Births on July 20

Tadeusz Reichstein

Born on July 20, 1897

Tadeusz Reichstein, Polish-Swiss chemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1996)

Tadeusz Reichstein (20 July 1897 – 1 August 1996) was a Polish-Swiss chemist and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine laureate (1950), which was awarded for his work on the isolation of cortisone.

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Events on 1897

22 Jun

Chapekar brothers
British colonial officers Charles Walter Rand and Lt. Charles Egerton Ayerst are assassinated in Pune, Maharashtra, India by the Chapekar brothers and Mahadeo Vinayak Ranade, who are later caught and hanged.
26 Jul

Siege of Malakand
Anglo-Afghan War: The Pashtun fakir Saidullah leads an army of more than 10,000 to begin a siege of the British garrison in the Malakand Agency of the North West Frontier Province of India.
2 Aug

Siege of Malakand
Anglo-Afghan War: The Siege of Malakand ends when a relief column is able to reach the British garrison in the Malakand states.
31 Aug

Kinetoscope
Thomas Edison patents the Kinetoscope, the first movie projector.
12 Sep

Battle of Saragarhi
Tirah Campaign: Battle of Saragarhi.

Births on July 20

Tadeusz Reichstein

Born on July 20, 1897

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Events on 1897

Chapekar brothers

Siege of Malakand

Siege of Malakand

Kinetoscope

Battle of Saragarhi