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Birthdays

Steve Chen [1978]
Co-founder of YouTube
Luc Montagnier [1932]
Discoverer of HIV
Klara Dan von Neumann [1911]
One of the primary programmers of ENIAC
Andreas Friedrich Bauer [1783]
Co-inventor of high-speed printing press

Death Anniversaries

Jean Tabary [2011]
Creator of 'Iznogoud' comic book series with René Goscinny
B. F. Skinner [1990]
One of the most influential psychologist of the 20th century
André-Jacques Garnerin [1823]
First human to jump using the parachute

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