Deaths on August 12

Ernst Boris Chain

Died on August 12, 1979

Ernst Boris Chain, German-Irish biochemist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1906)

Sir Ernst Boris Chain (19 June 1906 – 12 August 1979) was a German-British biochemist best known for being a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on penicillin.

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Ernst Boris Chain
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

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Events on 1979

1 Feb

Ruhollah Khomeini
Iranian Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returns to Tehran after nearly 15 years of exile.
11 Feb

Ruhollah Khomeini
The Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
16 Mar

People's Liberation Army
Sino-Vietnamese War: The People's Liberation Army crosses the border back into China, ends the war.
15 Jul

Malaise speech
U.S. President Jimmy Carter gives his "malaise speech".
16 Dec

OPEC
Libya joins four other OPEC nations in raising crude oil prices, which has an immediate, dramatic effect on the United States.

Deaths on August 12

Ernst Boris Chain

Died on August 12, 1979

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Events on 1979

Ruhollah Khomeini

Ruhollah Khomeini

People's Liberation Army

Malaise speech

OPEC