Linus Pauling was an American physical chemist. Widely considered as
the most influential chemist of the 20th century and one of the most
important scientists of all time, Pauling was one of the first
quantum chemists, and in 1954 was awarded the Nobel Prize in
chemistry for his work describing the nature of chemical bonds.
Pauling received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962 for his campaign
against above-ground nuclear testing, becoming one of only two people
to receive the Nobel Prize in more than one field, the other being
Marie Curie.
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1854 The Suez Canal was given a royal concession by Said to
commence operation.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Canal)
1889 Deodoro da Fonseca overthrew Emperor Pedro II to become the
first President of the Republic of Brazil.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deodoro_da_Fonseca)
1920 The first general assembly of the League of Nations was
held in Geneva, Switzerland.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/League_of_Nations)
1971 Intel released the world's first microprocessor, the 4004.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microprocessor)
2002 Hu Jintao became General Secretary of the Communist Party
of China.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hu_Jintao)
Wikiquote of the day:
"If I want to understand something, I must observe, I must not
criticize, I must not condemn, I must not pursue it as pleasure or
avoid it as non-pleasure. There must merely be the silent
observation of a fact." ~ J. Krishnamurti
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http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/J._Krishnamurti)