Jaroslav Heyrovsky - Jaroslav Heyrovsky Jaroslav Heyrovský (December 20, 1890 - March 27, 1967) was a Czech chemist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1959. He was born in Prague and first studied chemistry, physics and mathematics at the University of Prague and then he went to study at University College in London. At this time he met with such a great mind like Sir William Ramsay. He graduated in 1913; working with Professor Donnan he took up a great interest in electrochemistry. He received his further degrees in 1918 and 1923. Heyrovsky started his scientific career at the Charles University, Prague where he soon became Professor of Physical Chemistry. The main field of work of Heyrovsky was polarography..
1959 - Mininster of Norway March 17 - Danny Ainge, basketball player, coach, baseball player March 18 - Luc Besson, producer, writer, director March 22 - Matthew Modine, actor March 29 - Perry Farrell, musician ("Jane's Addiction", "Porno for Pyros") April 3 - David Hyde Pierce, actor May 3 - Ben Elton, British comedian and author May 20 - Bronson Pinchot, actor May 20 - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole, hawaiian singer May 22 - Steven Morrissey, singer July 7 - Ben Linder, American engineer murdered in Nicaragua (†1987) July 11 - Suzanne Vega, US singer July 26 - Kevin Spacey, film actor July 29 - Ruud Janssen, artist October 15 - Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York October 23 - Weird Al Yankovic, rock music parodist November 14 - Paul McGann, British actor November 25.
1959 in science - Computer science IBM shipped the transistor-based IBM 1401 mainframe. Physics The neutrino is first experimentally detected, by Clyde Cowan and Fred Reines. Yakir Aharonov and David Bohm predict the Aharonov-Bohm effect. Technology Agfa introduces the first fully automatic camera, the Optima. Pilkington Brothers patent the float glass process. Awards Nobel Prizes Physics - Emilio Gino Segrè, - Owen Chamberlain Chemistry - Jaroslav Heyrovsky Medicine - Severo Ochoa, Arthur Kornberg Births Deaths.
Nobel Prize in Chemistry - 1945 Artturi Ilmari Virtanen for his research in agricultural and nutrition chemistry 1946 James Batcheller Sumner, John Howard Northrop, Wendell Meredith Stanley for his discovery that enzymes can be crystallized and for their preparation of enzymes and virus proteins in a pure form 1947 Sir Robert Robinson for his investigations on plant products, especially the alkaloids 1948 Arne Wilhelm Kaurin Tiselius for his research on electrophoresis and adsorption analysis 1949 William Francis Giauque for his contributions in the field of chemical thermodynamics 1950 Otto Paul Hermann Diels, Kurt Alder for their discovery and development of the diene synthesis. Diels-Alder reaction. 1951 Edwin Mattison McMillan, Glenn Theodore Seaborg for their discoveries in the chemistry of transuranium elements 1952 Archer John Porter Martin, Richard Laurence Millington Synge for their invention of partition chromatography.
List of Czechs - Politicians Edvard Benes Václav Havel Jan Masaryk Tomas Masaryk Authors and Poets Karel Capek Jaroslav Foglar Jaroslav Hasek Václav Havel Bohumil Hrabal Milan Kundera Karel Hynek Macha Jan Neruda Ferdinand Peroutka Jaroslav Seifert Composers Antonin Dvorak Zdenek Fibich Leos Janacek Bohuslav Martinu Josef Myslivecek Oskar Nedbal Vitezslav Novák Bedrich Smetana Johann Stamitz Karel Stamitz Josef Suk Jaromir Vejvoda, author of the Beer Barrel Polka Jan Zach Jan Dismas Zelenka Filmmakers Milos Forman, film director Jiri Menzel, film director, actor Karel Reisz, film director Jan Svankmajer, film director, animator Jan Sverák, film director, actor Karel Zeman, film director Painters Vaclav Brozik Emil Filla Wenceslaus Hollar Jan Kupecky Frantisek Kupka Alfons Mucha Scientists Bernard Bolzano, philosopher, mathematician, and theologian Jaroslav Heyrovsky, scientist, Nobel laureate Bedrich Hrozný, scientist, deciphered Hittite language Jan Evangelista Purkyne,.
