World History teaching resources for the high school classroom: lesson plans, worksheets, quizzes and simulation games for KS3, IGCSE, IB and A-Level teachers.
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Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Vivian Maier, American street photographer (died 2009)[55]
Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Phil Ivey, American poker player[78]
Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Mat Rogers, Australian rugby player
Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – Werner Heisenberg, German physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901)
Deaths (50 years ago today): 1976 – George Whipple, American physician and pathologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1878)
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