Birthdays
1893
Edward Adelbert Doisy (November 13, 1893 –
October 23, 1986) was an Americanbiochemist. He received the Nobel
Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1943 with Henrik Dam for their discovery of vitamin
K (K from "Koagulations-Vitamin" in German) and itschemical
structure
1949
Michael Jonas "Mike" Evans (November
3, 1949 – December 14, 2006) was an Americanactor and, with Eric
Monte, co-creator of the show Good Times. Ralph Carter's characterMichael
Evans was named after him
1973
Mick Thomson is an American musician. He is best known as being one
of two guitarists in the Grammy-winning heavy
metal band Slipknot. When performing with
Slipknot, Thomson is known as "Number Seven", being that the eight
piece band follows a numbering scheme for its members, ranging from 0-8. Thomson
joined Slipknot in 1996, replacing Craig
Jones on guitar, who moved to
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Edward A. Doisy
ReplyDelete- Born: 3-Nov-1893
- Birthplace: Hume, IL
- Died: 23-Oct-1986
- Cause of death: Heart Failure
- Nationality: United States
- Executive summary: Chemical structure of Vitamin K
- Military service: US Army (Sanitary Corps, 1917-19)
American biochemist Edward A. Doisy researched sex hormones, antibiotics, and blood buffer systems, and won the 1943 Nobel Prize for his synthesis of vitamin K. He shared the honor with Belgian scientist Henrik Dam. After his death, Doisy's family donated $30M for construction of a biomedical research center, to be named in his honor, at St. Louis University.
Some events which also happed this day.
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1940 - World War II: British troops occupied Souda Bay, Crete.
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1956 - Britain and France reported they were ready ton stop military actions in the Middle East if the UN troops would ensure peace in the region.
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1995 - The British Queen Elizabeth II gave royal assent in Wellington, New Zealand, for a package of laws to ensure the return of land and payment of compensation to Maori Taynui and apologized for British aggression of the 60s of the XIX century.
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1975 - Queen Elizabeth II officially opened oil field in the North Sea.