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− | [[1967]] – | + | [[1952]] – Newspaper "''The New York Times''" reports that a mechanical [[heart]] was used for the first time to maintain the blood circulation of a 41-year-old man during an 80-minute operation on his heart. <br> |
+ | [[1962]] – Drs. Watson, Crick and Wilkins win the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology for their work in determining the double-helix molecular structure of [[DNA]]. <br> | ||
+ | [[1963]] – "Félicette," a black and white female Parisian stray cat, becomes the first cat launched into space. <br> | ||
+ | [[1967]] – Probe ''Venera 4'' reaches [[Venus]], and becomes the first spacecraft to measure the atmosphere of another [[planet]]. <br> | ||
+ | [[2019]] – [[NASA]] Astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch take part in the first all-female spacewalk on board the International Space Station. <br> | ||
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<noinclude>[[Category:On This Day|292]]</noinclude> | <noinclude>[[Category:On This Day|292]]</noinclude> |
Revision as of 18:19, 26 September 2022
1952 – Newspaper "The New York Times" reports that a mechanical heart was used for the first time to maintain the blood circulation of a 41-year-old man during an 80-minute operation on his heart.
1962 – Drs. Watson, Crick and Wilkins win the Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology for their work in determining the double-helix molecular structure of DNA.
1963 – "Félicette," a black and white female Parisian stray cat, becomes the first cat launched into space.
1967 – Probe Venera 4 reaches Venus, and becomes the first spacecraft to measure the atmosphere of another planet.
2019 – NASA Astronauts Jessica Meir and Christina Koch take part in the first all-female spacewalk on board the International Space Station.