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TIME Magazine: Jean Sibelius
(TIME Cover: December the 6th, 1937)
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Famous people born on the 29th of December: |
1709 - Empress Elizabeth of Russia (d. 1762)
1721 - Madame de Pompadour, mistress of King Louis XV of France (d. 1764)
1808 - Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States (d. 1875)
1914 - Albert Tucker, Australian artist (d. 1999)
1931 - Prince Gu of Korea (d. 2005)
1946 - Marianne Faithfull, British singer
1954 - Prince Takamado of Japan (d. 2002)
1972 - Evan Seinfeld, American musician (Biohazard) and actor
1994 - Princess Kako of Akishino of Japan
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1937 |
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Albert von Szent-Györgyi Nagyrapolt
1893-1986
for his discoveries in connection with the biological combustion processes, with special reference to vitamin C and the catalysis of fumaric acid
Hungary
Szeged University - Szeged, Hungary
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Oscar of the best picture in 1937 |
The Life of Emile Zola
directed by William Dieterle
with Paul Muni (emile Zola) and Joseph Schildkraut (Captain Alfred Dreyfus)
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Designed in 1937 |
The Hassock for Wingspread
by Frank Lloyd Wright |
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