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2004 Alexandra Scott, young philanthropist, raised over $700,000 for cancer research in 4 years by selling lemonade, dies at 8
1997 President Clinton bans federally funded human cloning research 1996 Julian Hill, research chemist, dies at 91 1989 NASA's Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, announce new high-temperature superconductors able to operate at 33 to 37 Gigahertz 1988 Computers virus strikes Pentagon, SDI research lab and 6 universities 1988 Deep Rover 1-man research submarine unveiled at Crater Lake, Oregon 1988 500 U.S. scientists pledge to boycott Pentagon germ-warfare research 1982 Hans Selye, endocrinologist, first to demonstrate the existence of biological stress, began stress research in 1926, published 7 popular books, 1,700 research papers, 15 monographs, dies in Montreal, Canada 1972 President Nixon signs a bill for NASA to begin research on manned shuttle 1971 16 baseball researchers form Society for American Baseball Research 1970 Bomb kills 1 at University of Wisconsin's Army Math Research Center in Madison 1968 European Space Research Org launches 1st satellite 1964 ESRO established, European Space Research Organization 1962 5 research groups announce simultaneously discovery of anti-matter 1960 1st atomic reactor for research and development, Richland Wa 1960 Rocket propelled USAAF research aircraft sets record at 2,150 MPH 1959 Brett Bodine, born in Chemung, New York, auto racer, former NASCAR Winston Cup driver, current Sprint Cup, pace car driver, employed as Director of Cost and Research by NASCAR 1956 1st atomic reactor built for private research operates Chicago, Illinois 1955 Carl Ramsauer, research physicist, professor of physics, discovered Ramsauer-Townsend effect, dies in Berlin, Germany 1955 1st microgravity research begins 1953 Congress cites research of New York City librarian Robert Henderson in proving 1952 Underwater volcano explodes under research vessel Kaiyo-maru-5 1949 Paul Nurse, dr/director-general elect, Imperial Cancer Research Fund 1943 Clarice Elaine Gaylord, director of research grants, EPA 1941 Ground breaking for NACA (now NASA) Lewis Research Center 1940 RA Weiss, director, Institute of Cancer Research 1938 Soviet arctic ice research station North Pole 1 evacuated, Denmark 1937 U.S. Army Air Corps physiological research laboratory completed, Ohio 1934 David de Peyer, cancer research campaigner 1933 Philip Corner, born in America, composer, visual artist, taught by Fritz Jahoda, teacher, Modern Music at the New School for Social Research 1932 David Plastow, CEO, Medical Research Council 1931 Mark Richmond, CEO, Science and Engineering Research Council 1930 University of California dedicates $1,500 to research on prevention and cure of athlete's foot 1929 Alexander Fenton, CEO, Euro Ethnological Research Center in Edinburgh 1926 Carter Woodson wins Springarn Medal for research of Black history 1926 Camillo Golgi, Italian medical research (malaria, Nobel 1906), dies at 81 1914 Philips installs research department in Eindhoven 1907 Hans Selye, born in Vienna, Austria, endocrinologist, first to demonstrate the existence of biological stress, began stress research in 1926, published 7 popular books, 1,700 research papers, 15 monographs 1904 Julian Hill, research chemist 1904 Charles Richard Drew, pioneer of blood plasma research 1900 Dr. Walter Reed begins research that beats Yellow Fever 1879 Sri Ramana Maharshi, Hindu philosopher/yogi, Maharshi Research Inst 1879 Carl Ramsauer, born in Oldenburg, Germany, research physicist, professor of physics, discovered Ramsauer-Townsend effect 1857 Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, pioneer in rocket and space research 1857 Henry Osborn, Conn, paleontologist/author, 52 Years of Research 1812 Austin Flint, 19th century heart research pioneer |
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