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Events on Wednesday 4 July 1934 2
1867 – 1934Marie Curie (1867-1934)Died 4 July 1934, aged 66Polish-French physicist and chemist who pioneered research on radioactivity and discovered polonium and radium. She was the first person to win Nobel Prizes in two sciences. She died of aplastic anaemia caused by radiation exposure.
1867 – 1934Marie CurieNobel PioneerBorn Maria Skłodowska, she was the first person to win two Nobel Prizes (Physics and Chemistry).