Konrad Emil Bloch - Konrad Emil Bloch Konrad Emil Bloch (January 21, 1912 - October 15, 2000) was a German-American biochemist. Born in Neisse, Germany, in 1912. Educated at the Technische Hochschule in Munich, fled the Nazis in 1934 and went to the Schweizerische Forschungsinstitut in Davos, Switzerland, before moving to the United States in 1936. Appointed to the department of biological chemistry at Yale Medical School. In America he enrolled at Columbia University, he received a Ph.D. in biochemistry in 1938. He taught at Columbia from 1939 to 1946. From there he went to the university of Chicago and then to Harvard University as Higgins Professor of Biochemistry in 1954, a post he held until his retirement in 1982 He shared the Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology in.
Columbia University - administrator of the coveted Pulitzer Prize and the duPont-Columbia Award in broadcast journalism. View of part of the Columbia University campus, 1915 Columbia Business School was added in the early 20th century. By the late 1930s, a Columbia student could study with the likes of Jacques Barzun, Paul Lazarsfeld, Mark Van Doren, Lionel Trilling, and I. I. Rabi, to name just a few of the great minds of the Morningside campus. The University's graduates during this time were equally accomplished - for example, two alumni of Columbia's Law School, Charles Evans Hughes and Harlan Fiske Stone (who also held the position of Law School dean), served successively as Chief Justice of the United States. Butler Library at Columbia University (June 2003) Research into the atom by faculty members I. I. Rabi,.
October 15 - Wodehouse, British comic novelist (†1975) 1900 - Mervyn LeRoy, film director (†1987) 1908 - John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian economist 1909 - Robert Trout, reporter (†2000) 1913 - Klaus Barbie, war criminal 1917 - Arthur Schlesinger Jr, political commentator, author 1920 - Mario Puzo, American novelist (†1999) 1920 - Chris Economaki, Indianapolis 500 reporter 1924 - Lee Iacocca, industrialist 1924 - Jose Quintero, stage director 1926 - Evan Hunter (Ed McBain, Curt Cannon), author 1926 - Jean Peters, actress 1930 - FM-2030 born Fereidoun M. Esfandiary, transhumanist philosopher 1931 - Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam, Indian president and scientist 1935 - Bobby Joe Morrow, American athlete 1937 - Barry McGuire, singer 1942 - Penny Marshall, actress, comedienne, film director 1945 - Jim Palmer, baseball star 1946 - Richard Carpenter,.
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - Medicine This is a list of the Nobel Prizes in Physiology or Medicine: 1901 Emil Adolf von Behring for his serum therapy to treat diphtheria 1902 Ronald Ross for research on malaria 1903 Niels Ryberg Finsen for his light treatment of lupus vulgaris 1904 Ivan Petrovich Pavlov for work on the physiology of the digestive system 1905 Robert Koch for discovering the cause of tuberculosis 1906 Camillo Golgi, Santiago Ramón y Cajal for research on the nervous system 1907 Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran for research into protozoa causing disease 1908 Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, Paul Ehrlich for study of the immune system 1909 Emil Theodor Kocher for work on the thyroid gland 1910 Albrecht Kossel for research in cell biology, especially proteins and nucleic acids 1911 Allvar Gullstrand for research on the.
List of people associated with World War II - Emperor of China; puppet Emperor of Manchukuo Wang Jingwei, (1888-1944), head of Japanese supported collaborationist government Czechoslovakia Edvard Benes, (1884-1948), Czech President-in-exile Josef Frantisek, fighter ace Emil Hacha, president Konrad Henlein, Sudeten German politician Karel Miroslav Kuttelwascher , fighter ace Jan Masaryk, (1886-1948), Czech Foreign Minister-in-exile Ludvik Svoboda, general Jozef Tiso, (1887-1947), President of separatist Slovakia Denmark Christian X, (1870-1947) Sven Hassel, (born 1917), penal regiment soldier Egypt Farouk, (1920-1965), king Ethiopia Haile Selassie, (1892-1975), Emperor of Ethiopia Finland Aksel Airo, (1898-1985), HQ strategic planner Adolf Ehrnrooth, (born 1905), infantry general Mauno Koivisto, (born 1923), infantryman and future president Carl Gustaf Mannerheim, (1867-1951), Field Marshal and later president Juho Kusti Paasikivi, (1870-1956), diplomat Risto Ryti, (1889-1956), president Hjalmar Siilasvuo, (1892-1947) Lauri Törni, (1919-1965), Infantry captain France Georges Bidault, French Resistance activist.
