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Birthdays

Jon Lech Johansen [1983]
Norwegian computer programer known as 'DVD Jon'
Jim Weirich [1956]
Computer programmer and creator of Rake and Builder
Alan Moore [1953]
British writer
Alan Shepard [1923]
Second person to travel into space after Yuri Gagarin
George Gallup [1901]
Inventor of the Gallup poll
Clarence Day [1874]
American cartoonist and writer
Louis Daguerre [1787]
Inventor of daguerreotypy for photography

Death Anniversaries

Niels Bohr [1962]
Nobel laureate known for his contributions to quantum theory and atomic structure

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