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Find key developments in the field of medicine, from the birth of Hippocrates to today.
460 BCE
Birth of Hippocrates, Greek physician and founder of the first university. Considered the father…
To drown the miller. (See Drown , etc.) To give one the miller is to engage a person in conversation till a sufficient number of persons have gathered together to set upon the victim with…
American League Multiple champions: NY Yankees (10); Oakland (6); Baltimore (5); Boston (3); Cleveland, Kansas City, Minnesota and Toronto (2)..Year Winner Manager Series Loser Manager1969 E–…
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Annual horse of the year since 1956 based on vote of the National Turf Writers Association and other selected media.
Multiple winners: Lonesome Glory (5); Flatterer (4); Bon…
Sonny Boy Williamson(John Lee Williamson)blues singer, harmonica playerBorn: 3/30/1914Birthplace: Jackson, Tennessee One of the founding members of the post-War Chicago blues scene, Sonny Boy…
CANNON Joseph Gurney , a Representative from Illinois; born in Guilford, Guilford County,
N.C., May 7, 1836; moved with his parents to Bloomingdale, Ind., in 1840;
completed preparatory studies;…
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