Updated at September 7, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team
Full Name | Michael Nielsen |
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Birthdate | January 04, 1974 |
Birth Place | Australia |
Age (in 2024) | 50 Years Old |
Zodiac | Capricorn |
Occupation | Physicist |
Michael Nielsen is best known as Physicist who has born on January 04, 1974 in Australia. Currently, Michael Nielsen is 50 years, 8 months and 3 days old. Michael Nielsen will celebrate 51st birthday on Saturday, 4th of January 2025. Below the countdown to Michael Nielsen upcoming birthday.
Known for a 2011 publication titled Reinventing Discovery: The New Era of Networked Science, this author, physicist, and computer programmer also taught at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Ontario, Canada.
He earned a prestigious scholarship to Australia's University of Queensland and subsequently completed a research fellowship at the California Institute of Technology. He went on to earn a PhD in physics from the University of New Mexico.
A believer in "Open Science" -- a movement to make scientific concepts and research more accessible to the general public -- he frequently lectured on the topic and published popular science articles.
A native of Australia, he later lived and worked in Canada and the United States.
He and fellow physicist William Higinbotham both worked at New Mexico's Los Alamos National Laboratory.
Michael Nielsen is 50 years old today.
Michael Nielsen was born on January 04, 1974 in Australia.
Michael Nielsen zodiac sign is Capricorn.
Michael Nielsen was best known as Physicist.
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Below are historical events that coincided with Michael Nielsen's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.
Year | Event |
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1976 | The Troubles: The Ulster Volunteer Force shoots dead six Irish Catholic civilians in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. The next day, gunmen would shoot dead ten Protestant civilians nearby in retaliation. |
1987 | The Maryland train collision: An Amtrak train en route to Boston from Washington, D.C., collides with Conrail engines in Chase, Maryland, United States, killing 16 people. |
1989 | Second Gulf of Sidra incident: A pair of Libyan MiG-23 "Floggers" are shot down by a pair of US Navy F-14 Tomcats during an air-to-air confrontation. |
1990 | In Pakistan's deadliest train accident an overloaded passenger train collides with an empty freight train, resulting in 307 deaths and 700 injuries. |
1998 | A massive ice storm hits eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, continuing through January 10 and causing widespread destruction. |
1999 | Former professional wrestler Jesse Ventura is sworn in as governor of Minnesota, United States. |
2000 | A Norwegian passenger train departing from Trondheim, collides with a local train coming from Hamar in Ã…sta, Ã…mot; 19 people are killed and 68 injured in the accident. |
2004 | Spirit, a NASA Mars rover, lands successfully on Mars at 04:35 UTC. |
2004 | Mikheil Saakashvili is elected President of Georgia following the November 2003 Rose Revolution. |
2006 | Ehud Olmert becomes acting Prime Minister of Israel after the incumbent, Ariel Sharon, suffers a second, apparently more serious stroke. |
2007 | The 110th United States Congress convenes, electing Nancy Pelosi as the first female Speaker of the House in U.S. history. |
2008 | A Let L-410 Turbolet crashes in the Los Roques Archipelago in Venezuela, killing 14 people. |
2010 | The Burj Khalifa, the current tallest building in the world, officially opens in Dubai. |
2013 | A gunman kills eight people in a house-to-house rampage in Kawit, Cavite, Philippines. |
2018 | Hennenman-Kroonstad train crash: A passenger train operated by Shosholoza Meyl collides with a truck on a level crossing at Geneva Station between Hennenman and Kroonstad, Free State, South Africa. Twenty people are killed and 260 injured. |
1988 | The birth of Maximilian Riedmüller, German footballer |
1989 | The birth of Graham Rahal, American race car driver |
1990 | The birth of Iago Falque, Spanish footballer |
1990 | The birth of Toni Kroos, German footballer |
1990 | The birth of Alberto Paloschi, Italian footballer |
1992 | The birth of Kris Bryant, American baseball player |
1994 | The birth of Derrick Henry, American football player |
1996 | The birth of Jackson Hastings, Australian rugby league player |
1996 | The birth of Emma Mackey, French-British actress |
1996 | The birth of Jasmine Paolini, Italian tennis player |
1997 | The birth of Ante Žižić, Croatian basketball player |
1998 | The birth of Liza Soberano, Filipina actress |
1999 | The birth of Nico Hischier, Swiss ice hockey player |
1999 | The birth of Jaeman Salmon, Australian rugby league player |
2005 | The birth of Dafne Keen, British-Spanish actress |
2011 | The death of Gerry Rafferty, Scottish singer-songwriter (b. 1947) |
2011 | The death of Salmaan Taseer, Pakistani businessman and politician, 26th Governor of Punjab, Pakistan (b. 1944) |
2012 | The death of Eve Arnold, American photographer and journalist (b. 1912) |
2012 | The death of Rod Robbie, English-Canadian architect, designed the Canadian Pavilion and Rogers Centre (b. 1928) |
2013 | The death of Anwar Shamim, Pakistani general (b. 1931) |
2013 | The death of Zoran Žižić, Montenegrin politician, 4th Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (b. 1951) |
2015 | The death of Pino Daniele, Italian singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1955) |
2016 | The death of S. H. Kapadia, Indian lawyer, judge, and politician, 38th Chief Justice of India (b. 1947) |
2016 | The death of Stephen W. Bosworth, American academic and diplomat, United States Ambassador to South Korea (b. 1939) |
2017 | The death of Milt Schmidt, Canadian ice hockey player, coach and general manager (b. 1918) |
2017 | The death of Georges Prêtre, French orchestral and opera conductor (b. 1924) |
2019 | The death of Harold Brown, 14th United States Secretary of Defense (b. 1927) |
2020 | The death of Tom Long, Australian actor (b. 1968) |
2021 | The death of Tanya Roberts, American actress (b. 1949) |
2023 | The death of Rosi Mittermaier, German alpine skier and Olympic champion (b. 1950) |
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