Deaths on August 10

Walter Gerlach

Died on August 10, 1979

Walter Gerlach, German physicist and academic (b. 1889)

Walther Gerlach (1 August 1889 – 10 August 1979) was a German physicist who co-discovered, through laboratory experiment, spin quantization in a magnetic field, the Stern–Gerlach effect. The experiment was conceived by Otto Stern in 1921 and first successfully conducted by Gerlach in early 1922.

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Events on 1979

1 Feb

Ruhollah Khomeini
Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Tehran after nearly 15 years of exile.
11 Feb

Ruhollah Khomeini
The Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
16 Mar

People's Liberation Army
Sino-Vietnamese War: The People's Liberation Army crosses the border back into China, ends the war.
15 Jul

Malaise speech
U.S. President Jimmy Carter gives his "malaise speech".
16 Dec

OPEC
Libya joins four other OPEC nations in raising crude oil prices, which has an immediate, dramatic effect on the United States.

Deaths on August 10

Walter Gerlach

Died on August 10, 1979

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Events on 1979

Ruhollah Khomeini

Ruhollah Khomeini

People's Liberation Army

Malaise speech

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