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Bob Loblaw wrote a new post, First Successful Freezing of Embryo's. 8 years ago
(Feature photo courtesy of knoxblogs.com )
First successful report of freezing of mouse embryo’s. They actually survived after being frozen!
The first successful mouse embryo cryopreservation (CP) was […]
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Bob Loblaw wrote a new post, Supreme Court Rules against Death Penalty 8 years ago
Ruling 5-4, it determined the death penalty as it was administered, was cruel and unusual punishment.
(from Wikipedia) Furman v. Georgia, 408 U.S. 238 (1972), was a criminal case in which the United […]
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Bob Loblaw wrote a new post, E-mail Invented 8 years ago
Email Address
Once computers began to talk to each other over networks, the problem became more complex – We needed to be able to put a message in an envelope and address it. To do this, we needed a means to […]
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Bob Loblaw wrote a new post, Signing of Title IX 8 years ago
On July 1, 1972, Richard Nixon signed into law Title IX of the Education Amendments. Few people noticed at the time, but eventually it became the single greatest force for full participation of females in […]
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Bob Loblaw wrote a new post, Martial Law Declared in the Philippines 8 years ago
In September 1972, President Ferdinand Marcos announced that he had placed the entirety of the Philippines under martial law. This marked the beginning of a 14-year period of one man rule which would effec […]
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Bob Loblaw wrote a new post, Last Man on the Moon 8 years ago
Gene Cernan
Last man to walk on the moon. He was on Apollo 17 in December 1972.
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Bob Loblaw wrote a new post, 1972 Nicaragua Earthquake 8 years ago
Capital Devastated
In 1972 Nicaragua was bracing for possible aftershocks to an earthquake measuring 5.9 degrees on the Richter scale that killed four people, injured at least 45 and caused widespread damage […]
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Bob Loblaw wrote a new post, Israeli Athletes Taken Hostage and Killed at Olympics 8 years ago
The Munich Massacre
The PLO group Black September in revenge for the 1970 defeat of Palestinian guerrillas, broke into the Olympic Village and killed two coaches and took nine hostages. The hostages were […]
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Bob Loblaw wrote a new post, HBO (Home Box Office) Launches 8 years ago
1972 Debut
Original 1972 Logo for HBO
HBO is the oldest and longest continuously operating pay television service (basic or premium) in the United States, having been in operation since November 8, 1972. […]
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Bob Loblaw wrote a new post, Richard Nixon Visits the Soviet Union 8 years ago
The Moscow Summit of 1972
was a meeting between President Richard M. Nixon of the United States and General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. It was held May 22–30, 197 […]
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