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February 16th, 1932...

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TIME Magazine: Nicholas M. Butler

(TIME Cover: February the 15th, 1932)

 Famous people born on the 16th of February:

1032 - Emperor Yingzong of China (d. 1067)
1710 - King Louis XV of France (d. 1774)
1866 - Vyacheslav Ivanov, a Russian poet (d. 1949)
1959 - John McEnroe, American tennis player
1960 - Pete Willis, English guitarist (Def Leppard)
1961 - Andy Taylor, English musician (Duran Duran)

 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1932


Werner Karl Heisenberg
1901-1976

for the creation of quantum mechanics, the application of which has, inter alia, led to the discovery of the allotropic forms of hydrogen

Germany
Leipzig University - Leipzig, Germany



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The Coat stand, model no. B132
by Emile Guyot

 
 
 
     

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