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||1897 – Florence B. Seibert, American biochemist and academic (d. 1991) | ||1897 – Florence B. Seibert, American biochemist and academic (d. 1991) | ||
File:Fightin' Bert Russell.jpg|link=Bertrand Russell|[[Bertrand Russell|1902: "Fightin'" Bert Russell]] agrees to fight three rounds of bare-knuckled boxing at World Peace Conference. | |||
||1903 – Ernest Walton, Irish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995) | ||1903 – Ernest Walton, Irish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1995) | ||
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1831: Mathematician, philosopher, and academic Richard Dedekind born. He will make important contributions to abstract algebra (particularly ring theory), algebraic number theory and the definition of the real numbers.
1866: Inventor Reginald Fessenden born. He will perform pioneering experiments in radio, including the use of continuous waves and the early—and possibly the first—radio transmissions of voice and music.
1902: "Fightin'" Bert Russell agrees to fight three rounds of bare-knuckled boxing at World Peace Conference.