 1801 - Gail Borden born: modern preserved food industry. |
| 1825 - Thomas Drummond heats a ball of lime in front of a reflector. This first practical use of limelight leads to improvements in theater and lighthouse lighting. |
| 1886 - Grace Medes born: metabolism of fatty acids and of sulfur and sulfur-containing amino acids. |
| 1897 - Ronald G. Norrish born: kinetics of extremely fast reactions; Nobel Prize, 1967 |
| 1994 - Element 110 created (3 atoms) at GSI, Darmstadt, Germany. |
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