On Nov. 28, 1973, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Russell E. Train announced the final regulations to…
In Nov. 1973, Dixy Lee Ray, Chairperson of the Atomic Energy Commission, visited Livermore. Ray, an american scientist…
On Sept. 5, 1973, the President transmitted to Congress the first annual report of the director of the…
On Jul. 18, 1973, the measles and mumps virus vaccine, live (M-M-Vax by Merck) was licensed. Measles (rubeola)…
On Jun. 20, 1971, National Cancer Institute director Dr. Frank J. Rauscher, Jr., announced that eight institutions were…
On Jun. 18, 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the 1962 drug effectiveness law and endorsed FDA action…
On Jun. 9, 1973 Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths and a time of 2:24 flat,…
On May 19, 1973 Secretariat won the Preakness Stakes in a record setting time of 1:53, a stakes…
On May 5, 1973 Secretariat won the Kentucky Derby in a record setting time of 1:59 2/5, a…
In 1973, the Michigan Cancer Foundation’s cancer registry was invited to join the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) Surveillance,…
In 1973, Karmanos Cancer Institute researcher Herbert Soule, Ph.D. developed the MCF-7 human breast cancer cell line, which…
In 1973, Senator Norris Cotton secured a second federal grant of $500,000 to support cancer research at Geisel…
In 1973, The trustees of Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital allocated funds to help build a two-story addition to…
In 1973, Bristol-Myers introduced several early medicines, beginning with BLENOXANE (bleomycin sulfate) for squamous cell cancers, head and…
In 1973, The Ohio State University Cancer Center (OSUCCC) was established in Columbus. The patient care arm of…
In 1973, Oregon University Hospital was created through the merger of Multnomah County Hospital, Medical School Hospital and…
In 1973, Penn Medicine’s Cancer Center was formally established by a dedicated group of cancer specialists committed to…
In 1973, Stephen C. Jacobsen at University of Utah, developed the Utah Artificial Arm in 1973, the worldï¾´s…
In 1973, the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center received National Cancer Center designation. UW Carboneï¾’s scientific mission…
In 1982, having lost, neglected, or eaten to extinction most of its local rice varieties during the recent…
In 1973, Stanford Medicine researchers demonstrated the first expression of a foreign gene implanted in bacteria by recombinant…
In 1973, molecular biologist Robert Pollack’s early concern about the safety of certain recombinant DNA experiments resulted in…
In 1973, The Priestley Medal was awarded to Harold C. Urey by the American Chemical Society “to recognize…
In 1973, The Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program was established. The SEER Program was a sequel…
In 1973, certification in medical oncology and gynecologic oncology was first offered.
In June 1973, the first computed tomography (CT) scanner in the U.S. was installed at the Mayo Clinic…
In 1973, low-acid food processing regulations were issued after botulism outbreaks from canned foods.
In 1973, American scientists Michael E. Phelps and Edward J. Hoffman developed position emission tomography (PET) scans, a…
In 1973, the Norris Cancer Center was designated a National Cancer Institute (NCI) Comprehensive Cancer Center, one of…
In 1973, The Salk Cancer Center received a National Cancer Institute comprehensive cancer center designation. Research at the…