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In the USA:
"On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" by Johnny Mercer
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Famous people born on the 29th of July: |
1805 - Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and political scientist (d. 1859)
1898 - Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1988)
1905 - Clara Bow, American actress (d. 1965)
1916 - Charlie Christian, American jazz guitar virtuoso (d. 1942)
1937 - Daniel McFadden, American economist, Nobel Prize Laureate
1973 - Wanya Morris, American singer (Boyz II Men)
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The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1945 |
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Sir Alexander Fleming
1881-1955
with Ernst Boris Chain and Sir Howard Walter Florey, for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases
United Kingdom
London University - London, United Kingdom
Photo: nobelprize.org
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Oscar of the best picture in 1945 |
The Lost Weekend
directed by Billy Wilder
with Ray Milland (Don Birnam)
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Designed in 1945 |
The Silver Streak Iron
by Designer unknown |
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