George Armitage Miller was born. Renowned for his pioneering work in the fields of cognitive psychology, psycholinguistics, and cognitive neuroscience, Miller's classic study 'The Magical Number Seven, Plus or Minus Two: Some Limits on Our Capacity for Processing Information' published in Psychological Review in 1956, ranks among the most frequently cited journal articles in the history of psychology.

In the course of a long and illustrious career, Miller received the American Psychological Association (APA) Award for Distinguished Scientific Contributions in 1963, served as APA president in 1969, received the American Psychological Foundation Gold Medal Award for Life Achievement in Psychological Science in 1990 and was awarded the National Medal of Science in 1991, the highest scientific honor conferred in the United States.

George Armitage Miller died on July 22, 2012 at the age of 92. In a tribute published shortly after his death, Philip Johnson-Laird, who co-authored the book 'Language and Perception' with Miller in 1976 stated "As long as scientists study the mind, they will honor ideas that he was first to formulate."

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