List of biochemists - others are included. The format for each entry is: Name, (birth-death), Nationality, optional brief reason for fame - maybe including link. A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z A Isaac Asimov, (1920-1992), Russian-born American, prolific author. B Michael Behe, (?-?), ?, Irreducible complexity Konrad Emil Bloch, (1912-2000), German-American, 1964 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Eduard Buchner, (1860-1917), German, 1907 Nobel Prize in Chemistry see Zymology Karl-Birger Blomdahl (1916-1968), Swedish, composer and conductor. Boris Pavlovich Belousov (1893 - 1970), Soviet chemist/biophysicist, Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction. C Carl Ferdinand Cori, (1896-1984), American, 1947 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, glycogen research. Gerty Cori, (1896-1957), American, 1947 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, glycogen research. D.
January 3 - the Fillmore, San Francisco, California. 1973 - Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) sells the New York Yankees for $10 million to a 12-person syndicate led by George Steinbrenner. 1987 - Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. 1990 - Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces. 1993 - In Moscow, George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START). 1994 - An Aeroflot Tupolov TU-154 crashes and explodes after takeoff from Irkhutsk, Russia killing 125 including 1 on the ground 1997 - NBC's Today show Bryant Gumbel signs off for the last time. 2000 - Final original Peanuts comic strip is published 2004 - Flight FSH604, a Boeing 737 owned by Flash Airlines, an Egyptian.
June 16 - President of Peru from 1968 to 1975 (†1977) 1912 - Enoch Powell, British politician (†1998) 1914 - Babe Didrikson Zaharias, athlete (†1956) 1916 - Hank Luisetti, baseball player (†2002) 1917 - Katharine Graham, Washington Post publisher (†2001) 1917 - Irving Penn, photographer 1920 – José López Portillo, President of Mexico from 1976 to 1982 1927 - Tom Graveney, English cricketer 1927 - Herbert Lichtenfeld, author and playwright (†2001) 1930 - Vilmos Zsigmond, cinematographer 1934 - Dame Eileen Atkins, English actress 1935 - Jim Dine, artist 1937 - Erich Segal, author 1938 - James Bolam, English actor 1938 - Joyce Carol Oates, novelist 1940 - Neil Goldschmidt, governor of Oregon 1941 - Lamont Dozier, record company executive 1942 - Giacomo Agostini, Italian motorcyclist 1951 - Roberto.
History of the Jews in the United States (Colonial Era-1906) - descendants are still living in various parts of the country. The first male white child born in the colony was a Jew, Isaac Minis. Among the first immigrants was Dr. Nuñez, who was made welcome because of his medical knowledge, and because he, with a number of others, brought sufficient wealth to the colony to enable the immigrants to take up large tracts of land. A congregation was organized as early as 1734. Three years later Abraham de Lyon, who had been a "vineron" in Portugal, introduced the culture of grapes. The cultivation and manufacture of silk and the pursuit of agriculture and of commerce were the chief occupations of these early settlers. A dispute with the trustees of the colony respecting the introduction of slaves caused an extensive emigration to.
History of Czechoslovakia - the industry of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Czechoslovakia was one of the world's ten most industrialized states. The Czech lands were far more industrialized than Slovakia.Most light and heavy industry was located in the Sudetenland and was owned by Germans and controlled by German-owned banks. The very backward Subcarpathian Ruthenia was essentially without industry. The Czechoslovak state was conceived as a parliamentary democracy. The constitution identified the "Czechoslovak nation" as the creator and principal constituent of the Czechoslovak state and established Czech and Slovak as official languages. The concept of the Czechoslovak nation was necessary in order to justify the establishment of Czechoslovakia towards the world, because otherwise the statistical majority of the Czechs as compared to Germans would be rather weak. The operation of the new Czechoslovak government was distinguished by.
December 13 - the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia. The countries' membership will be effective May 1, 2004 2003 (Iraqi time) - Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein is captured near his home town of Tikrit. Births 1521 - Pope Sixtus V, religious leader 1553 - King Henry IV of France (+ 1610) 1797 - Heinrich Heine, poet (+ 1856) 1798 - Joseph Walker, explorer 1816 - Werner von Siemens, engineer, inventor and industrialist (+ 1892) 1818 - Mary Todd Lincoln, First Lady of the United States (+ 1882) 1829 - Hugo von Ziemssen, physicist (+ 1902) 1836 - Franz von Lenbach, painter (+ 1904) 1854 - Thomas Watson, telephone pioneer 1864 - Emil Seidel, politician, mayor of Milwaukee, Socialist vice-presidential candidate 1874 - Josef Lhévinne, pianist (+ 1944).
