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* '''14''' - The publication of Charles Schulz's first drawing of a dog, which became an inspiration for his cartoon strip ''Peanuts'' about a dog named Snoopy<ref>http://www.ripleys.com/weird/daily-dose-of-weird-wtf-blog/unbelievable-but-true/charles-schults-snoopy-was-first-a-believe-it-or-not/</ref>  

* '''14''' - The publication of Charles Schulz's first drawing of a dog, which became an inspiration for his cartoon strip ''Peanuts'' about a dog named Snoopy<ref>http://www.ripleys.com/weird/daily-dose-of-weird-wtf-blog/unbelievable-but-true/charles-schults-snoopy-was-first-a-believe-it-or-not/</ref>  

* '''14''' - Aaron Swartz develops RSS. Swartz would go on to contest the private ownership of data by trying to liberate millions of academic articles from a corporation.   

* '''14''' - Aaron Swartz develops RSS. Swartz would go on to contest the private ownership of data by trying to liberate millions of academic articles from a corporation.   

*'''15''' -  Jack Andraka developed a new method to detect pancreatic [[cancer]]. <ref>[http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/education/competitions/international-science-and-engineering-fair/winners.htl]

*'''15''' -  Jack Andraka developed a new method to detect pancreatic [[cancer]].<ref>[http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/education/competitions/international-science-and-engineering-fair/winners.htl]

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* '''15''' - [[Louis Braille]] invented the [[Braille]] system.

* '''15''' - [[Louis Braille]] invented the [[Braille]] system.

* '''17''' - Private 1st Class Jacklyn H. Lucas, [[United States Marine Corps]], earned the [[Medal of Honor]] five days after his 17th birthday during the [[Iwo Jima]] battle in [[World War II]]; he was a Marine for ''three years''. [http://www.homeofheroes.com/moh/citations_living/ii_mc_lucas.html]

* '''17''' - Private 1st Class Jacklyn H. Lucas, [[United States Marine Corps]], earned the [[Medal of Honor]] five days after his 17th birthday during the [[Iwo Jima]] battle in [[World War II]]; he was a Marine for ''three years''. [http://www.homeofheroes.com/moh/citations_living/ii_mc_lucas.html]

* '''17''' - [[Mendelssohn]] composed his Octet, widely considered the best of its genre. He had already written 12 string symphonies by age 14.

* '''17''' - [[Mendelssohn]] composed his Octet, widely considered the best of its genre. He had already written 12 string symphonies by age 14.

* '''17''' - Young Tom Morris won the 1868 Open Championship, and remains the youngest ever winner of a major [[golf]] championship. He went on to win again in 1869, 1870 and 1872; effectively four consecutive victories as the Open was not contested in 1871.<ref>http://golf.about.com/od/progolftours/qt/youngmajorm.htm</ref> <ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/sportscotland/asportingnation/article/0006/</ref> <ref>http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/jul/18/young-tom-morris-open-golf</ref>

* '''17''' - Young Tom Morris won the 1868 Open Championship, and remains the youngest ever winner of a major [[golf]] championship. He went on to win again in 1869, 1870 and 1872; effectively four consecutive victories as the Open was not contested in 1871.<ref>http://golf.about.com/od/progolftours/qt/youngmajorm.htm</ref><ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/scotland/sportscotland/asportingnation/article/0006/</ref><ref>http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/jul/18/young-tom-morris-open-golf</ref>

* '''17''' - [[Pele]] scored six goals in four games in the 1958 [[World Cup]], including perhaps the finest goal ever in the finals, leading [[Brazil]] to the championship.

* '''17''' - [[Pele]] scored six goals in four games in the 1958 [[World Cup]], including perhaps the finest goal ever in the finals, leading [[Brazil]] to the championship.

* '''17''' - [[Malala Yousafzai]] became the youngest ever recipient of a [[Nobel Prize]] in 2014. Her Nobel Peace Prize was jointly awarded with Indian child rights campaigner Kailash Satyarthi. Malala was barely 11 years old when she began championing girls' education in [[Pakistan]], writing a blog (Diary of a Pakistani Schoolgirl) which chronicled her hope to keep going to school and her fears for the future of the province of Swat. She was critically injured in a failed assassination attempt on Oct. 9, 2012, when a Taliban gunman boarded her school bus and shot her in the head. <ref>http://www.people.com/article/malala-yousafzai-wins-nobel-prize</ref><ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24379018</ref>

* '''17''' - [[Malala Yousafzai]] became the youngest ever recipient of a [[Nobel Prize]] in 2014. Her Nobel Peace Prize was jointly awarded with Indian child rights campaigner Kailash Satyarthi. Malala was barely 11 years old when she began championing girls' education in [[Pakistan]], writing a blog (Diary of a Pakistani Schoolgirl) which chronicled her hope to keep going to school and her fears for the future of the province of Swat. She was critically injured in a failed assassination attempt on Oct. 9, 2012, when a Taliban gunman boarded her school bus and shot her in the head.<ref>http://www.people.com/article/malala-yousafzai-wins-nobel-prize</ref><ref>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-24379018</ref>

* '''18''' - Lila Rose, a [[UCLA]] student who had been [[homeschooled]], goes undercover and does a stinging expose of an [[abortion]] clinic.<ref>http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archive/ldn/2007/may/07051504</ref>

* '''18''' - Lila Rose, a [[UCLA]] student who had been [[homeschooled]], goes undercover and does a stinging expose of an [[abortion]] clinic.<ref>http://www.lifesitenews.com/news/archive/ldn/2007/may/07051504</ref>

* '''18''' - Shawn Goldsmith from Long Island has earned all 121 merit badges offered by the Boy Scouts. <ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,473964,00.html Boy Scout Earns All 121 Merit Badges] AP, December 30, 2008</ref>

* '''18''' - Shawn Goldsmith from Long Island has earned all 121 merit badges offered by the Boy Scouts.<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,473964,00.html Boy Scout Earns All 121 Merit Badges] AP, December 30, 2008</ref>

* '''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]].

*[[Gallery of British Heroes]]

*[[Gallery of British Heroes]]

==External Links==

==External links==

*[http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/top-10-child-prodigies/ Top 10 Child Prodigies]

*[http://listverse.com/miscellaneous/top-10-child-prodigies/ Top 10 Child Prodigies]