Births on May 28

Marian Smoluchowski

Born on May 28, 1872

Marian Smoluchowski, Polish physicist and mountaineer (d. 1917)

Marian Smoluchowski (Polish: [ˈmarjan smɔluˈxɔfski]; 28 May 1872 – 5 September 1917) was a Polish physicist who worked in the Polish territories of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was a pioneer of statistical physics, and an avid mountaineer.

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Events on 1872

5 Mar

Railway air brake
George Westinghouse patents the air brake.
22 Mar

Gender equality
Illinois becomes the first state to require gender equality in employment.
22 May

Amnesty Act
Reconstruction Era: President Ulysses S. Grant signs the Amnesty Act into law, restoring full civil and political rights to all but about 500 Confederate sympathizers.
29 Nov

Battle of Lost River
American Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
9 Dec

P. B. S. Pinchback
In Louisiana, P. B. S. Pinchback becomes the first African-American governor of a U.S. state.

Births on May 28

Marian Smoluchowski

Born on May 28, 1872

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Events on 1872

Railway air brake

Gender equality

Amnesty Act

Battle of Lost River

P. B. S. Pinchback