1964 - U.S. presidential election, 1964: Incumbent US President Lyndon B. Johnson defeats Republican challenger Barry Goldwater, Sr with over 60 percent of the popular vote. November 5 - Mariner program: Mariner 3, a U.S. space probe, intended for Mars is launched from Cape Kennedy, but its apparatus failed. November 19 - The U.S. Defense Department announced the closing of 95 militiary bases and facilities, including the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the Brooklyn Army Terminal, and Fort Jay, New York. November 21 - Second Vatican Council: The third period of the Catholic Church's ecumenical council closes. November 21 - The Verrazano Narrows Bridge opens to traffic (at the time it was the world's longest suspension bridge). November 28 - Mariner program: NASA launches the Mariner 4 space probe from Cape Kennedy toward Mars to.
1952 - baseball by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League. February 26 - United Kingdom Prime Minister Winston Churchill announces that his nation has an atomic bomb March 10 -- General Fulgencio Batista takes power in Cuba - again March 20 - The United States Senate ratifies a peace treaty with Japan. March 27 - - Failed assassination attempt against Konrad Adenauer April 4 -- In Hague tribunal, Israel demands reparations worth 3 billion dollars from Germany April 18 - -West Germany and Japan form diplomatic relations April 23 - Nuclear test in Nevada desert. April 28 - the Treaty of San Francisco went into effect : the occupation of Japan ended formally. April 29 - -Japan regains official independence. This ends the period of Occupied Japan.
1950 - 4 - Ingrid Bergman's illegitimate child arouses ire in USA February 9 - Red scare: In his speech to the Republican Women's Club at the McClure Hotel in Wheeling, West Virginia, Senator Joseph McCarthy accuses the United States Department of State of being filled with 205 Communists. February 11 - Two Vietcong battalions attack a French base in Indochina February 12 - Pro-communist riots in Paris February 12 - European Broadcasting Union founded February 13 - In USA army begins to deploy anti-aircraft cannons to protect nuclear stations and military targets February 14 - The Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China sign a mutual defense treaty February 19 - Konrad Adenauer tries unsuccessfully to negotiate with East Germany to begin unification. February 22 - Albert Einstein warns that nuclear.
April 8 - announces to the world that he has AIDS, acquired from blood transfusions during one of his two heart surgeries. This announcement begins a more in-depth dialogue in the United States regarding AIDS and how it ought to be combatted. 2000 - A U.S. Marine Corps V-22 Osprey crashes during landing at Marana, Arizona killing 19 2002 - Ed McMahon files a US$20 million lawsuit against his insurance company and others for alleged breach of contract, negligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress that was allegedly caused by a toxic mold infecting McMahon's Beverly Hills, California home. Births 563 BC - Gautama Buddha, religious leader (†483 BC) 1320 - King Peter I of Portugal 1868 - King Christian IX of Denmark (†1906) 1872 - Ivan Bloch, physician (†1922) 1875.
Timeline of biology and organic chemistry - an animal enzyme. 1837 - Theodor Schwann shows that heating air will prevent it from causing putrefaction. 1838 - Matthias Schleiden discovers that all living plant tissue is composed of cells. 1839 - Theodor Schwann discovers that all living animal tissue is composed of cells. 1856 - Louis Pasteur states that microorganisms produce fermentation. 1858 - Charles R. Darwin and Alfred Wallace independently propose natural selection theories of evolution. 1858 - Rudolf Virchow proposes that cells can only arise from pre-existing cells. 1862 - Louis Pasteur convincingly disproves the spontaneous generation of cellular life. 1865 - Gregor Mendel presents his experiments on the crossbreeding of pea plants and postulates dominant and recessive factors. 1865 - Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz realizes that benzene is composed of carbon and hydrogen atoms in.
