2000 Death Paul Young, singer, Mike and the Mechanics, dies at 53 1952 Death Hans [Hendrik A] Kramers, physicist (quantum mechanics), dies at 57 1950 Birthday Mike Rutherford, rocker, Genesis-Against All Odds, Mike and Mechanics 1909 Death Simon Newcomb, celestial mechanics authority (Stars), dies at 74 1902 Birthday Paul A M Dirac, England, physicist, quantum mechanics, Nobel 1933 1894 Birthday Hans [Henry] Kramers, Dutch theoretical physicist, quantum mechanics 1882 Birthday Max Born, Germany, physicist, quantum mechanics, Nobel 1954 1844 Birthday Ludwig Eduard Boltzmann, Austria, physicist, statistical mechanics
