The scientist Nick Holonyak

Nick Holonyak

Living place: Illinois

Birthday: 3-11-1928 (96 years old)

Population of US 1928: 120,509,000

Global rank: #62332

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Who is The scientist Nick Holonyak?
Inventor of the light-emitting diode who has been called "the father of LEDs.' He has been awarded the George HW. Bush, George W. Bush, Emperor Akihito of Japan and Russia Vladimir Putin and In 2008, he was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame
in 1963, he said as Digest read that LED lights would replace incandescent bulbs. Edison - and have he right
 
 

Young / Before famous

He graduated from the University of Illinois with an M. S. degree in electronics.

Family life info

He married Katherine Holonyak in 1956; they have three children.

Close relationship

Who is Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling The scientist Nick Holonyak?
George Bush and his son George W. Bush presented him with awards for his life's work.

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When was The scientist Nick Holonyak born?
Nick Holonyak birthday 3-11-1928 (at the age of 96).
Where is The scientist Nick Holonyak's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Nick Holonyak was born in Illinois, . is a The scientist, whose Zodiac is Scorpius, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Dragon. Nick Holonyak's global rank is 62332 and whose rank is 329 in list of famous The scientist. Population of US in 1928 is about 120,509,000 persons.
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Events in 1928 and 3-11

Events in US in the birth year of Nick Holonyak

  • The Jones-White Merchant Marine Act passed by Congress (May 22) provides funds to help make the U.S. commercial shipping industry more competitive in the world.
  • Former Chicago city council member Oscar DePriest is elected to the 71st U.S. Congress (Nov. 6). He is the first black Representative to be elected in a northern state.
  • U.S. voters elect Herbert Hoover president (Nov. 6) over Alfred E. Smith, governor of New York.

Birthday Nick Holonyak (3-11) in history

  • Day 3-11 year 1839: The first Opium War between China and Britain broke out.
  • Day 3-11 year 1903: Panama proclaimed its independence from Colombia.
  • Day 3-11 year 1952: Clarence Birdseye marketed the first frozen peas.
  • Day 3-11 year 1957: The Soviet Union sent the first animal, a dog named Laika, into space aboard the Sputnik II . Laika died in orbit.
  • Day 3-11 year 1986: A Lebanese magazine broke the story of U.S. arms sales to Iran, leading to the Iran-Contra affair.
  • Day 3-11 year 1992: Carol Moseley-Braun became the first black woman elected to the U.S. Senate.
  • Day 3-11 year 2004: Hamid Karzai was declared the winner in Afghanistan's first presidential election.
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