List of chemistry topics - Diopside -- Diorite -- Dipole -- Discovery of the chemical elements -- Distillation -- Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev -- Dmitrii Mendeleev -- Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleev -- Dolomite -- Donald J. Cram -- Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin -- Dubnium -- Dudley R. Herschbach -- Dysprosium -- E Eduard Buchner -- Edwin Mattison McMillan -- Einsteinium -- Electrical conductivity -- electricity -- Electrochemical cell -- Electrochemistry -- electrode -- Electrode potential -- electrolysis -- Electrolyte -- Electrolytic cell -- electromagnetic spectroscopy -- electron -- electron capture -- Electron configuration -- electron shell -- electron volt -- Electronegativity -- Electrophile -- Element -- Elements song -- Elias James Corey -- Emerald -- Emil Hermann Fischer -- Emil Knoevenagel -- emulsion -- energy level -- Enthalpy -- Entropy -- environmental chemistry -- Enzyme -- Epidiorite -- Epinephrine.
List of people by name: He-Hh - Dorothy, novelist, poet Hewish, Antony, astronomer Hewitt, Foster, (1902-1985), play-by-play announcer Hewitt, Lleyton, (born 1981), tennis player Hewitt, Virginia, (1925-1986), actress Hewlett, William, (1913-2001), engineer Heyde, Werner, involved in human experimentations Heydrich, Reinhard, (1904-1942), Nazi officer Heyerdahl, Thor, (1914-2002), Norwegian explorer Heyer, Georgette, (1902-1974), British author Heyman, Richard X, musician Heymans, Corneille, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1938 Heymeric of Camp, scholastic philosopher Heym, Stefan, (born 1913), author Heym, Zacharias, cartographer Heyrovsky, Jaroslav, (1890-1967), scientist, Nobel laureate Heyse, Paul, (1830-1914), writer and winner of the Nobel Prize in literature 1910 Heytesbury, William, scholastic philosopher Heywood, Thomas, (157?-1650), poet.
Jaroslav Foglar - Jaroslav Foglar Jaroslav Foglar (6 July, 1907 - 23 January, 1999) was a famous Czech author who wrote many novels about young boy scouts and their stories in nature and dark city streets. While they may be considered ideological, his stories are not mere fables, but are based upon his long-term work with children on summer camps and in club-rooms. He edited several journals for young people: Mlady hlasatel (1938-1941) Junak (1945-1949) /Scout/ Vpred (1946-1948) /Ahead/ and he wrote articles for even more journals including Skaut, Junak, Slunicko, ABC, Tramp. Charles Sys wrote about him on the back-cover of his book Chata v jezerni kotline: "I think, that both meaning and effect of his work lies in moral purity based upon author's experience. Foglar raises reliance.
Jaroslav Seifert - Jaroslav Seifert Jaroslav Seifert (1901-1986) was a Czech writer, poet and journalist. His first collection of poems was published in 1921. He was a member ofthe Communist Party, the editor of a number of communist newspapers and magazines - Rovnost, Srsatec, and Reflektor - and the employee of a communist publishing house. During the 1920s he was considered a leading representative of the Czechoslovakian artistic avant-garde. In March 1929, he and six other important communist writers were expelled from the Communist Party for signing a manifesto protesting against Bolshevik tendencies in the new leadership of Czechoslovak Communist Party. In 1949 Seifert left journalism and began to devote himself exclusively to literature. His poetry was awarded important state prizes in 1936, 1955, and 1968, and in 1967,.
Jaroslav Hasek - Jaroslav Hasek Jaroslav Hašek (1883-1923), a Czech humorist and satirist, became well-known mainly for his world-famous novel The Good Soldier Svejk, which has been translated into sixty languages, but he wrote some 1,500 other stories. He was a journalist, bohemian, and practical joker. Hašek was born April 30, 1883 in Prague, the son of middle-school math teacher Josef Hašek and his wife Kateřina. Poverty forced the family, with three children -- another son Bohuslav, three years Jaroslav's younger, and an orphan cousin Maria -- to move often, more than ten times during his infancy. He never knew a real home, and this rootlessness clearly influenced his life of wanderlust. When he was thirteen, Hašek's father died, and his mother was unable to raise him firmly. The.
