In 1970, Dr. Calvin Stiller conducted one of the first clinical trials studying the effectiveness of the immunosuppressive…
In 1968, Merck Frosst Laboratories was created to act as the service company to the two sales companies…
On Apr. 29, 1966, the University of Calgary (UCalgary) was founded as the Calgary branch of the University…
On Sept. 9, 1965, Simon Fraser University was founded. Today, Simon Fraser, has over 25,000 students at three…
In 1965, Merck & Co. of New Jersey acquired Charles E. Frosst. In 1968, Merck Frosst Laboratories was…
In 1956, University of Alberta heart surgeon James Callaghan performed first open-heart surgery in Canada. He also co-created…
In 1955, Canada contributed to the safe cultivation of the poliovirus, using Medium 199, and an incubation process…
In 1950, in Room 64 of the Banting Institute at the University of Toronto, Drs. Wilfred Bigelow and…
In 1949, Canadaﾒs first full-time cancer physicist, Dr. Harold Johns, led the world in development the cobalt bomb…
In 1946, The Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital,Taplow, Berkshire, was built as a hospital for children which would…
In 1944, the first protein separation using electrophoresis is performed by Dr. Maud Menten, one of the first…
In 1921, the Alberta Research Council (ARC), was founded by a provincial government Order-in-Council as the Scientific and…
In April 1917, the Alien Property Custodian, a government agency that administers foreign property, seized Bayer Company’s U.S….
In 1913, the South Carolina General Assembly approved state ownership of the College, appropriating the grand sum of…
In 1906, the University of Alberta (U of A) in Edmonton was founded in 1906 with the passage…
In 1899, Charles E. Frosst & Co, was founded by Mr. Frosst and four associates who rapidly introduced…
On Nov. 9, 1872, the Boston Fire began on a Saturday and end ended Sunday destroying 776 buildings…
In late 1845 and 1846, a summer blight ravaged Ireland’s potato crop. It is estimated that more than…