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MayWorld Migratory Bird Day
The Second Weekends of May and October are events observed twice each year as World Migratory Bird Day to focus world attention on the need to protect migratory bird populations, their habitats, and their international flyways. Through exchanges of … Continue reading →
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AprEarth Day
April 22, Earth Day, is celebrated around the world as tens of millions of people make time to attend their environment. Thousands of governments – from local to regional to state, provincial or federal – plan awareness campaigns and activities … Continue reading →
Tag Archives: Dr. Wilbur Franks
Working Under Pressure
On March 4, 1901, Dr. Wilbur Rounding Franks was born. This Canadian scientist and cancer researcher developed anti-gravity devices in the 1940s with his colleagues at the Banting and Best Medical Research Institute at the University of Toronto. The first … Continue reading
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Tagged aviation medicine, Dr. Wilbur Franks, G-suit, March 4, On This Day, pilot centrifuge, The Roberta Bondar Foundation, Wilbur Rounding Franks
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