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Arts & Entertainment
- 1988 - The movie "Rain Man" is released. It is a movie about a man and his autistic savant brother, and for many audiences, was a first introduction to some of the issues surrounding autism.[1]
Government & Advocacy
- 1912 - Carl L. Alsberg, an American Chemist becomes the 2nd and youngest Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ( December 16, 1912 - July 15, 1921) then known as the Bureau of Chemistry.[2]
Technology
- 1953 - Inge Edler and Carl Hellmuth Hertz, the son of Gustav Ludwig Hertz, use ultrasound to produce an echo-encephalogram (ultrasonic probe of the brain).[3]
Births
- 1770 - Ludwig van Beethoven - Composer. Deaf. Composed a total of 9 symphonies.[4]
- 1843 - Josephine Shaw Lowell - Progressive reform leader. First female Commissioner of the New York State Board of Charities. She also worked to establish the Newark Custodial Asylum for Feeble-Minded Women.[1]
- 1993 - Jyoti Amge - As of 2008, Amge is considered the smallest person in the world. She suffers from Achondroplasia, a growth disease.[5]
References
- ↑ Rain Man. The Internet Movie Database. Accessed April 2, 2008.
- ↑ "Carl L. Alsberg, M.D. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Accessed on June 2, 2008.
- ↑ "ULTRSOUND (US)." European Society of Radiology. Accessed February 28, 2008.
- ↑ "Anniversaries." The Red Notebook. Friends of Libraries for Deaf Action. Accessed on February 28, 2008.
- ↑ "World's Smallest Girl." FoxNews.com.2008 FOX News Network, LLC. 2008. Accessed on May 19, 2008.
