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||1910 – Robert Koch, German physician and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
||1910 – Robert Koch, German physician and microbiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1843)
File:Auguste Piccard.jpg|link=Auguste Piccard (nonfiction)|1884: Physicist and explorer [[Auguste Piccard (nonfiction)|Auguste Piccard]] and Paul Kipfer take off from Augsburg, Germany in their high-altitude balloon, reaching a record altitude of 15,781 m (51,775 ft). During this flight, Piccard gathers data on the upper atmosphere, including cosmic ray measurements.


||1937 – In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
||1937 – In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.

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