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Rodney Robert Porter
1917Oct, 8

Rodney Robert Porter

Rodney Robert Porter, English biochemist and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1985)
Prof Rodney Robert Porter, CH, FRS FRSE HFRCP (8 October 1917 – 6 September 1985) was a British biochemist and Nobel laureate.

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    Woodrow Wilson

    World War I: President Woodrow Wilson of the still-neutral United States calls for "peace without victory" in Europe.
  • 15Mar

    Nicholas II of Russia

    Tsar Nicholas II of Russia abdicates the Russian throne ending the 304-year Romanov dynasty.
  • 2Apr

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    World War I: United States President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.
  • 5Jun

    Conscription

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  • 27Jul

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