Events
Birthdays
- Will Shortz [1952]
American puzzle creator and editor - Karen Spärck Jones [1935]
British computer scientist - Brant Parker [1920]
Co-creator of 'The Wizard of Id' comic strip - Mother Teresa [1910]
Albanian Roman catholic nun and missionary - James Franck [1882]
German physicist who proved the quantum nature of atoms - Lee de Forest [1873]
Inventor of the three-electrode vacuum-tube (Audion) - Antoine Lavoisier [1743]
One of the founding fathers of modern chemistry - Joseph-Michel Montgolfier [1740]
Co-inventor of the Montgolfière hot air balloon
Death Anniversaries
- Patrick C. Fischer [2011]
American computer scientist - Bob de Moor [1992]
Comic book artist known for 'Barelli' and 'The Adventures of Tintin' - Tex Avery [1980]
Popular cartoonist, animator, voice artist and director - H. A. Rey [1977]
Co-creator of 'Curious George' series of children's books - Antonie van Leeuwenhoek [1723]
Father of Microbiology and creator of the first successful microscope