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June 6th, 1938...

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TIME Magazine: Johnny Goodman

(TIME Cover: June the 6th, 1938)

 Famous people born on the 6th of June:

1436 - Regiomontanus, German mathematician (d. 1476)
1502 - King John III of Portugal (d. 1557)
1599 - Diego Velázquez, Spanish painter (d. 1660)
1606 - Pierre Corneille, French dramatist (d. 1684)
1714 - King Joseph I of Portugal (d. 1777)
1872 - Tsarina Alexandra of Russia (d. 1918)
1934 - King Albert II of Belgium
1952 - Yukihiro Takahashi, Japanese musician and singer (Yellow Magic Orchestra)
1956 - Björn Borg, Swedish tennis player

 The Nobel Prize in Physics 1938


Enrico Fermi
1901-1954

for his demonstrations of the existence of new radioactive elements produced by neutron irradiation, and for his related discovery of nuclear reactions brought about by slow neutrons

Italy
Rome University - Rome, Italy



Photo: nobelprize.org


     
Oscar of the best picture in 1938

You Can't Take It with You
directed by Frank Capra
with Spring Byington (Penny Sycamore)

Designed in 1938

The Ankle-strap sandal
by Salvatore Ferragamo

 
 
 
     

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