Events
Birthdays
- Norris McWhirter [1925]
Co-founder of the Guinness World Records - Ross McWhirter [1925]
Co-founder of the Guinness World Records with his twin brother - Tedd Pierce [1906]
American cartoonist, animator and inspiration for 'Pepé Le Pew' character - S. R. Ranganathan [1892]
Indian mathematician and information scientist - Erwin Schrodinger [1887]
Nobel Prize winning Austrian physicist
Death Anniversaries
- Francisco Solano López [2011]
Creator of 'El Eternauta' science fiction comic book - Mike Wieringo [2007]
American comic book artist - Merv Griffin [2007]
Creator of 'Jeopardy!' and 'Wheel of Fortune' TV shows - Mark Gruenwald [1996]
American comic book writer, editor and artist - William Shockley [1989]
Nobel laureate and co-inventor of the point contact transistor - Evaline Ness [1986]
American illustrator and author - Walter Rudolf Hess [1973]
Nobel laureate who mapped the human brain - James B. Sumner [1955]
Nobel laureate who proved that enzymes are proteins