Posts tagged with ‘discovery’
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This Day in History April 23, 1984
I remember this well–maybe not the exact date, but this was a big deal when I was in school. On this in 1984, Margaret Heckler, President Reagan’s secretary of health and human services, announced the discovery of AIDS. I am so glad that science has come so far in treating this horrible disease, but I remember the scare and misconceptions […] -
This Day in History April 8, 1820
I am so intrigued by today’s feature. A 23-year-old Frenchman, Olivier Voutier, was on board the ship Estafette. They happened to dock at a small island (Melos) that had been a part of the old Ottoman empire. He and his friends went into the village looking for antiques. A farmer happened to be digging for rocks to use in the wall […]