Sunday 26 August 2012

Born On This Day:
Macaulay Culkin turns 32 today
An American actor. He became widely known for his portrayal of Kevin McCallister in Home Alone and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York. He is also known for his roles in Richie Rich, Uncle Buck, My Girl, The Pagemaster, and Party Monster. At the height of his fame, he was regarded as the most successful child actor since Shirley Temple.

In Memoriam:
Frederick Reines died 94 years ago today
An American physicist. He was awarded the 1995 Nobel Prize in Physics for his co-detection of the neutrino with Clyde Cowan in the neutrino experiment, and may be the only scientist in history "so intimately associated with the discovery of an elementary particle and the subsequent thorough investigation of its fundamental properties".



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