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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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