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1944Sep, 26

Keith O'Nions

Keith O'Nions, English geologist and academic
Sir Robert Keith O'Nions FRS Hon.FREng (born 26 September 1944), is a British scientist and ex-President & Rector of Imperial College London. He is the former director general of the research councils as well as Professor of the Physics and Chemistry of Minerals and was head of the Department of Earth Sciences at the University of Oxford.

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Events on 1944

  • 10Apr

    Auschwitz concentration camp

    Rudolf Vrba and Alfréd Wetzler escape from Birkenau death camp.
  • 13Apr

    Soviet Union

    Diplomatic relations between New Zealand and the Soviet Union are established.
  • 26Jun

    RAF

    World War II: San Marino, a neutral state, is mistakenly bombed by the RAF based on faulty information, leading to 35 civilian deaths.
  • 26Aug

    Charles de Gaulle

    World War II: Charles de Gaulle enters Paris.
  • 31Dec

    Nazi Germany

    World War II: Hungary declares war on Nazi Germany.