Births
1862 - William Henry Bragg, English physicist, Nobel laureate
1884 - Alfons Maria Jakob, German neurologist
1906 - Hans Bethe, German-born nuclear physicist, Nobel laureate
1946 - Richard Axel, American scientist, Nobel laureate
Deaths
1621 - Thomas Harriot, English astronomer
1843 - Samuel Hahnemann, German physician
1926 - Ãmile Coué, French psychologist