2014 Event A home-based colon cancer screening test by Exact Sciences Corp. has received approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration; patients must receive a doctor's prescription in order to purchase the test 2014 Event Orbital Sciences Corp. launches its second cargo rocket to the International Space Station; Orbital and competitor Space X each have contracts for space supply delivery 2013 Event Three American economists win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences: Eugene Fama, Lars Peter Hansen, and Robert Shiller 2013 Event The Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences award is established by Mark Zuckerburg of Facebook, Sergey Brin of Google and venture capitalize Yuri Milner; the prize rewards excellence in life sciences, with 11 awards and $3 million in prizes 2010 Event The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences is awarded to economists Peter A. Diamond, Dale T. Mortensen and Christopher A. Pissarides 1927 Event Louis B. Mayer forms Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences 1927 Event Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences forms 1882 Birthday Otto Neurath, Australian/British philosopher, Foundation of Social Sciences 1876 Birthday Edith Abbott, dean, University of Chicago Social Sciences 1863 Event Abraham Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences 1863 Event Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences 1780 Event 2nd oldest learned society in U.S. (American Academy of Arts and Sciences) forms (Boston)
