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July 30, 2007
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The following information comes from: Those Were the Days - Today in History
1921: Insulin isolated in Toronto
At the University of Toronto, Canadian scientists Frederick Banting and Charles Best successfully isolate insulin--a hormone they believe could prevent diabetes--for the first time. Within a year, the first human sufferers of diabetes were receiving insulin treatments, and countless lives were saved from what was previously regarded as a fatal disease. Read the complete article.Cite this article: Insulin isolated in Toronto. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 04:58, Jul 30, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=5211.
1923: Dillinger joins the Navy in an attempt to avoid prosecution
John Herbert Dillinger joins the Navy in order to avoid charges of auto theft in Indiana, marking the beginning of America's most notorious criminal's downfall. Years later, Dillinger's reputation was forged in a single 12-month period, during which he robbed more banks than Jesse James did in 15 years and became the most wanted fugitive in the nation. Read the complete article.Cite this article:
Dillinger joins the Navy in an attempt to avoid prosecution. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 05:01, Jul 30, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=1080.
1940: Bugs Bunny's debut
On this day in 1940, Bugs Bunny first appears on the silver screen in "A Wild Hare." The wisecracking rabbit had evolved through several earlier short films. As in many future installments of Bugs Bunny cartoons, "A Wild Hare" featured Bugs as the would-be dinner for frustrated hunter Elmer Fudd. Read this complete article.Cite this article: Bugs Bunny's debut. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 05:17, Jul 30, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=3482.
1974: Baryshnikov's U.S. debut
On this day in 1974, Russian ballet dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov makes his U.S. debut in a performance of Giselle with the American Ballet Theater (ABT) in New York. The dancer had defected from the Soviet Union while on tour in Canada earlier in 1974. Baryshnikov became the artistic director of ABT in 1980 and later formed the White Oak Dance Project with Mark Morris. He also appeared in films, including The Turning Point (1977) and White Knights (1985).Cite this article: Baryshnikov's U.S. debut. (2007). The History Channel website. Retrieved 05:15, Jul 30, 2007, from http://www.history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=3484.
Posted by d-nadler at July 30, 2007 11:16 AM