births
July 1, 1907
Norman Pirie, Scottish-English biochemist and virologist (died 1997)
Norman Pirie
Norman Wingate Pirie FRS, was a British biochemist and virologist who, along with Frederick Bawden, discovered that a virus can be crystallized by isolating tomato bushy stunt virus in 1936. This was an important milestone in understanding DNA and RNA.
July 1
July 1 is the 182nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 183 days remain until the end of the year.