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December 9th, 1937...

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TIME Magazine: Jean Sibelius

(TIME Cover: December the 6th, 1937)

 Famous people born on the 9th of December:

1447 - Chenghua, Emperor of China (d. 1487)
1571 - Metius (Adriaan Adriaanszoon), Dutch mathematician and astronomer (d. 1635)
1868 - Fritz Haber, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1934)
1901 - Jean Mermoz, French pilot (d. 1936)
1906 - Grace Murray Hopper, American computer pioneer (d. 1992)
1916 - Kirk Douglas, American actor
1927 - Pierre Henry, French composer
1929 - John Cassavetes, American actor and director (d. 1989)
1953 - John Malkovich, American actor
1972 - Fabrice Santoro, Tahitian-born French tennis player
1991 - Prince Joachim, Archduke of Austria-Este, Belgian Prince

 The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1937


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


     
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)

Designed in 1937

The Hassock for Wingspread
by Frank Lloyd Wright

 
 
 
     

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