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July 15
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Government & Advocacy
- 1921 - Carl L. Alsberg, an American Chemist retires as 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.[1]
Sports & Recreation
- 2007 - Casey Tibbs, a track and field athlete and double-amputee, and Jessica Long, a Paralympic swimmer and double-amputee, win the ESPY Awards for Best Male and Female Athlete with a Disability.[2]
Deaths
- 1939 - Eugen Bleuler - Swiss psychiatrist. Blueler was the first to describe schizophrenia and to coin the term autism.[3]
References
- ↑ "Carl L. Alsberg, M.D. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Accessed on June 2, 2008.
- ↑ "The 2007 Winners." ESPN.com. ESPN Internet Ventures. 2007. Accessed on March 9, 2008.
- ↑ "Bleuler, Paul Eugen (1857-1939)." International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis. Accessed on April 1, 2008.
