2012 Event The 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to Serge Haroche and David Wineland for their work on quantum optics 2012 Event IBM announces it is on the cusp of creating the world's first quantum computer 2011 Event In a Schrodinger's cat experiment, researchers in Japan and Australia successfully teleport wave packets of light; this is the first transfer of quantum information from one point to another 1994 Death Dennis Wolfberg, comedian (Quantum Leap), dies from cancer at 48 1990 Event NBC decides to air episodes of "Quantum Leap" for 5 straight days 1954 Birthday Scott Bakula, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, Quantum Leap, Gung Ho, Murphy Brown 1952 Death Hans [Hendrik A] Kramers, physicist (quantum mechanics), dies at 57 1908 Event Albert Einstein presents quantum theory of light 1902 Birthday Paul A M Dirac, England, physicist, quantum mechanics, Nobel 1933 1894 Birthday Hans [Henry] Kramers, Dutch theoretical physicist, quantum mechanics 1887 Birthday Gustav Hertz, German quantum physicist, Nobel 1925 1885 Birthday Niels Bohr, Denmark, physicist, expanded quantum physics, Nobel 1922 1882 Birthday Max Born, Germany, physicist, quantum mechanics, Nobel 1954
