1979 Event Japan launches Hakucho x-ray satellite and Corsa-B (550/580 km) 1951 Event 1st X-ray moving picture process demonstrated 1936 Event 1st x-ray photo of arterial circulation, Rochester, New York 1934 Event 1st x-ray photo of entire body, Rochester, New York 1929 Event Fire in X-ray film stock kills 125 at Crile Clinic (Cleveland, Ohio) 1921 Death Heinrich E Albers-Schonberg, German x-ray experimenter, dies at 56 1917 Birthday Herbert A Hauptman, New York City, x-ray crystallographer, Nobel 1985 1897 Birthday Ralph Wyckoff, American pioneer in x-ray crystallography 1896 Event 1st demonstration of an X-ray machine in U.S. (New York City) 1896 Event 1st X-ray photo in U.S. (Dr. Henry Smith, Davidson NC)