Notable Births on September 12
Irène Joliot-Curie (1897)
French scientist Irène Joliot-Curie was born on this day. She was awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1935 for her groundbreaking work in discovering artificial radioactivity.
Han Suyin (1916)
On September 12, 1916, Han Suyin, a physician and author of Eurasian descent, was born in China. In addition to her extensive publications of both fiction and nonfiction, she served as a physician at Nanyang University in Singapore.
Mark Rosenzweig (1922)
American research psychologist Mark Rosenzweig was born on this date in 1922. His animal studies revealed that children raised in enriched environments tend to have increased cerebral cortex volume, demonstrating that brain development continues beyond childhood.