JULY 27
1912:King Gustaf V of Sweden awards Native American athlete Jim Thorpe gold medals for pentathlon and decathlon at the closing ceremonies of the Olympic Games in Stockholm, telling Thorpe, "Sir, you are the greatest athlete in the world." Thorpe cheekily replies, "Thanks, King."
1921: Frederick Banting leads a team of researchers at the University of Toronto to isolate the hormone insulin, a groundbreaking discovery for the treatment of diabetes. Along with fellow researcher John James Rickard Macleod, Banting, 32, would be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1923, becoming the youngest Nobel winner in medicine to date. Insulin would become a widely available treatment to regulate the blood sugar of diabetic patients.
1996: Eric Robert Rudolph explodes a pipe bomb in Atlanta's Centennial Olympic Park during the Summer Olympics, killing two people and injuring more than 100 others who were attending a free nighttime concert in the park.
1940:"A Wild Hare" is released, introducing the character of Bugs Bunny.
No comments:
Post a Comment