1. Split the Atom — 2023-10-10 00:05:57

   …his provided confirmation of **Einstein's law** (E = mc2). Cockcroft and Walton received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1951. == Birth of a Bomb == The discovery of **Nuclear Fission** led to many types of experiments, not least, the **Atom Bo…

2. Pedestrian Crossing — 2023-10-07 11:08:59

   …rl="Plaque-1st-traffic-light.png" class="left" title="Plaque 1st traffic light" width="300" }} ::c:: == Zebra Crossing 1951 == The zebra crossing was first installed in Slough, [[Berkshire]] [[England]] on the 31st October 1951. Authorities …
   … James Callaghan commented that the design resembled zebra markings and the terminology stuck. === George Charlesworth 1951 === Traffic engineer George Charlesworth had worked on the Barnes Wallis-designed [[Bouncing_bomb]] was dubbed ‘Dr Z…

3. Hovercraft — 2023-10-07 09:48:35

   …he worked for the Radio Research company until 1935 and then for the Marconi Wireless Telegraph company from 1935 until 1951. {{Image url="PrototypeHovercraft.jpg" class="left" title="Cockerell Prototype Hovercraft" width="450" }} == Family F…

4. Four-minute Mile — 2021-08-20 10:55:12

   …a top mile-runner while a student at the University of Oxford and at St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School in London. In 1951 and 1953, he won British championships in the mile run. Bannister researched the mechanics of running and trained usin…

5. Miss World — 2021-08-20 10:50:22

   …0" birth_date="26/9/1918" birth_place="Holborn, London" death_date="9/11/2000" death_place="London" }} === Eric Morley 1951 === ~-[[Entertainment]]:[[1900s]] Miss World, the first international beauty pageant, was created in Britain by Eric M…
   …orley in **1951**. It was held on 29 July 1951 at the Lyceum Ballroom in [[London]], [[England]]. == Miss World == Morley had arranged the beauty event as a one-off…
   … the world. == First Winner == The winner was Kerstin 'Kiki' Håkansson from Stockholm, Sweden. {{Image url="MissWorld1951.jpg" class="left" title="Miss World1951" width="" }} ::c:: == Wide appeal == {{Image url="MissWorldGB.jpg" class="righ…

6. Intraocular Lens — 2021-08-20 10:40:24

   …ion was **televised**, another first, so that other ophthalmologists in the hospital could watch. == Resistance == In 1951, Harold Ridley announced the operation to an ophthalmological congress at Oxford. The news provoked **intense oppositi…

7. DNA — 2021-08-14 21:04:12

   …nt_date="8th June, 1916" }} in Weston Favell, Northampton, England. == The Story == Franklin was head hunted in '''1951''' by John Randall, of the Medical Research Council Biophysics Research Unit at '''King’s college, London''', to work…
   … on an x-ray picture of DNA taken by a graduate student Raymond Gosling, Wilkins assistant. In the November of 1951 Franklin gave a departmental seminar to bring the unit up to date on what she had achieved so far. In it she presented …

8. Plastic Surgery — 2020-08-06 08:24:01

   …y == In 1946, he carried out one of the earliest sex reassignment surgeries, from female to male on Michael Dillon. In 1951 he pioneered a //flap technique//, one of the first modern sex reassignment from male to female on Roberta Cowell, it …

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