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Birthdays

Tom Parry Jones [1935]
Creator of the handheld electronic breathalyser
Calvin Gotlieb [1921]
Canadian computer scientist
Carl Barks [1901]
American cartoon artist and creator of the 'Scrooge McDuck' character
Douglas Hartree [1897]
English mathematical and physicist
Henry Royce [1863]
Car designer and co-founder of Rolls-Royce company
Wilhelm Röntgen [1845]
Discoverer of X-rays

Death Anniversaries

Dick Giordano [2010]
American comic book artist and editor
Ruari McLean [2006]
British typographer
M. C. Escher [1972]
Graphic artist known for this 'mathematical' themed works
Yuri Gagarin [1968]
First man in space
Kiichiro Toyoda [1952]
Founder of Toyota Motor Corporation
James Dewar [1923]
Inventor of the vacuum flask also known as Dewar Flask
Hércules Florence [1879]
French-Brazilian painter and inventor

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