 1740 - Franz Joseph Müller von Reichenstein born: discovered tellurium (Te, element 52). |
| 1903 - Gladys Anderson Emerson born: isolation and function of vitamin E (tocopherol); vitamin B deficiencies. |
| 1919 - J. T. Baker incorporated as Vick Chemical. |
| 1929 - Gerald M. Edelman born: structure of antibodies; Nobel Prize (Medicine), 1972. |
| 1941 - Alfred G. Gilman born: G-proteins and cellular signal transduction; Nobel prize (medicine), 1994. |
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