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1995 Christopher Reeves released from physical rehab center

1988 Richard P Feynman, physicist (Nobel 1965, Physical Law), dies at 69

1981 Olivia Newton-John's "Physical," single goes #1 and stays for 10 weeks

1948 Olivia Newton-John, born in Cambridge, England, singer, Lets Get Physical

1948 Big Bang theory proposed in Physical Review by Alpher, Bethe and Gamow

1939 Physical Review publishes 1st paper to deal with "black holes"

1932 Wilhelm Ostwald, physical chemist (Nobel 1909), dies

1929 1st U.S. nudist organization (American League for Physical Culture, New York City)

1902 Swami Vivekananda, founder of Ramakrishna Mission, chief disciple of Ramakrishna, responsible for bringing Vedanta and Yoga to Europe, America, introduced Hinduism at Parliament of World Religions at Chicago, 1893, dies at age 39, suffered form Asthma, diabetes, and other physical ailments

1890 Tom O'Brien, born in San Diego, California, actor, Physical Evidence

1884 Peter Debye, Holland, physical chemist, Nobel 1936

1879 Johannes Bronsted, Danish physical chemist, acid-base reactions

1868 Bernard MacFadden, publisher, Physical Culture, True Romances

1868 Leon Foucault, discovers 1st physical proof of Earth's rotation, dies

1853 Wilhelm Ostwald, Germany, physical chemist, Nobel 1909

1852 Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff, Netherlands, physical chemist, Nobel 1901

1828 Edward Hitchcock, America's 1st professor of physical education, Amherst College


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