American biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (died 2007)

Arthur Kornberg

Arthur Kornberg was an American biochemist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1959 for the discovery of "the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid" together with Spanish biochemist and physician Severo Ochoa of New York University. D. degree from Yeshiva University in 1962, and the National Medal of Science in 1979. In 1991, Kornberg received the Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement and the Gairdner Foundation Award in 1995.

Born

1918

March 3

Died

2007

Era

1910s

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1918 Born
2007 Died

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473 Gundobad (nephew of Ricimer) nominates Glycerius as emperor of the Western Roman Empire.
724 Empress Genshō abdicates the throne in favor of her nephew Shōmu who becomes emperor of Japan.
880 Emperor Basil I ratifies the decrees of the Fourth Council of Constantinople, confirming the reinstatement of patriarch Photios I of Constantinople.
1575 Mughal Emperor Akbar defeats Sultan of Bengal Daud Khan Karrani's army at the Battle of Tukaroi.

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The world in 1918

When Arthur arrived

april 1 The Royal Air Force is created by the merger of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service.
april 20 World War I: Manfred von Richthofen, a.k.a. The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day.
april 21 World War I: German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, better known as "The Red Baron", is shot down and killed over Vaux-sur-Somme in France.
april 23 World War I: The British Royal Navy makes a raid in an attempt to neutralise the Belgian port of Bruges-Zeebrugge.

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Alexander Graham Bell 1847–1922 Scottish-Canadian engineer, invented the telephone (born 1847) Brent Tate 1982– Australian rugby league player and sportscaster Doc Watson 1923–2012 American bluegrass singer-songwriter and musician (died 2012) Frederica of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (died 1841) 1778– Georg Cantor 1845–1918 German mathematician and philosopher (born 1845) James Doohan 1920–2005 Canadian-American actor (born 1920) Jvke 2001– American singer-songwriter Laura Harring 1964– Mexican-American model and actress, Miss USA 1985 Margaret Bonds 1913– American pianist and composer (died 1972)

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Abdul Haris Nasution 1918–2000 Indonesian general and politician, 12th Indonesian Minister of Defence (died 2000) Arthur Jackson 1918– American lieutenant and target shooter (died 2015) B. K. S. Iyengar 1918–2014 Indian yoga instructor and author, founded Iyengar Yoga (born 1918) Brenda Milner 1918– English-Canadian neuropsychologist and academic Chaim Herzog 1918–1997 Israeli general, lawyer, and politician, 6th President of Israel (born 1918) Dave Bartholomew 1918– American bandleader, composer and arranger (died 2019) George Allen 1918–1990 American football player and coach (died 1990) Guy Gibson 1918–1944 Anglo-Indian commander and pilot, Victoria Cross recipient (died 1944) Henry Wittenberg 1918–2010 American wrestler (born 1918)

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