Updated at September 7, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Dorothy Hodgkin |
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Birthdate | May 12, 1910 |
Birth Place | Cairo, Egypt |
Age (in 2024) | 114 Years Old |
Zodiac | Taurus |
Occupation | Chemist |
Dorothy Hodgkin is best known as Chemist who has born on May 12, 1910 in Cairo, Egypt. Currently, Dorothy Hodgkin is 114 years, 3 months and 26 days old. Dorothy Hodgkin will celebrate 115th birthday on Monday, 12th of May 2025. Below the countdown to Dorothy Hodgkin upcoming birthday.
British chemist who won the 1964 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, for pioneering the process of X-ray crystallography. Later, through her innovation, she was able to decipher the structure of insulin.
She developed an interest in crystals at a young age, and her interest was further stoked by a scientist friend of the family, which culminated in her decision in high school to study chemistry.
Five years after winning the Nobel Prize, she was able to use her method to discover the structure of the insulin molecule - capping off 35 years of research.
She was born in Cairo, Egypt, where her father was an archaeologist and scholar.
She was commemorated with a Royal Society publication of 10 stamps portraying some of its most notable members, including Joseph Lister.
Dorothy Hodgkin is 114 years old today.
Dorothy Hodgkin was born on May 12, 1910 in Cairo, Egypt.
Dorothy Hodgkin zodiac sign is Taurus.
Dorothy Hodgkin was best known as Chemist.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Dorothy Hodgkin's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1978 | In Zaire, rebels occupy the city of Kolwezi, the mining center of the province of Shaba (now known as Katanga); the local government asks the US, France and Belgium to restore order. |
1982 | During a procession outside the shrine of the Virgin Mary in Fátima, Portugal, security guards overpower Juan MarÃa Fernández y Krohn before he can attack Pope John Paul II with a bayonet. |
1989 | The San Bernardino train disaster kills four people, only to be followed a week later by an underground gasoline pipeline explosion, which kills two more people. |
1998 | Four students are shot at Trisakti University, leading to widespread riots and the fall of Suharto. |
2002 | Former US President Jimmy Carter arrives in Cuba for a five-day visit with Fidel Castro, becoming the first President of the United States, in or out of office, to visit the island since the Cuban Revolution. |
2003 | The Riyadh compound bombings in Saudi Arabia, carried out by al-Qaeda, kill 39 people. |
2006 | Mass unrest by the Primeiro Comando da Capital begins in São Paulo (Brazil), leaving at least 150 dead. |
2006 | Iranian Azeris interpret a cartoon published in an Iranian magazine as insulting, resulting in massive riots throughout the country. |
2008 | An earthquake (measuring around 8.0 magnitude) occurs in Sichuan, China, killing over 69,000 people. |
2008 | U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducts the largest-ever raid of a workplace in Postville, Iowa, arresting nearly 400 immigrants for identity theft and document fraud. |
2010 | Afriqiyah Airways Flight 771 crashes on final approach to Tripoli International Airport in Tripoli, Libya, killing 103 out of the 104 people on board. |
2015 | A train derailment in Philadelphia kills eight people and injures more than 200. |
2015 | Massive Nepal earthquake kills 218 people and injures more than 3500. |
2017 | The WannaCry ransomware attack impacts over 400,000 computers worldwide, targeting computers of the United Kingdom's National Health Services and Telefónica computers. |
2018 | Paris knife attack: A man is fatally shot by police in Paris after killing one and injuring several others. |
1983 | The birth of Francisco Javier Torres, Mexican footballer |
1984 | The birth of Clare Bowen, Australian actress and singer |
1985 | The birth of Paolo Goltz, Argentinian footballer |
1985 | The birth of Andrew Howe, Italian long jumper and sprinter |
1985 | The birth of Jeroen Simaeys, Belgian footballer |
1986 | The birth of Jonathan Orozco, Mexican footballer |
1986 | The birth of Emily VanCamp, Canadian actress |
1987 | The birth of Kieron Pollard, Trinidadian cricketer |
1988 | The birth of Marcelo, Brazilian footballer |
1989 | The birth of Eleftheria Eleftheriou, Greek Cypriot singer, musician, and actress |
1990 | The birth of Florent Amodio, French figure skater |
1990 | The birth of Etika, American YouTuber and live streamer (d. 2019) |
1992 | The birth of Volha Khudzenka, Belarusian kayaker |
1995 | The birth of Tamara Korpatsch, German tennis player |
1997 | The birth of Morgan Lake, English athlete |
2008 | The death of Robert Rauschenberg, American painter and illustrator (b. 1925) |
2008 | The death of Irena Sendler, Polish nurse and humanitarian (b. 1910) |
2009 | The death of Antonio Vega, Spanish singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1957) |
2012 | The death of Jan Bens, Dutch footballer and coach (b. 1921) |
2012 | The death of Eddy Paape, Belgian illustrator (b. 1920) |
2013 | The death of Gerd Langguth, German political scientist, author, and academic (b. 1946) |
2014 | The death of Cornell Borchers, Lithuanian-German actress and singer (b. 1925) |
2014 | The death of Marco Cé, Italian cardinal (b. 1925) |
2014 | The death of H. R. Giger, Swiss painter, sculptor, and set designer (b. 1940) |
2014 | The death of Sarat Pujari, Indian actor, director, and screenwriter (b. 1934) |
2014 | The death of Lorenzo Zambrano, Mexican businessman and philanthropist (b. 1944) |
2015 | The death of Peter Gay, German-American historian, author, and academic (b. 1923) |
2016 | The death of Mike Agostini, Trinidadian sprinter (b. 1935) |
2017 | The death of Mauno Koivisto, Finnish banker and politician, ninth President of Finland (b. 1923) |
2018 | The death of Dennis Nilsen, Scottish serial killer (b. 1945) |
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