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1998 Shirley Ardell Mason, psychological study, "Subject of Sybil, a best-seller on multiple-personality disorder", dies at 75
1996 Claude Mauriac, writer, journalist, author, personal secretary to Charles de Gaulle1944 - 1949, co-scripted his father's novel titled Therese Desqueyroux, wrote study of Marcel Proust, dies at 81 1993 Barbara Buczek, composer, works include, Study Nr. 1 for flute solo, 1990, Blaeserquintett, 1969, dies 1991 Donald Houston, actor (Battle Hell, Study in Terror), dies at 67 1989 6-week study of Arctic atmosphere shows no ozone "hole" 1986 NASA awards study contracts to 5 aerospace firms 1983 Japan launches Tenma satellite to study x-rays (450/570 km) 1981 Japan launches Hinotori satellite to study solar flares (580/640 k) 1980 U.S. launches Solar Maximum Mission Observatory to study solar flares 1975 Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 53 launched to study X-rays 1973 U.S.S.R. launches Prognoz 3 to study sun (589/200,300 km) 1972 Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 48 launched to study gamma rays 1971 U.S. and Canada ISIS 2 launched to study ionosphere 1970 Small Astronomy Satellite Explorer 42 launched to study X-rays 1969 U.S. / Canada ISIS 1 launched to study ionosphere 1968 U.S. launches Solar Explorer 2 to study the Sun 1968 Beatles George Harrison and John Lennon and wives fly to India for transcendental meditation study with the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi 1967 Beatles go to Wales to study TM with Maharishi Mahesh Yogi 1967 Lyndon Baines Johnson sets up commission to study cause of urban violence 1967 Romeinse Curie installs Council for Pontifical Study commission 1962 Andrew E Douglass, Dendrochronologer (Study of Tree Rings), dies 1961 NASA launches Explorer 11 into Earth orbit to study gamma rays 1956 Ludwig Klages, German philosopher (Study of Graves), dies at 83 1956 Judith Butler, born in Cleveland, Ohio, philosopher, professor, U of C, Berkeley, specialty, post-structuralism, Ph. D. Yale University, areas of study include feminist theory, Jewish philosophy, ethics, sexuality, developed idea of sex and gender as social construction 1950 Stephen Chatman, born in Faribault, Minnesota, Canadian composer, received Fulbright grant for study at Hochschule fur Misik in Cologne, since 1976 has served as professor and Head of the Composition Division at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver 1948 U.S. announced a study to launch an Earth satellite 1942 Daniel Dennett, born in Boston, Massachusetts, philosopher, atheist, focus of study includes philosophy of biology, philosophy of mind, philosophy of science, relative to cognitive science and evolutionary biology 1940 Barbara Buczek, born in Krakow, Poland, composer, works include, Study Nr. 1 for flute solo, 1990, Blaeserquintett, 1969 1938 Edmund Husserl, German philosopher (study of phenomenon), dies at 79 1937 Barbara Windsor, actress, Study in Terror 1933 Georgia Brown, Lillian Getel, actress, Study in Terror, Fixer 1922 Aage Neals Bohr, born in Denmark, physicist/study atomic nucleus, Nobel 1975 1914 Claude Mauriac, born in France, writer, journalist, author, personal secretary to Charles de Gaulle1944 - 1949, co-scripted his father's novel titled Therese Desqueyroux, wrote study of Marcel Proust 1909 Francis Bacon, born in Ireland, painter, Study for a Pope 1907 Anna May Wong, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Impact, Study in Scarlet 1906 Albert Hofmann, born in Baden, Switzerland, scientist, first to synthesize, examine, study, the psychedelic effects of LSD 1904 Theodore Roosevelt, appoints 7 man committee to study Panama Canal 1890 1st U.S. edition of Sherlock Holmes (Study in Scarlet) published 1889 Arnold Toynbee, born in England, historian, Study of History 1887 Sherlock Holmes 1st appears in print: "Study in Scarlet" 1881 Holmes and Watson begin "A Study in Scarlet," 1st case together 1872 Ludwig Klages, German philosopher, study of graves 1870 Jules Janssen, flys in a balloon in order to study a solar eclipse 1867 Andrew Ellicott Douglass, Dendrochronologer, study of tree rings 1830 Eadweard Muybridge, born in England, pioneered study of motion, photography 1805 John Stephens, U.S. archaeologist; founded study of Central America |
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