January 3 - August Macke, painter (†1914) 1892 - J. R. R. Tolkien, writer and philologist (†1973) 1897 - Pola Negri, actress (†1987) 1897 - Marion Davies, actress (†1961) 1901 - Ngo Dinh Diem, President of South Vietnam (†1963) 1905 - Anna May Wong, actress (†1961) 1907 - Ray Milland, actor (†1986) 1909 - Victor Borge, entertainer and humorist (†2000) 1911 - John Sturges, director 1916 - Betty Furness, actress, consumer activist 1924 - Hank Stram, American football coach, broadcaster 1926 - George Martin, "5th Beatle": producer of The Beatles' records 1929 - Sergio Leone, director (†1989) 1930 - Robert Loggia, actor 1932 - Dabney Coleman, actor 1936 - Georgina Spelvin, pornographic film actress 1939 - Bobby Hull, ice hockey player 1941 - Van Dyke.
French Open - Laver Ken Rosewall Roy Emerson Tony Roche Fred Stolle Manuel Santana Roy Emerson Rod Laver Manuel Santana Nicola Pietrangeli Nicola Pietrangeli Mervyn Rose Sven Davidson Lew Hoad Tony Trabert Tony Trabert Ken Rosewall Jaroslav Drobny Jaroslav Drobny Budge Patty Frank Parker Frank Parker Joseph Asboth Marcel Bernard Yvon Petra Yvon Petra Yvon Petra Bernard Destremau Bernard Destremau not held Don McNeill Don Budge Henner Henkel Gottfried von Cramm Fred Perry Gottfried von Cramm John Crawford Henri Cochet Jean Borotra Henri Cochet Rene Lacoste Henri Cochet Rene Lacoste Henri Cochet Rene Lacoste Justine Henin-Hardenne Serena Williams Jennifer Capriati Mary Pierce Steffi Graf Arantxa Sanchez Vicario Iva Majoli Steffi Graf Steffi Graf Arantxa Sanchez Vicario Steffi Graf Monica Seles Monica Seles Monica Seles Arantxa Sanchez Vicario Steffi Graf Steffi Graf Chris Evert Chris.
Early Swedish Kingdoms - had applied for the hand of Sigrid, the widow of Eric the Victorious, but had insulted her on her refusal to become a Christian. In the year 1000, when the Norwegian king was in Pomerania, a coalition was formed between the king of Sweden, Sweyn Forkbeard, king of Denmark, and earl Eric of Lade, and the allies way laid their enemy off the coast near Rügen and overthrew him in the great sea-battle of Svolder. Under Olaf Skötkonung Sweden became the mightiest of the kingdoms of the north, in spite of the king’s own inactivity. She lost her lands east of the Baltic, but received as compensation in Norway part of Trondhiem and the province now called Bahusia. These lands Olaf handed over to Earl Sweyn, brother of Earl Eric (whose.
Dukes of Silesia - II Łysy Rogatka) 1428-1266 Henry II the White (Henryk II Biały) 1266/1270-1290 Henry IV the Righteous (Henryk IV Prawy) 1290-1296 Henry V the Corpulent (Henryj V Brzuchaty) 1296-1311 Henry VI, Ladislaus and Boleslaus II 1311-1335 Henry VI the Good (Henryk VI Dobry) 1327/1335 Duchy of Wroclaw falls to Bohemia Duchy of Bierutow Duchy of Brzeg Duchy of Chojnow Duchy of Glogow Duchy of Jawor County of Klodzko Duchy of Korzuchow Duchy of Krosno Duchy of Legnica Duchy of Lubin Duchy of Lwowek Duchy of Olesnica Duchy of Olawa Duchy of Scinawa Duchy of Swidnica Duchy of Wolow Duchy of Ziebice Duchy of Zagan Duchies of Upper Silesia Duchy of Opole 1177-1195 Boleslaus the Long (Bolesław Wysoki) 1195-1201 Jaroslav (Jarosław) 1201-1202 Henry the Bearded (Henryk I Brodaty) 1202-1211 Mieszko I Platonogi (Mieszko.
1984 - 28 feet, 10-1/4 inches jump. February 8 - 1984 Winter Olympics open in Sarajevo May 19 - The NHL's Edmonton Oilers win the Stanley Cup defeating the New York Islanders 5-2 at Edmonton and ending the Islanders dynasty. The first in Oilers club history and of a new dynasty. Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles California USA 1984 in television January 28 - singer Michael Jackson's hair catches fire during the filming of a Pepsi commercial Jeopardy makes it's debut on NBC. The Cosby Show debuts on NBC. Births April 10 - Mandy Moore, singer, actress April 18 - America Ferrera, actress June 8 - Robyn Wilsbach, art critic August 1 - Alessandra Angleton, twin daughter of Robert Angleton and Doris Angleton August 1 - Nicole Angleton, twin daughter of Robert.
