 1814 - Edmond Frémy born: plumbates, stannates, and ferrates; preparation of anhydrous hydrogen fluoride; coloring of flowers and saponification of fats. |
| 1893 - Edward G. Acheson receives US patent number 492,767 for production of artificial silicon carbide ("Carborundum"). |
| 1896 - Philip Hench born: hormones of the adrenal cortex; Nobel Prize (Medicine), 1950. |
| 1901 - Linus Carl Pauling born: molecular structure, bonding, valency, and resonance; Nobel Prize, 1954; Nobel Peace Prize, 1962. |
| 1997 - Steven Chu: laser cooling and trapping of atoms; Nobel (physics). |
sources: http://webserver.lemoyne.edu/faculty/giunta/week.html, http://todayinsci.com
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