Canadian physicist, Nobel laurate. Donna Strickland was born on 27 May 1959 in what is now Canada. Donna Strickland is remembered as a physicist and university teacher, a citizen of Canada. Notable works include “Compression of amplified chirped optical pulses”. Positions held included president.
Before and after
- 20 April 1959Founding of European Court of Human Rights
- 30 April 1959Birth of Stephen Harper
- 13 May 1959Establishment of Torres del Paine National Park
- from 23 May 1959 to 2 December 1975Laotian Civil War
- 27 May 1959Birth of Donna Strickland
- 28 May 1959Creation of COBOL
- 7 June 1959Birth of Mike Pence
- 17 July 1959Mary Leakey finds Zinjanthropus at Olduvai Gorge
- from 31 July 1959 to 20 October 2011Basque conflict
More in Science & technology
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- 1971Email
- 1973Mobile phone
- 20 November 1985Creation of Microsoft Windows
- July 2000Discovery of livermorium
- 20 October 2004Creation of Ubuntu
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