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October 4th, 1936...

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TIME Magazine: James B. Conant

(TIME Cover: September the 28th, 1936)

 Famous people born on the 4th of October:

1289 - King Louis X of France (d. 1316)
1379 - King Henry III of Castile (d. 1406)
1550 - King Charles IX of Sweden (d. 1611)
1814 - Jean-François Millet, French painter (d. 1875)
1822 - Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President of the United States (d. 1893)
1895 - Buster Keaton, American comedian (d. 1966)
1903 - John Vincent Atanasoff, American computer pioneer (d. 1995)
1953 - Tchéky Karyo, Turkish-born actor
1959 - Chris Lowe, British singer (Pet Shop Boys)

 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1936


Victor Franz Hess
1883-1964

for his discovery of cosmic radiation

Austria
Innsbruck University - Innsbruck, Austria



Photo: nobelprize.org


     
Oscar of the best picture in 1936

The Great Ziegfeld
directed by Robert Z. Leonard
with Luise Rainer (Anna Held)

Designed in 1936

The Cradle
by Jean Prouvé

 
 
 
     

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