January 9
Posted in White History on Jan 9th, 2012
1950 British geneticist Sir Alec John Jeffreys was born in Oxford. He discovered the technique of DNA fingerprinting, used for unique identification of humans, animals and other organisms from their DNA material. 1923 Spanish civil engineer Juan de la Cierva flew the first autogyro at Cuatro Vientos Airfield in Madrid. 1868 Danish chemist Søren Peder [...]