Birth anniversary

Burton Richter

Born on March 22, 1931

Years ago

96th anniversary next

The 96th anniversary falls on March 22, 2027, in 149 days.

Burton Richter (March 22, 1931 – July 18, 2018) was an American physicist. He led the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) team which co-discovered the J/ψ meson in 1974, alongside the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) team led by Samuel Ting for which they won Nobel Prize for Physics in 1976.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Explore

Share this anniversary

Related people4

1749–1832

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German polymath who is widely regarded as the most influential writer in the German language.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

LiteratureDied aged 82

View profile

Photo: Joseph Karl Stieler · Public domain

b. 1976

Reese Witherspoon

Laura Jeanne Reese Witherspoon (born March 22, 1976) is an American actress and producer. She is the recipient of various accolades, including an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, and two Golden Globe Awards.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

FilmAge 50

View profile

Photo: Casey Kennelly → Reese Witherspoon · CC BY 2.0

1868–1953

Robert Andrews Millikan

Robert Andrews Millikan (March 22, 1868 – December 19, 1953) was an American experimental physicist who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1923 "for his work on the elementary charge of electricity and on the photoelectric effect." As Chairman of the Executive Council of Caltech (the school's governing body at the…

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

ScienceDied aged 85

View profile

Photo: Unknown (Mondadori Publishers) · Public domain

1797–1888

Wilhelm I

Wilhelm I (also known in English as William I; German: Wilhelm Friedrich Ludwig; 22 March 1797 – 9 March 1888) was King of Prussia from 1861 and German Emperor from 1871 until his death in 1888. A member of the House of Hohenzollern, he was the first head of state of a united Germany.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

RoyaltyDied aged 90

View profile

Photo: Wilhelm Kuntzemüller · Public domain