Birth(+)Fact(x)Death(-) Calendar
The Civil Aeronautics Board concluded that the accident was due to "the pilot's unwise decision to embark on a flight" that required instrument flying skills he had not proved to have.
(3 February 1959)
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BirthFactDeath (x) Friday 16th of October 1846 178 years ago It Was Ether Day |
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 After administration of ether by local dentist William Thomas Green Morton, MGH Chief of Surgery, John Collins Warren painlessly removed a tumor from the neck of local printer Edward Gilbert Abbott in Massachusetts General Hospital, 55 Fruit Street, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Since then the date is known as 'Ether Day'. More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ether_Dome |
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