Births on September 21

Heike Kamerlingh Onnes

Born on September 21, 1853

Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Dutch physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1926)

Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (21 September 1853 – 21 February 1926) was a Dutch physicist and Nobel laureate. He exploited the Hampson–Linde cycle to investigate how materials behave when cooled to nearly absolute zero and later to liquefy helium for the first time, in 1908. He also discovered superconductivity in 1911.

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Events on 1853

4 Jan

Twelve Years a Slave
After having been kidnapped and sold into slavery in the American South, Solomon Northup regains his freedom; his memoir Twelve Years a Slave later becomes a national bestseller.
19 Jan

Il trovatore
Giuseppe Verdi's opera Il trovatore receives its premiere performance in Rome.
14 Jul

Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations
Opening of the first major US world's fair, the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations in New York City.
4 Oct

Crimean War
The Ottoman Empire declares war on the Russian Empire.
30 Nov

Battle of Sinop
Crimean War: Battle of Sinop: The Imperial Russian Navy under Pavel Nakhimov destroys the Ottoman fleet under Osman Pasha at Sinop, a sea port in northern Turkey.

Births on September 21

Heike Kamerlingh Onnes

Born on September 21, 1853

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Events on 1853

Twelve Years a Slave

Il trovatore

Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations

Crimean War

Battle of Sinop