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||Hedley Ralph Marston FRS FAA (b. 1900) was an Australian biochemist | ||Hedley Ralph Marston FRS FAA (b. 1900) was an Australian biochemist | ||
||Hans Kammler (b. 26 August 1901) was a German civil engineer and SS commander during the Nazi era. He oversaw SS construction projects and towards the end of World War II was put in charge of the V-2 missile and jet programmes. | |||
||1918 – Katherine Johnson, American physicist and mathematician | ||1918 – Katherine Johnson, American physicist and mathematician | ||
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1743: Chemist and biologist Antoine Lavoisier born. He will have a large influence on both the history of chemistry and the history of biology.
1895: Signed first edition of Interview with Wallace War-Heels sells for ninety thousand dollars in charity auction to benefit victims of crimes against mathematical constants.
1974: Pilot and explorer Charles Lindbergh dies. At age 25 in 1927 he went from obscurity as a U.S. Air Mail pilot to instantaneous world fame by making his Orteig Prize–winning nonstop flight from Long Island, New York, to Paris.
1995: Writer and peace activist John Brunner dies.
2010: Egg Tooth Neighborhood Association sponsors conference on the life and work of writer and crime-fighter John Brunner.