19 JANUARY
19 March: Tribute to Louis de Broglie
Louis de Broglie (15 August 1892 – 19 March 1987) was a French physicist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1929 for his contribution to the development of wave mechanics. Life and Career He was born on 15 August 1892, in Dieppe, France. He initially...
19 January: Tribute to Hidetsugu Yagi
Hidetsugu Yagi (28 January 1886 – 19 January 1976) was a Japanese electrical engineer from Osaka, Japan. When working at Tohoku Imperial University, he wrote several articles that introduced a new antenna designed by his assistant Shintaro Uda to the English-speaking world
19 January in Indian and World History
19 January in Indian and World History is celebrated, observed, and remembered for various reasons. 19 January is the birth anniversary of Vishnu Sakharam Khandekar, Kaifi Azmi, and Soumitra Chatterjee. 19 January is also observed as the death anniversary of Maharana...
19 January: Remembering José Alfredo Jiménez on Birthday
José Alfredo Jiménez (19 January 1926 – 23 November 1973) was a Mexican singer-songwriter and actor, considered one of the most popular and influential figures in the history of Mexican music.
19 January: Remembering Sophie Taeuber-Arp on Birthday
Sophie Taeuber-Arp (19 January 1889 – 13 January 1943) was a Swiss artist, painter, sculptor, and designer. She was a leading figure in the Dada movement, a cultural movement that emerged in the wake of World War I, and was known for her abstract geometric art. Taeuber-Arp also designed textiles, furniture, and stage sets, and was a pioneer in the field of dance notation.
19 January: Remembering Leonid Kantorovich on his Birth Anniversary
Leonid Kantorovich (19 January 1912 – 7 April 1986) was a Russian mathematician and economist. In 1975, he received the Nobel Prize in Economy. Life and Career He was born on 19 January 1912 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire. He joined the Department of Mathematics...
19 January: Remembering Cezanne on Birthday
Paul Cézanne (19 January 1839 – 22 October 1906) was a French painter and Post-Impressionist artist whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th-century conception of artistic endeavor to a new and radically different world of art in the 20th century.
