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2003 China sends Yang Liwei into orbit, the third country to have successfully sent a person into space
1987 Flight Readiness Firing of Discovery's main engines is successfully 1984 DNA is successfully cloned from an extinct animal 1982 1st permanent artificial heart successfully implanted (University of Utah) in retired dentist Barney Clark; lived 112 days with Jarvic-7 heart 1972 Evil Knievel breaks 93 bones after successfully clearing 35 cars 1962 Laser beam successfully bounced off Moon for 1st time 1957 U.S. successfully test-fires Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile 1955 Dr. Jonas Salk successfully tests Polio vaccine 1941 Howard Florey and Norman Heatley meet for 1st time, 11 days later they successfully recreate penicillin 1940 Greece successfully resists Italy's attack 1917 Andrew Taylor Still, osteopath, successfully reduced fractures, founded first school of osteopathic medicine, died at age 89 1894 Elwood Haynes successfully tests one of 1st U.S. autos at 6 MPH 1886 Robert Collier, Robert Porrett Collier, 1st Baron Monkswell, politician, judge, educated at Oxford, successfully defended Brazilian pirates, dies 1885 Louis Pasteur successfully tests an anti-rabies vaccine 1866 Atlantic telegraph cable successfully laid (1,686 miles long) 1860 Shoe-making workers of Lynn Ms, strike successfully for higher wages 1859 Dan Sickles is acquitted of murder on grounds of temporary insanity 1st time this defense is successfully used 1842 Lord Rosse successfully casts 72" (183-cm) mirror for a telescope 1841 Akbar Khan successfully revolts against Shah Shuja in Afghanistan 1828 Andrew Taylor Still, born in Lee County, Virginia, osteopath, successfully reduced fractures, founded first school of osteopathic medicine 1817 Robert Collier, born in England, Robert Porrett Collier, 1st Baron Monkswell, politician, judge, educated at Oxford, successfully defended Brazilian pirates 1774 Mass militiamen successfully attacked arsenal of Ft. William and Mary |
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