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"... the father of the birth control pill. He was also one of the most productive chemists of his time – a developer of antihistamines... and a novelist."

#CarlDjerassi
1923-2015
Born on this day

www.theguardian.com/science/2015...
Carl Djerassi obituary
Pioneer of the birth control pill who also developed antihistamines
www.theguardian.com
"An opinion poll ranked him roughly between Churchill and Gandhi as a revered figure of modern history."

#JonasSalk
1914-1995
Born on this day

www.nytimes.com/1995/06/24/o...
Dr. Jonas Salk, Whose Vaccine Turned Tide on Polio, Dies at 80 (Published 1995)
www.nytimes.com
"He had been the first in his tribe to go to college and get a masters degree, and was more than halfway through a doctoral thesis when he was called up."

#JoeMedicineCrow
1913-2016
Born on this day

www.economist.com/obituary/201...
War songs of the Plains
Joseph Medicine Crow, last war chief of the Crow tribe, died on April 3rd, aged 102
www.economist.com
"He beat... a former governor who also supported civil rights, by a 3-to-2 margin despite predictions of a “white backlash” against him."

#EdwardBrooke
1919-2015
Born on this day

www.politico.com/story/2015/0...
Edward Brooke, first black elected senator, dies at 95
Brooke was the first black elected to the Senate, in 1966, serving two terms.
www.politico.com
"... only the second American to design and fly a prototype helicopter in 1943, two years after... Igor Sikorsky had flown the first. Unlike Sikorsky, however, Piasecki concentrated on helicopters with tandem rotors..."

#FrankPiasecki
1919-2008
Born on this day

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Obituary: Frank Piasecki
Obituary: Helicopter pioneer who invented one of world's most famous aircraft, the Chinook
www.theguardian.com
"His journey - from birth in a small wooden house with no plumbing... to his flight around the earth in the space shuttle Challenger in 1984, to his death in its explosion this January - required 35 years."

#RonaldMcNair
1950-1986
Born on this day

www.nytimes.com/1986/05/18/o...
ASTRONAUT BURIED IN CAROLINA; 35-YEAR 'MISSION' IS COMPLETE (Published 1986)
www.nytimes.com
"Bolden’s leap from bus passenger to leader of a powerful labor organization was not far-fetched to those who knew her."

#DorothyBolden
1924-2005
Born on this day

www.nytimes.com/2019/02/20/o...
Overlooked No More: Dorothy Bolden, Who Started a Movement for Domestic Workers (Published 2019)
www.nytimes.com
"'I operate on the principle that I might get hit by a bus tomorrow. And I’d hate the obituaries to have to read: ‘And her last album was her not-very-good album.’”

#KirstyMacColl
1959-2000
Born on this day

www.theguardian.com/news/2000/de...
Obituary Kirsty MacColl
Gifted but restless singer ill at ease with an industry she despised
www.theguardian.com