February 10, 1957

1957Katherine Freese, American astrophysicist and academic^[†]

Katherine Freese is a theoretical astrophysicist. She is currently a professor of physics at the University of Texas at Austin, where she holds the Jeff and Gail Kodosky Endowed Chair in Physics. She is known for her work in theoretical cosmology at the interface of particle physics and astrophysics.

1957Laura Ingalls Wilder, American author (born 1867)^[†]

Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder was an American writer, teacher, and journalist. She is best known as the author of the children's book series Little House on the Prairie, published between 1932 and 1943, which were based on her childhood in a settler and pioneer family.