1984 in literature - Binds - Kent Haruf The Wasp Factory - Iain Banks White Noise - Don DeLillo The Witches of Eastwick - John Updike The Women of Montparnasse, the Americans in Paris - Morrill Cody & Hugh Ford Births Deaths February 22 - Jessamyn West, writer Awards Booker Prize: Anita Brookner, Hotel du Lac See 1984 Governor General's Awards for a complete list of winners and finalists for those awards. Nebula Award: William Gibson, Neuromancer Newbery Medal for children's literature: Beverly Cleary, Dear Mr. Henshaw Nobel Prize for Literature: Jaroslav Seifert Prix Goncourt: Marguerite Duras, L'Amant Prix Médicis French: Bernard-Henri Lévy, Le Diable en tête Prix Médicis International: Elsa Morante, Aracoeli Pulitzer Prize for Drama: David Mamet, Glengarry Glen Ross Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: William Kennedy - Ironweed Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Mary.
1951 in sports - Harness Racing Tar Heel, a standardbred horse driven by Del Cameron, produced the first two-minute mile in harness racing history. Little Brown Jug for pacers won by Tar Heel Hambletonian for trotters won by Mainliner Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship: Pacers: Vedette Trotters: Gay Belwin Ice Hockey Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Gordie Howe, Detroit Red Wings Hart Memorial Trophy: for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Milt Schmidt, Boston Bruins Stanley Cup: Toronto Maple Leafs win 4 games to 1 over the Montreal Canadiens World Hockey Championship Men's champion: Canada's Lethbridge Maple Leafs Tennis Grand Slam in tennis mens results: Australian Open - Dick Savitt French Open - Jaroslav Drobny Wimbledon championships - Dick Savitt US Open - Frank Sedgman Grand Slam.
1954 in sports - Newport Dream Australian Inter Dominion Harness Racing Championship: Pacers: Tennessee Sky Ice Hockey Art Ross Memorial Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Gordie Howe, Detroit Red Wings Hart Memorial Trophy for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Al Rollins, Chicago Blackhawks Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings win 4 games to 3 over the Montreal Canadiens World Hockey Championship Men's champion: USSR wins 7-2 over Canada's East York Lyndhursts. Skiing ISF World Championships: Men's combined champion: Stein Eriksen, Norway Women's combined champion: Ida Schöpfer, Austria Tennis Grand Slam in tennis mens results: Australian Open - Mervyn Rose French Open - Tony Trabert Wimbledon championships - Jaroslav Drobny US Open - Vic Seixas Grand Slam in tennis womens results: Australian Open - Thelma Long French Open - Maureen Connolly Wimbledon.
1952 in sports - as the NHL's leading scorer during the regular season: Gordie Howe, Detroit Red Wings Hart Memorial Trophy: for the NHL's Most Valuable Player: Gordie Howe, Detroit Red Wings Stanley Cup: Detroit Red Wings win 4 games to 0 over the Montreal Canadiens World Hockey Championship Men's champion: Canada defeated the United States Skiing Alpine Skiing The men's Olympic Gold Medal: Downhill: Zeno Colo, Italy Slalom: Othmar Schneider, Austria Giant Slalom: Stein Eriksen, Norway The women's Olympic Gold Medal: Downhill: Trude Jochum-Beiser, Austria Slalom: Andrea Mead Lawrence, United States Giant Slalom: Andrea Mead Lawrence, United States Tennis Grand Slam in tennis mens results: Australian Open - Ken McGregor French Open - Jaroslav Drobny Wimbledon championships - Frank Sedgman US Open - Frank Sedgman Grand Slam in tennis womens results: Australian Open -.
April 30 - on ABC this day). 1998 - NATO membership expands by approving the admission of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland (the nations will be formally admitted following NATO's 50th anniversary summit next April). 1999 - Cambodia joins the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) bringing the total members to 10. 2001 - Dennis Tito, the first 'space tourist' in space lifts off in a Russian rocket heading for the International Space Station. 2001 - Chandra Levy, a former intern to California Congressman Gary Condit, is last seen in Washington, DC. 2002 - A referendum in Pakistan overwhelmingly approves the military government under Pervez Musharraf for another five years. Births 1602 - William Lilly, astrologer (†1681) 1662 - Queen Mary II of England (†1694) 1777 - Carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician,.
