


1979 Died: Charles Mingus, American bassist.He's also known for his contribution to theories on the development of organic life from non-living matter. 1981 Died: Harold Urey, American chemist, Noble Prize laureate in Chemistry for discovery of deuterium.This type of oil is lighter and easily biodegradable than other North Sea oils. Fortunately, MV Braer carried crude oil, not a typical North Sea oil. This accident resulted in spilling 84,700 tons of oil. 1993 MV Braer, the oil tanker, run aground off Shetland, Scotland.Best known for her bestseller Please Don't Eat the Daisies and the plays Mary, Mary and King of Hearts. 2003 Died: Jean Kerr, American author.Heatley's contribution to it was developing the back extraction technique for efficient purifying of penicillin in bulk. He was a member in a team that developed penicillin. 2004 Died: Norman Heatley, American chemist and biologist.The discovery team used the images originally taken in 2003 at the Palomar Observatory. 2005 Eris, the largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System was discovered.

He's famous for invention of instant noodles and Cup Noodles. 2007 Died: Momofuku Ando, Japanese businessman, the founder of Nissin Food Products.He's best knows as co-founder of the San Diego Comic-Con International. 2012 Died: Richard Alf, American businessman.
