February 14th |
1878 | Julius Nieuwland, known as the "Father of Acetylene Chemistry" and discoverer of neoprene, was born. |
1917 | Herbert A. Hauptman, who developed methods for the determination of crystal structures, was born. He won the Nobel Prize (1985) with Jerome Karle for their outstanding achievements in the development of direct methods for the determination of crystal structures. |
1961 | Lawrencium was produced at University of California, Berkeley. |