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Bessie Coleman: Aviation Pioneer and First African American Woman to Hold a Pilot License
Bessie Coleman (26 January 1892 โ 30 April 1926) was an American civil aviator. She was the first African-American woman,…
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Katarzyna Kobro: Polish Avant-Garde Sculptor and Constructivist Artist
Katarzyna Kobro (26 January 1898 โ 21 February 1951) was a Polish avant-garde sculptor and a prominent representative of the…
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Unmasking a Legend: The Story of Dan Shechtman
Dan Shechtman (born 24 January 1941) is an Israeli scientist. He received the 2011 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his…
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Dan Shechtman: Nobel Prize-Winning Chemist and Discoverer of Quasicrystals
Dan Shechtman (born 24 January 1941) is an Israeli scientist. He received the 2011 Nobel Prize in chemistry for his…
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Joลพe Pleฤnik: Shaping Urban Spaces with Timeless Elegance
Joลพe Pleฤnikย (23 January 1872 โ 7 January 1957) was a Slovene architect who had a major impact on the modern…
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Stephen Keshi: Champion of Nigerian Football and National Pride
Stephen Keshiย (23 January 1962 โ 7 June 2016) was a Nigerianย footballย player andย manager.
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Luis Alberto Spinetta: Argentine Rock Music Legend and Poetic Songwriter
Luis Alberto Spinettaย (23 January 1950 โ 8 February 2012) was an Argentine singer, guitarist, composer and poet. One of the…
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Gertrude Belle Elion: Nobel Prize-Winning Pharmacologist and Pioneer in Drug Development
Gertrude Belle Elion (23 January 1918 โ 21 February 1999) was an American biochemist and pharmacologist. She received the Nobel…
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Ed Roberts: Pioneer of the Personal Computer Revolution
Ed Robertsย (23 January 1939 โ 14 March 1995) was an Americanย activist. He was the first wheelchair user to attend theย University…
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Unveiling Earth’s Secrets: The Pioneering Work of Andrija Mohoroviฤiฤ
Andrija Mohoroviฤiฤ (23 January 1857 โ 18 December 1936) was a Croatian meteorologist and seismologist who is best known for…
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Hideki Yukawa: Trailblazer in Particle Physics and Nobel Laureate
Hideki Yukawa (23 January 1907 โ 8 September 1981) was a Japanese theoretical physicist. He received the Nobel Prize in…
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Perween Rahman: Pakistani Urban Planner and Advocate for Social Justice and Women’s Rights
Perween Rahman (22 January 1957 โ 13 March 2013) was a Pakistani social activist, director of the Orangi Pilot Project…
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Sergei Eisenstein: Revolutionary Filmmaker
Sergei Eisensteinย (22 January 1898 โ 11 February 1948) was aย Sovietย film director,ย screenwriter,ย film editor,ย andย film theorist. He was a pioneer in the theory…
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Alan Jay Heeger: Nobel Laureate in Chemistry and Pioneer in Conductive Polymers
Alan Jay Heeger (born 22 January 1936) is an American physicist, and academic. He received the Nobel Prize in chemistry.…
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Konrad Emil Bloch: Unraveling the Mysteries of Cholesterol and Fatty Acids
Konrad Emil Bloch (21 January 1912 โ 15 October 2000) was a German American biochemist. He received the Nobel Prize…
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