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Famous people born on the 8th of April: |
563 BC - Gautama Buddha, Indian religious leader (d. 483 BC)
1320 - King Peter I of Portugal (d. 1367)
1605 - King Philip IV of Spain (d. 1665)
1868 - King Christian IX of Denmark (d. 1906)
1875 - King Albert I of Belgium (d. 1934)
1929 - Jacques Brel, Belgian singer/composer (d. 1978)
1938 - Kofi Annan, Ghanian United Nations Secretary General
1962 - Izzy Stradlin, American musician (Guns N' Roses)
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The Nobel Prize in Physics 1936 |
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Victor Franz Hess
1883-1964
for his discovery of cosmic radiation
Austria
Innsbruck University - Innsbruck, Austria
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Oscar of the best picture in 1936 |
The Great Ziegfeld
directed by Robert Z. Leonard
with Luise Rainer (Anna Held)
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Designed in 1936 |
The Cradle
by Jean Prouvé |
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