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Pasteurization Supports Germ Theory
Louis Pasteur First Tests Pasteurization, the Process by which Milk is Heated to Kill Bacteria Inside it -
End of American Civil War
Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrenders to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Courthouse -
X-Ray Discovered
Wilhelm Conrad Rontgen Discovers the X-Ray -
Karl Landsteiner Identifies ABO Blood Groups
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Roger Lee Demonstates Type O Blood is the Universal Donor
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Outbreak of World War I
After the assassination of Austrio-Hungarian Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia. -
Capt. Oswald Robertson Creates First Blood Banks
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Anne Coleman Ladd Opens the "Studio for Portrait Masks" in Paris with the Support of the Red Cross
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Term "Shell Shock" Coined
Term "Shell Shock" coined by British Medical Officer Charles Myers -
United States Enters World War I
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End of World War I
Armistice Day