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Victor Francis Hess
1964Dec, 17

Victor Francis Hess

Victor Francis Hess, Austrian-American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1883)
Victor Franz Hess (24 June 1883 – 17 December 1964) was an Austrian-American physicist, and Nobel laureate in physics, who discovered cosmic rays.

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Events on 1964

  • 6Mar

    Muhammad Ali

    Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad officially gives boxing champion Cassius Clay the name Muhammad Ali.
  • 26Apr

    Tanzania

    Tanganyika and Zanzibar merge to form Tanzania.
  • 12Jun

    Nelson Mandela

    Anti-apartheid activist and ANC leader Nelson Mandela is sentenced to life in prison for sabotage in South Africa.
  • 12Aug

    Apartheid in South Africa

    South Africa is banned from the Olympic Games due to the country's racist policies.
  • 28Nov

    Lyndon B. Johnson

    Vietnam War: National Security Council members agree to recommend that U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson adopt a plan for a two-stage escalation of bombing in North Vietnam.