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2 indexed achievements across recorded history.

1815

Science

Ada Lovelace born in London

The mathematician and pioneering programmer is born Augusta Ada Byron.

Ada Lovelace·Computer History Museum

1903

Science

Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics

Shared with Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel for research on radiation phenomena.

Marie Curie·Nobel Prize in Physics 1903