George Minot, American physician and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1950)
George Richards Minot (December 2, 1885 – February 25, 1950) was an American medical researcher who shared the 1934 Nobel Prize with George Hoyt Whipple and William P. Murphy for their pioneering work on pernicious anemia.
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Léopold II of Belgium
The Congo Free State is established by King Léopold II of Belgium. - 3Jun
Big Bear
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Internal combustion
Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.