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1994 Dixy Lee Ray, chairwoman (US Atomic Energy Commission), dies at 79 1979 100,000 demonstrate in Bonn against nuclear energy 1979 5 day MUSE concert against nuclear energy opens at MSG, New York 1979 1st recorded occurrance-comet hits sun (energy=1 mil hydrogen bombs) 1978 "Sun Day" - solar energy events are held in US 1977 Department Of Energy established 1977 High Energy Astronomy Observatory 1 launched into Earth orbit 1977 President Carter establishes Department of Energy 1974 Lewis L Strauss, head U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (1953-58), dies at 78 1973 Maximum speed limit cut to 55 MPH as an energy conservation measure 1973 OLADE (Latin American Energy Organization) forms 1957 International Atomic Energy Agency formed by U.N. 1956 U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency statute approved 1955 Geneva conference held to discuss peaceful uses of atomic energy 1955 1st electric power generated from atomic energy sold commercially 1954 Atomic Energy Commission voted against reinstating Dr. J Robert Oppenheimer 1952 U.S. airplanes bomb energy centers at Yalu, Korea 1951 1st battery to convert radioactive energy to electrical announced 1949 1st museum devoted exclusively to atomic energy, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 1947 Atomic Energy Commission confirmed 1946 President Truman establishes Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) 1940 Dawid J "Dawie" de Villiers, South African minister of energy, 1989- 1902 Geoffrey W. Lloyd, British minister of Brandstoffen/Energy, 1951-55 1873 Johannes V Jensen, Denmark, novelist/poet, Energy Storage, Nobel 1944 1818 James Prescott Joule, physicist, discovered conservation of energy

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