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Famous Birth Today in History
Philip Abelson
Date of Birth
27 Apr, 1913
Date of Death
01 Aug, 2004
Age at time of Death
91 years
Cause of Death
Respiratory failure
Nationality
American
Gender
Male
Philip Abelson's Quote's
Did You Know?
Abelson co-discovered the element neptunium in 1940, working with Edwin McMillan at the University of California, Berkeley
Abelson wrote a report in 1946 that provided a blueprint for the Navy's first nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Nautilus, launched in 1955
He developed the liquid thermal diffusion process for separating uranium isotopes, which was crucial for the Manhattan Project and the creation of the atomic bomb
He played a major role in the discovery of the element neptunium.
In 1933 Abelson received his bachelor of science degree in chemistry from Washington State University.
Famous Death Today in History
Francis Nwia-Kofi Ngonloma
Date of Birth
21 Sep, 1909
Date of Death
27 Apr, 1972
Age at time of Death
62 years
Cause of Death
Cancer
Nationality
Ghanaian
Gender
Male
Francis Nwia-Kofi Ngonloma's Quote's
Did You Know?
He was so passionate about African unity that he carried a map of a unified Africa everywhere he went.
His autobiography, "Ghana: The Autobiography of Kwame Nkrumah," was written while he was in prison.
Nkrumah once studied under and was heavily influenced by Dr. W.E.B. Du Bois, whom he later invited to live and be buried in Ghana.
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