Dr. Frederick Banting, a Canadian surgeon and Charles
Best, a medical student.
Insulin was discovered in 1921 by Frederick Banting and Charles
Best at the University of Toronto. They worked to isolate an
extract from a dog’s pancreas that could lower blood sugar
in other diabetic dogs.
Their discovery, initially a "thick brown muck," proved to be a groundbreaking treatment for diabetes.
TIM MAGUIRE
1959
Adam John Walsh (above), age 6,was abducted from a mall
in Hollywood, Florida, and later found murdered.
In the aftermath of the crime, Adam’s father, John Walsh,
became a leading victims’ rights activist and host of the
long-running television show America’s Most Wanted.
TV series aired on FOX from February 7, 1988 to
June 18, 2011.
On July 26, 1908, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
was born when U.S. Attorney General Charles Bonaparte
orders a group of newly hired federal investigators to report
to Chief Examiner Stanley W. Finch of the Department of
Justice.
One year later, the Office of the Chief Examiner was renamed
the Bureau of Investigation, and in 1935 it became the Federal
Bureau of Investigation.
Charles Joseph Bonaparte
(June 9, 1851 – June 28, 1921)
From left is President Roosevelt with his Cabinet. Attorney General Bonaparte is the third from the left.
On July 26, 1775, the U.S. postal system was established by the
Second Continental Congress, with Benjamin Franklin as its
first postmaster general. Franklin (1706-1790) put in place
the foundation for many aspects of today’s mail system.
