1953 England DNA The "Secret Of Life"
1953: Two Cambridge University scientists "James D Watson and Francis Crick" publish an article in Nature Magazine explaining the structure of DNA and that DNA is the material that makes up genes which pass hereditary characteristics in all life from one parent to another. They conclude that it consists of a double helix of two strands coiled around each other and could even be considered the "secret of life". Find More What happened in 1953
2003 Human Genome Project
2003: The Human Genome Project to determine the sequence of chemical base pairs which make up DNA of the human genome consisting of 20,000-25,000 genes started in 1990 is published. The project started in the US with James D. Watson who was head of the National Center for Human Genome Research at the National Institutes of Health but over the next 10 years geneticists in China, France, Germany, Japan, and the United Kingdom all worked together on the project helping the project end two years earlier than planned. One of the most important aspects of this research is it available to available to anyone on the Internet and not owned or controlled by any one company or government.
1956 Elvis Presley "Heartbreak Hotel"
1956: Elvis Presley has his first number one on the Billboard Pop Singles Chart with "Heartbreak Hotel" staying number one for 8 weeks.
1923 Britain Royal Wedding
1923: The wedding of Albert Duke of York to Lady Elizabeth Rowes-Lyon in Westminster Abbey attracted large throngs of people to watch the pomp and ceremony associated with royal weddings.
1933 Diphtheria Inoculation
1933: Following the tests around the western world the inoculation in the fight against diphtheria is started with pre-school children and will include all children of school age.
1935 USA State Capitol Building Fire Oregon
1935: An immense fire ruined Oregon's state capitol building in Salem.
1954 Vietnam French Bombers
1954: French Fighters and Bombers with American supplied Corvairs had the heaviest air strikes so far in the Indochinese war against communist Vietnam troops dropping hundreds of tons in bombs.
1955 Canada St. Lawrence Seaway
1955: The St. Lawrence Seaway opened to ocean vessels seeking passage from Montreal to ports in the USA on the Great Lakes.
1960 Iran Earthquake
1960: A large earthquake has flattened the city of Lar in Iran with an estimated 400 deaths and another 450 seriously wounded.
1971 China United Nations
1971: The inclusion of China in the United Nations is urged by all sides due to it's growth and importance as a world power.
1974 Portugal Bloodless Coup
1974: A bloodless Military coup led by General Antonio de Spinola, in Portugal ends nearly 50 years of dictatorship. The Prime Minister, Dr Marcello Caetano has surrendered to General Antonio de Spinola and fled to the Portuguese island of Madeira.
1980 Canary Islands Plane Crash
1980: A Dan-Air Boeing 727 crashes into the side of a mountain due to foggy conditions and confusion between air traffic controllers and the ships captain. The aircraft was carrying British tourists to the Canary Islands and all 146 people were killed on impact.
2010 100,000 people rally against the U.S. base in Okinawa
2010: Nearly 100,000 people have attended a rally on the Japanese island of Okinawa. They are demanding that its U.S. base be moved off of the island. Under a 2006 agreement with the U.S., the Marines' Futenma base was to be moved from its center to the coast. Demonstrators want the Prime Minister, Yukio Hatoyama, to stick to his election pledge and remove it. Questions on the base have been undermining relations between his government and the U.S.
2011 Boat Capsizes on Lake Kivu
2011: A ferry carrying around one hundred passengers across Lake Kivu to the city of Bukavu in the Democratic Republic of Congo capsized after facing strong winds. At least thirty eight people were dead as a result of the incident, with at least another fifty people missing, and only eleven known survivors. A recovery effort was being made by a Red Cross rescue crew, but a local Red Cross official announced they would only continue rescue operations until the next morning.
2012 Pakistan Tests Nuclear Capable Ballistic Missile
2012: Pakistan has tested the Shaheen 1-A, an intermediate-range missile that would be capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, less than a week after India tested a long-range missile. The missile had a likely range of 1,550 miles to 1,850 miles. The military said the test was successful and it hit its target in the Indian Ocean.
2013 US Lifts Boeing 787 Ban
2013: The United States has lifted its ban on the Boeing 787 "Dreamliner" airplane after Boeing made improvements to the plane and regulators gave the plane a formal "air-worthy" approval. All 787s had been grounded in January over safety concerns.
2014 Portugal Democracy Anniversary Overshadowed by Protests
2014: Portugal celebrated forty years of democracy after one of Europe's longest dictatorships was overthrown during the Carnation Revolution in 1974. The celebrations were overshadowed by protests over severe European Union austerity measures that had been placed on the country since its 2011 bailout. Leaders of the 1974 democratic revolution joined in the protests.
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