September 10 - 1934 - Charles Kuralt, journalist (†1997) 1938 - Karl Lagerfeld, fashion designer 1942 - Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist (†2002) 1945 - Jose Feliciano, singer 1946 - Jim Hines, American athlete 1950 - Joe Perry, rock and roll musician, member of Aerosmith 1957 - Siobhan Fahey, singer (Bananarama, Shakespear's Sister) 1957 - Dan Castellaneta, American voice actor 1958 - Chris Columbus, film director 1960 - Colin Firth, actor 1968 - Guy Ritchie, film director 1968 - Big Daddy Kane, rap musician 1969 - Jonathon Schaech, actor 1974 - Ryan Philippe, actor Deaths 954 - Louis IV of France 1669 - Henrietta Maria, Queen of England 1898 - Elisabeth of Austria (assassinated) 1935 - Huey Long, Americann politician 1948 - King Ferdinand of Bulgaria 1961 - Leo Carrillo, actor 1966.
Shooting at the 1900 Summer Olympics - team 6 Free Pistol 7 Free Pistol, team 8 Clay Pigeon Free Rifle, combined Pos Athlete 1 Emil Kellenberger (SUI) 2 Anders Peter Nielsen (DEN) 3 Ole Østmo (NOR) 3 Paul Van Asbroeck (BEL) Free Rifle, standing Pos Athlete 1 Lars Jørgen Madsen (DEN) 2 Ole Østmo (NOR) 3 Charles Paumier du Verger (BEL) Free Rifle, kneeling Pos Athlete 1 Konrad Stäheli (SUI) 2 Emil Kellenberger (SUI) 2 Anders Peter Nielsen (DEN) Free Rifle, prone Pos Athlete 1 Achile Paroche (FRA) 2 Anders Peter Nielsen (DEN) 3 Ole Østmo (NOR) Free Rifle, team Pos Athlete 1 Switzerland Emil Kellenberger, Franz Böckli, Konrad Stäheli, Louis Richardet, Alfred Grütter 2 Norway Ole Østmo, Hellmer Hermandsen, Tom Seeberg, Ole Sæther, Olaf Frydenlund 3 France Achile Paroche, Auguste Cavadini, Léon Moreaux, Maurice Lecoq, René Thomas.
Presidents of the National Council of Switzerland - Robert Steiger LU 1849/50 Alfred Escher ZH 1850/51 Johann Konrad Kern TG 1851 Jakob Stämpfli BE 1851/52 Johann Trog SO 1852/53 Johann M. Hungerbühler SG 1853/54 Giovanni Battista Pioda TI 1854 Jakob Dubs ZH 1854/55 Casimir Pfyffer LU 1855/56 Eduard Eugen Blösch BE 1856 Friedrich Siegfried AG 1856 Jules Martin VD 1856/57 Alfred Escher ZH 1857 Paul Migy BE 1857/58 Augustin Keller AG 1858/59 Johann Jakob Stehlin BS 1859/60 Friedrich Peyer im Hof SH 1860 Johann Baptist Weder SG 1860/61 Eduard Dapples VD 1861/62 Karl Karrer BE 1862/63 Alfred Escher ZH 1863 Joachim Heer GL 1863/64 Victor Ruffy VD 1864/65 Gottlieb Jäger AG 1865/66 Andreas Rudolf Planta GR 1866 Niklaus Niggeler BE 1866/67 Jules Philippin NE 1867/68 Johann Jakob Stehlin BS 1868/69 Simon Kaiser SO 1869 Louis Ruchonnet VD 1869/70 Joachim.
Namesdays in Sweden - Bernhard Josefina Henrietta Signe Bartolomeus Lovisa Östen Rolf Augustin Hans Albert Arvid September Samuel Justus Alfhild Moses Adela Sakarias Regina Alma Augusta Tord Dagny Tyra Ambjörn Ida Sigrid Eufemia Hildegard Alvar Fredrika Agda Matteus Maurits Tekla Gerhard Signild Enar Dagmar Lennart Mikael Helge October Ragnar Ludvig Evald Frans Bror Jenny Birgitta Nils Ingrid Helmer Erling Valfrid Teofil Manfred Hedvig Fingal Antoinetta Lukas Tore Sibylla Birger Seved Sören Evert Inga Amanda Sabina Simon Viola Elsa Edit November Allhelgonadagen Tobias Hubert Sverker Eugen Gustav Adolf Ingegerd Vendela Teodor Martin Luther Mårten Konrad Kristian Emil Leopold Edmund Napoleon Magnhild Elisabet Pontus Helga Cecilia Klemens Gudrun Katarina Torkel Astrid Malte Sune Anders December Oskar Beata Lydia Barbro Sven Nikolaus Agaton Virginia Anna Malin Daniel Alexander Lucia Sten Gottfrid Assar Inge Abraham Isak Israel Tomas Natanael.
