2015 Event Google will begin testing self-driving cars on the streets of Mountain View, California this summer; the company has tested modified versions of existing vehicles but will now test cars developed specifically for self-driving 2015 Event Aducanumab, a new drug developed by Biogen to treat Alzheimer's, is showing success in reducing toxic brain plaque and decreasing the rate of mental impairment in trials; if successful in further testing, the drug may be available by 2020 2014 Event Negotiations have stalled at the U.N. Climate Change Conference in Peru due to disagreement over how to distribute responsibilities for battling climate change across developed and developing nations 2014 Event A water-embedded rock layer is found deep inside the earth; the layer stores three times the water found in all the earth's oceans, suggesting that oceans developed through seepage of this water and not from striking comets as previously believed 2014 Event Researchers have developed synthetic nucleobases, the molecules that form the backbone of DNA; organisms successfully replicated the synthetic bases, implying that creation of new life forms with these additional bases may be possible in the future 2013 Event Scientists in Illinois, announce they've developed stretchable batteries that can power a new generation of flexible electronics 2013 Event Venezuela's government announces that President Hugo Chavez is suffering from 'respiratory deficiency', a condition he developed after having a severe lung infection 2010 Event The Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology announces it has developed the first ever spherical robot with telescopic arms 2004 Death Brian Maxwell, entreprenuer/runner, developed the Powerbar with his nutritionist wife in 1986, dies at 51 1998 Death Shinichi Suzuki, music educator, "developed the ""Suzuki Method"" which taugh violin to children", dies at 98 1983 Event Compact Disc recordings developed by Phillips and Sony introduced 1979 Death Arno Schmidt, German writer, author, translator, individualist, solipsist, admired for colloquial language style and theory of etyms he developed in magnum opus, titled Zettels Traum, dies at 65 1977 Event Washington Post reports U.S. has developed neutron bomb 1964 Event Lyndon Baines Johnson reveals U.S. secretly developed the A-11 jet fighter 1962 Death Patrick Corry, developed self-rotating rock drill, dies in the Bronx 1959 Death Billy Mayerl, composer, pianist, master of light music, composed works for piano and orchestra, developed syncopated novelty piano solos, 300 piano pieces, most named after flowers and trees, dies at 56 1957 Death Albert Ascoli, Italian developed anti-tuberculosis vaccine, dies 1957 Event Researchers announce Borazan (harder than diamonds) been developed 1956 Birthday 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 Event Marshall Voroshilov of U.S.S.R. announces they developed atomic bomb 1948 Event Magnetic tape recorder developed by Wireway 1947 Event Photosensitive glass developed 1944 Birthday Stephen Scott, born in Corvallis, Oregon, composer, developed bowed piano, founder, Bowed Piano Ensemble, 1977 1937 Event DuPont Corp patents nylon, developed by employee Wallace H Carothers 1932 Birthday Paul Erlich, born in Bad Homburg, Germany, scientist, immunologist, won Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine, developed first antibacterial drug in modern medicine 1917 Birthday Laurindo Almeida, Brazilian guitarist, developed bossa nova 1915 Birthday Charles Hard Townes, born in Greenville, South Carolina, physicist, developed lasers 1914 Birthday Arno Schmidt, born in Hamburg, Germany, German writer, author, translator, individualist, solipsist, admired for colloquial language style and theory of etyms he developed in magnum opus, titled Zettels Traum 1913 Birthday Albert Ellis, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, American psychologist, developed Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy 1910 Birthday Josef Tal, born in Pinne, Poland, born Joseph Gruenthal, composer, pianist, played hard with Palestine Orchestra, developed notational system for computer-generated compositions at Hebrew University 1906 Birthday Peter Carl Goldmark, developed color TV and LP records 1902 Birthday Billy Mayerl, born in London, England, composer, pianist, master of light music, composed works for piano and orchestra, developed syncopated novelty piano solos, 300 piano pieces, most named after flowers and trees 1889 Birthday John F Mahoney, developed pencillin treatment of syphillis 1889 Birthday Igor Sikorsky, developed a working helicopter 1886 Event Aluminum manufacturing process developed 1877 Birthday Lewis M Terman, Indiana, psychologist, developed Stanford-Binet IQ test 1876 Birthday Willis Haviland Carrier, developed air-conditioning equipment 1870 Birthday Frederick Russell, developed 1st successful typhoid fever vaccine 1856 Birthday Nikola Tesla, Yugoslavia, physicist, developed alternating current 1851 Birthday Asa Griggs Candler, developed Coca-Cola 1824 Birthday Henry Chadwick, baseball pioneer, developed 1st rule book 1794 Birthday Sylvester Graham, developed graham cracker 1766 Birthday John Dalton, English physicist, developed atomic theory of matter
