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TIME Magazine: William G. McAdoo
(TIME Cover: August the 29th, 1932)
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Famous people born on the 31st of August: |
12 - Gaius Caligula, Roman Emperor (d. 41)
161 - Commodus, Roman Emperor (d. 192)
1569 - Jahangir, Mughal Emperor of India (d. 1627)
1821 - Hermann von Helmholtz, German physician (d. 1894)
1880 - Wilhelmina I of the Netherlands (d. 1962)
1928 - James Coburn, American actor (d. 2002)
1945 - Van Morrison, Irish musician
1948 - Rudolf Schenker, German guitarist (Scorpions)
1957 - Gina Schock, American drummer (The Go-Go's)
1970 - Rania, Queen of Jordan; wife of Abdullah II
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The Nobel Prize in Physics 1932 |
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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
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Designed in 1932 |
The Coat stand, model no. B132
by Emile Guyot |
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