Updated at November 21, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Artturi Ilmari Virtanen |
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Birthdate | January 15, 1895 |
Birth Place | Finland |
Age (in 2024) | 129 Years Old |
Zodiac | Capricorn |
Occupation | Chemist |
Artturi Ilmari Virtanen is best known as Chemist who has born on January 15, 1895 in Finland. Currently, Artturi Ilmari Virtanen is 129 years, 10 months and 6 days old. Artturi Ilmari Virtanen will celebrate 130th birthday on Wednesday, 15th of January 2025. Below the countdown to Artturi Ilmari Virtanen upcoming birthday.
A Finnish chemist who won the 1945 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his innovation in agricultural and nutrition chemistry. He also created a method for better preserving butter and green fodder.
He obtained a Ph.D. in organic chemistry in 1918.
There is both an asteroid and a lunar crater named in his honor.
He had two sons with botanist Lilja Moisio, who he married in 1920.
He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry the year after Otto Hahn did.
Artturi Ilmari Virtanen is 129 years old today.
Artturi Ilmari Virtanen was born on January 15, 1895 in Finland.
Artturi Ilmari Virtanen zodiac sign is Capricorn.
Artturi Ilmari Virtanen was best known as Chemist.
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1991 | The United Nations deadline for the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from occupied Kuwait expires, preparing the way for the start of Operation Desert Storm. |
1991 | Elizabeth II, in her capacity as Queen of Australia, signs letters patent allowing Australia to become the first Commonwealth realm to institute its own Victoria Cross in its honours system. |
2001 | Wikipedia, a free wiki content encyclopedia, goes online. |
2005 | ESA's SMART-1 lunar orbiter discovers elements such as calcium, aluminum, silicon, iron, and other surface elements on the Moon. |
2009 | US Airways Flight 1549 ditches safely in the Hudson River after the plane collides with birds less than two minutes after take-off. This becomes known as "The Miracle on the Hudson" as all 155 people on board were rescued. |
2013 | A train carrying Egyptian Army recruits derails near Giza, Greater Cairo, killing 19 and injuring 120 others. |
2015 | The Swiss National Bank abandons the cap on the Swiss franc's value relative to the euro, causing turmoil in international financial markets. |
2016 | The Kenyan Army suffers its worst defeat ever in a battle with Al-Shabaab Islamic insurgents in El-Adde, Somalia. An estimated 150 Kenyan soldiers are killed in the battle. |
2018 | British multinational construction and facilities management services company Carillion went into liquidation – officially, "the largest ever trading liquidation in the UK" |
2019 | Somali militants attack the DusitD2 hotel in Nairobi, Kenya killing at least 21 people and injuring 19. |
2019 | Theresa May's UK government suffers the biggest government defeat in modern times, when 432 MPs voting against the proposed European Union withdrawal agreement, giving her opponents a majority of 230. |
2020 | The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare confirms the first case of COVID-19 in Japan. |
2021 | A 6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Indonesia's Sulawesi island killing at least 105 and injuring 3,369 people. |
2022 | The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcano erupts, cutting off communications with Tonga and causing a tsunami across the Pacific. |
2023 | Yeti Airlines Flight 691 crashes near Pokhara International Airport, of the 72 persons on board, no one is believed to have survived. |
1988 | The birth of Daniel Caligiuri, German footballer |
1988 | The birth of Skrillex, American DJ and producer |
1989 | The birth of Alexei Cherepanov, Russian ice hockey player (d. 2008) |
1989 | The birth of Nicole Ross, American Olympic foil fencer |
1990 | The birth of Robert Trznadel, Polish footballer |
1991 | The birth of Marc Bartra, Spanish footballer |
1991 | The birth of Nicolai Jørgensen, Danish footballer |
1991 | The birth of Darya Klishina, Russian long jumper |
1991 | The birth of James Mitchell, Australian basketball player |
1992 | The birth of Joël Veltman, Dutch footballer |
1993 | The birth of Kadeem Allen, American basketball player |
1996 | The birth of Dove Cameron, American actress and singer |
1996 | The birth of Deebo Samuel, American football player |
1998 | The birth of Alexandra Eade, Australian artistic gymnast |
2004 | The birth of Grace VanderWaal, American singer-songwriter |
2014 | The death of John Dobson, Chinese-American astronomer and author (b. 1915) |
2014 | The death of Roger Lloyd-Pack, English actor (b. 1944) |
2015 | The death of Ervin Drake, American songwriter and composer (b. 1919) |
2015 | The death of Kim Fowley, American singer-songwriter, producer, and manager (b. 1939) |
2015 | The death of Ray Nagel, American football player and coach (b. 1927) |
2016 | The death of Francisco X. Alarcón, American poet and educator (b. 1954) |
2016 | The death of Ken Judge, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1958) |
2016 | The death of Manuel Velázquez, Spanish footballer (b. 1943) |
2017 | The death of Jimmy Snuka, Fijian professional wrestler (b. 1943) |
2018 | The death of Dolores O'Riordan, Irish pop singer (b. 1971) |
2019 | The death of Carol Channing, American actress (b. 1921) |
2019 | The death of Ida Kleijnen, Dutch chef (b. 1936) |
2020 | The death of Rocky Johnson, Canadian professional wrestler (b. 1944) |
2020 | The death of Lloyd Cowan, British athlete and coach (b. 1962) |
2022 | The death of Alexa McDonough, first female politician to lead a major provincial political party in Canada, former leader of the federal New Democratic Party. (b. 1944) |
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