Marie Curie born on this day in 1867

Marie Curie, the Polish-born scientist who became a French citizen, was born on November 7, 1867. She is renowned for her pioneering research on radioactivity, a field for which she earned two Nobel Prizes: one in Physics in 1903 and another in Chemistry in 1910 following the discovery of polonium and radium.

Other historical events noted for this date include the birth of Russian revolutionary Lev Trotsky in 1879, the birth of French philosopher Albert Camus in 1913, and the birth of Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell in 1943.