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| 100 years anniversary | ||||
| 07 Jan 1924 | Roloff Beny: Alberta, Canada -- Painter / photographer (A Time of Gods) | |||
| 07 Jan 1924 | Gene L. Coon, American screenwriter and producer (d. 1973) | |||
| 07 Jan 1924 | Pablo Birger, Argentinian race car driver (d. 1966) | |||
| 07 Jan 1924 | Geoffrey Bayldon, English actor | |||
| 75 years anniversary | ||||
| 07 Jan 1949 | John Christopher Parry: Rocker (Cure) | |||
| 07 Jan 1949 | Marshall Chapman: Spartanburg, South Carolina -- Country singer | |||
| 07 Jan 1949 | 1st photo of genes taken at University of Southern California by Pease and Baker | |||
| 07 Jan 1949 | Steven Williams, American actor | |||
| 07 Jan 1949 | Anne Schedeen, American actress | |||
| 07 Jan 1949 | Chavo Guerrero Sr., American wrestler and trainer | |||
| 07 Jan 1949 | Marshall Chapman, American singer-songwriter and guitarist | |||
| 07 Jan 1949 | WW2 | Israeli aircraft attacked and shot down four Spitfire Mk XVIII fighters (of No. 208 Squadron RAF) and a Hawker Tempest fighter which were conducting reconnaissance patrols over Israel. Two RAF pilots were killed. | ||
| 07 Jan 1949 |
Genes photographed In 1949, the first photographs of chromosomes and genes were published in Science journal. The article was written by Dr. Daniel Chapin Pease and Dr. Richard Freligh Baker of the School of Medicine, University of Southern California. It described their preliminary investigations made with an electron microscope. Tissue sections as thin as 0.1-μ from the salivary glands of Drosphila melanogaster(fruit fly) were used because of their highly specialized structure with each primordial chromosome reduplicated many times over yielding a giant multiple chromosome made up of 100s or 1,000s of identical units. At moderate magnification by the electron microscope, chromomere granules arranged in bands were readily visible. Scientists did not yet know the structure of DNA, published later by Crick and Watson (25 Apr 1953). |
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| 50 years anniversary | ||||
| 07 Jan 1974 | Jennifer LeRoy: Craig, Colorado -- Playmate (Feb, 1993) | |||
| 07 Jan 1974 | Dutch rations gasoline | |||
| 07 Jan 1974 | John Rich, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer | |||
| 07 Jan 1974 | Svetlana Metkina, Russian actress | |||
| 07 Jan 1974 | Alenka Bikar, Slovenian sprinter and politician | |||
| 07 Jan 1974 | Aerosmith played at the Michigan Theatre in Detroit, the first date on their 56 date North American Get Your Wings Tour. | |||
| 07 Jan 1974 | birth John Rich, bass, vocals, Lonestar, (2000 US No.1 & UK No. 21 single 'Amazed'). | |||
| 07 Jan 1974 |
death Charles Alfred Coulson Died 7 Jan 1974 at age 63 (born 13 Dec 1910). British theoretical chemist known for the application of molecular orbital theory to chemical bonding, the electronic structures of molecules and the concept of partial valency. He developed many mathematical techniques for solving chemical and physical problems. His molecular orbital theory treats a molecule as a whole, and extends atomic quantum theory with “allowed” states of electrons associated with two or more atomic nuclei. With this approach, he explained the structure of benzene and other conjugated systems, and using what he called partial valency, he described the bonding in such compounds as diborane. After writing on Waves (1941) and Electricity (1941), his book Valence (1952) was highly influential. He also wrote on reconciling scientific and religious views, believing religious faith was an essential in the pursuit of science. |
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07 Jan 1974
Gombe Chimpanzee War |
Gombe Chimpanzee War (zoology) Outbreak of 4-year Gombe Chimpanzee War in Tanzania, reported by Jane Goodall. |
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| 25 years anniversary | ||||
| 07 Jan 1999 | The Senate trial in the impeachment of U.S. President Bill Clinton begins. | |||
| 20 years anniversary | ||||
| 07 Jan 2004 | Ingrid Thulin, Swedish actress and director (b. 1926) | |||
| 07 Jan 2004 | Drummer John Guerin died of pneumonia aged 64. Worked with Joni Mitchell, Frank Zappa, Linda Rondstadt, Gram Parsons, Todd Rundgren. He also played on the original title tune for the television series Hawaii Five-O. | |||
| 07 Jan 2004 |
death Oswald Garrison Villard Died 7 Jan 2004 at age 87 (born 17 Sep 1916). American electronics engineer who developed over-the-horizon radar (a way to detect objects out of direct sight by bouncing radar off the ionosphere, an electrically charged layer in the upper atmosphere) so radar could peer around the Earth's curvature to detect aircraft and missiles thousands of miles away. His interest in electricity began with a copy of Harper's Electricity Book for Boys. At age 12, he put together a radio from a kit. During WW II, he researched countermeasures to protect Allied forces against enemy radio and radar devices. He made pioneering studies of radar jamming. In 1947, he designed a simplified voice transmitter permitting two-way communication on a single radio channel, such as a telephone conversation. |
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| 10 years anniversary | ||||
| 07 Jan 2014 | Run Run Shaw, Chinese-Hong Kong businessman and philanthropist; founded Shaw Brothers Studio and TVB (b. 1907) | |||
| 07 Jan 2014 | Thomas V. Jones, American businessman (b. 1920) | |||
| 07 Jan 2014 | Aitzaz Hasan, Pakistani student (b. 1999) | |||
| 07 Jan 2014 | Paul Goggins, English politician (b. 1953) | |||
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