2013 Event Winners of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physics include theoretical physicists Francois Englert of Belgium and Peter Higgs of Britain 2013 Event After measuring its spin and parity, scientists at the Large Hadron Collider firmly believe the particle discovered in July 2012 is a Higgs boson 2012 Event 'Science' magazine names Higgs boson, the confirmation of the existence of a subatomic particle, as the 2012 Breakthrough of the Year 1966 Birthday Mark Higgs, NFL running back for the Arizona Cardinals 1950 Birthday Jim Higgs, cricketer, Australian leg-spinner 1978-81 1937 Birthday Ken Higgs, cricketer, effective England pace-bowler in 15 Tests 1965-68
