[Don't ask, don't tell|"don't ask, don't tell"]] policy prohibiting openly gay people from serving in the military. |
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{{*mp|October 12}} [[British people|British]] author '''[[Howard Jacobson]]''' is awarded the [[Man Booker Prize|Man Booker Prize for Fiction]] for his novel ''[[The Finkler Question]]''. |
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Revision as of 21:45, 16 October 2010
- Mathematician Benoît Mandelbrot, known for his work with fractals, dies at the age of 85.
- After 14 years of construction, the drilling of the world's longest transport tunnel, the Gotthard Base Railway Tunnel (pictured) through the Swiss Alps, is completed.
- The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization announces that it believes rinderpest has been eradicated, making it the second virus in history, after smallpox, to have been eliminated by humans.
- All 33 miners trapped for 10 weeks in the San José Mine in Copiapó, Chile, are rescued.
- A U.S. federal judge orders the Defense Department to stop enforcing the "don't ask, don't tell" policy prohibiting openly gay people from serving in the military.
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