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Erich Maria Remarque
Born: June 22, 1898
Lit.Westa German novelist. His landmark novel All Quiet on the Western Front was an international best-seller which created a new literary genremore…Joan Miró
Born: April 20, 1893
Art.Westa Spanish painter, sculptor and ceramicistmore…John Galsworthy
Born: August 14, 1867
Lit.Westan English novelist and playwright. Notable works include The Forsyte Saga (1906–1921) and its sequels, A Modern Comedy and End of the Chapter.more…Auguste Piccard
Born: January 28, 1884
Sciencea Swiss physicist, inventor and explorer known for his record-breaking hydrogen balloon flights, with which he studied the Earth's upper atmosphere.more…Willem de Sitter
Born: May 6, 1872
Sciencea Dutch mathematician, physicist, and astronomermore…Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet
Born: February 13, 1805
Sciencea German mathematician who made contributions to number theory, and to the theory of Fourier series and other topics in mathematical analysis;more…
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