127 years ago today, February 17, 1898 (January 27, 1898 in the lunar calendar), American physicist Curtis Humphrey was born. On February 17, 1898, American physicist Curtis Humphrey was born. American physicist, born in Ohio, USA. In the 1940s, he served in the radiation testing division of the U.S. Navy. In 1953, the Humphrey family of hydrogen atoms was discovered