March 12th
1824 - Birth of Gustav Kirchhoff, German physicist
1838 - Birth of William Perkin, English chemist
1863 - Birth of Vladimir Vernadsky, Russian mineralogist
1907 - Birth of Dorrit Hoffleit, American astronomer
1925 - Birth of Leo Esaki, Japanese physicist, Nobel laureate
1991 - Death of Ragnar Granit, Finnish neuroscientist, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
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John,
Readers may be interested to know that Dorrit Hoffleit, shown in your list as born this day in 1907, is still flourishing. This being so, she celebrates her 100th birthday today!
The American Association of Variable Star Observers has published a biography : http://www.aavso.org/store/st_dorrit.shtml
Peter
Further to my previous comment, I'm sad to report that Dorrit Hoffleit passed away on April 9, 2007, at the age of 100, having celebrated her 100th birthday on March 12.
Peter