NOBEL LAUREATE ERNEST RUTHERFORD

Ernest Rutherford, born on this day, discovered alpha and beta radiation, postulated the concept of the nucleus and founded the field of nuclear physics.

Regarded as one of the best experimental physicists, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1908 for his investigations into the disintegration of the elements, and the chemistry of radioactive substances.

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NOBEL LAUREATE Werner Forssmann's Birthday

Today we celebrate the bravery and achievements of Werner Forssmann, born #OnThisDay, who put his life at risk by performing the first human heart catheterisation - on himself.

Forssmann knew his superiors would never approve of his plan. The young German surgeon was frustrated by how difficult it was to access the human heart, but he doubted he'd get permission to perform a risky new procedure. And so, in 1929, he tried it on himself.

From the crook of his arm he inserted a thin catheter through a vein into his heart and took an X-ray photo. It was the very first heart catheterisation, which today is a common procedure used to find heart defects, deliver medicine and open up blocked arteries.

The experiment paved the way for many types of heart studies and in 1956 Forssmann shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

FREDERICK BANTING, DISCOVERER OF INSULIN

NOBEL LAUREATE Linda Buck

How do you know if someone is calling regarding a job or a Nobel Prize?

As Linda Buck’s phone number was unlisted, the Nobel committee instead called the director of Buck’s division at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

The director received a call from Sweden at 2:00 am in Seattle asking for the number of Linda Buck. As Buck was on the faculty search committee, the director assumed that the call was from someone that was interested in the vacant faculty position, but was unaware of the time difference.

The director suggested that if the caller was interested in getting the job, an early morning phone call wasn’t the best way to do it. When the director heard the real reason for the call, he replied: “That will get you a job here!”

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MAJOR DHYAN CHAND, GREATEST HOCKEY PLAYER OF ALL TIME

115th BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF MAJOR DHYAN CHAND TODAY,  BEING CELEBRATED AS NATIONAL SPORTS DAY IN INDIA. 

MARTIN LUTHER KING JR : "I HAVE A DREAM "

"I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character".

#OnThisDay, 28 August 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. spoke immortal words to a crowd of over 200,000 people who had gathered for the now historic March on Washington to demand an end to racial segregation in the USA, and for equality in jobs and civil rights.

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MAX PLANCK : FATHER OF QUANTUM PHYSICS

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Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck, ForMemRS was a German theoretical physicist whose discovery of energy quanta won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918. 

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Born: 23 April 1858, Kiel, Germany

Died: 4 October 1947, Göttingen, Germany

Full name: Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck

Awards: Nobel Prize in Physics, Max Planck Medal, Copley Medal, Franklin Medal, more

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Nobel Laureate George Whipple's Birthday

Anaemia, or blood deficiency, means that the amount of red blood cells in the blood is too low. In the 1920s Nobel Laureate George Whipple, born on this day, showed that formation of blood cells was stimulated by a diet rich in foods like liver, kidney, meat and apricots. His work led to successful treatment of anaemia.

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George Hoyt Whipple was an American physician, pathologist, biomedical researcher, and medical school educator and administrator. 

Whipple shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1934 with George Richards Minot and William Parry Murphy "for their discoveries concerning liver therapy in cases of anemia". 

Born: 28 August 1878, Ashland, New Hampshire, United States

Died: 1 February 1976, Rochester, New York, United States

Field: Medicine

Education: Oneida Institute, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, more

Awards: Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Notable student: Ernest William Goodpasture

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