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| | * '''15''' - [[Louis Braille]] invented the [[Braille]] system. | | * '''15''' - [[Louis Braille]] invented the [[Braille]] system. |
| | * '''15''' - [[Christopher Paolini]] writes the first draft of his [[Eragon]] trilogy which is published when he is 19. | | * '''15''' - [[Christopher Paolini]] writes the first draft of his [[Eragon]] trilogy which is published when he is 19. |
| − | * '''15''' - [[Tiger Woods]] becomes the youngest U.S. Junior Amateur Champion in golf history.<ref>http://www.infoplease.com/spot/tigertime1.html</ref> | + | <!--* '''15''' - [[Tiger Woods]] becomes the youngest U.S. Junior Amateur Champion in golf history.<ref>http://www.infoplease.com/spot/tigertime1.html</ref>--> |
| | * '''16''' - Jean-François Champollion, can speak a dozen languages and delivers a paper on the Coptic language to the Grenoble Academy. By 20, he can speak another 13 languages and at 32 he deciphers the [[Rosetta Stone]]. | | * '''16''' - Jean-François Champollion, can speak a dozen languages and delivers a paper on the Coptic language to the Grenoble Academy. By 20, he can speak another 13 languages and at 32 he deciphers the [[Rosetta Stone]]. |
| | * '''16''' - Boy sailor Jack Cornwall, of HMS Chester, is awarded a [[posthumous]] [[VC]] for gallantry at the [[Battle of Jutland]]. | | * '''16''' - Boy sailor Jack Cornwall, of HMS Chester, is awarded a [[posthumous]] [[VC]] for gallantry at the [[Battle of Jutland]]. |
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| | * '''18''' - [[Mary Shelley]] writes Frankenstein (The Modern Prometheus), later published when she was 21. | | * '''18''' - [[Mary Shelley]] writes Frankenstein (The Modern Prometheus), later published when she was 21. |
| | * '''18''' - [[Kasparov|Garry Kasparov]], considered the greatest [[chess]] player ever, won the [[U.S.S.R.]] championship. | | * '''18''' - [[Kasparov|Garry Kasparov]], considered the greatest [[chess]] player ever, won the [[U.S.S.R.]] championship. |
| − | * '''18''' - [[Tiger Woods]] wins the U.S. Amateur Championship at the TPC at Sawgrass, becoming the youngest winner ever. <ref>http://www.infoplease.com/spot/tigertime1.html</ref> | + | <!--* '''18''' - [[Tiger Woods]] wins the U.S. Amateur Championship at the TPC at Sawgrass, becoming the youngest winner ever. <ref>http://www.infoplease.com/spot/tigertime1.html</ref>--> |
| | * '''19''' - Captain Albert Ball, [[VC]], MC, DSO & 2 bars, commences his career as a fighter pilot. By the time he is killed, aged 20, in 1917, he has become one of the [[First World War]]'s greatest air aces, accounting for at least 44 [[German]] aircraft. | | * '''19''' - Captain Albert Ball, [[VC]], MC, DSO & 2 bars, commences his career as a fighter pilot. By the time he is killed, aged 20, in 1917, he has become one of the [[First World War]]'s greatest air aces, accounting for at least 44 [[German]] aircraft. |
| | * '''19''' - was the average age of front-line [[US]] service personnel fighting to defend democracy in [[Indochina]] during the [[Vietnam War]]. | | * '''19''' - was the average age of front-line [[US]] service personnel fighting to defend democracy in [[Indochina]] during the [[Vietnam War]]. |