 1783 - John Gorham born: wrote Elements of Chemical Science, an early American chemistry text. |
| 1811 - Eugène Melchior Péligot born: isolated uranium metal; identified glucose in diabetics' urine. |
| 1841 - Karl Graebe born: organic synthesis (alizarin) and nomenclature (ortho, meta, para prefixes). |
| 1913 - William Summer Johnson born: synthesis of complex molecules. |
| 1981 - First atom of element 107, eventually named Bohrium (Bh) was observed at GSI Laboratories, Darmstadt, Germany. |
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