Around the world1955
The polio vaccine
Jonas Salk’s vaccine was declared safe; polio, which paralysed thousands of children a year, began to retreat.
2 Apr 1951 – 2 Sep 2017
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2 Apr 1951
Born
2 Sep 2017
Dies, aged 66
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Around the world1955
Jonas Salk’s vaccine was declared safe; polio, which paralysed thousands of children a year, began to retreat.
Around the world · 1957Sputnik. The Soviet Union put the first satellite in orbit, and the space race began.
Around the world1953
Watson and Crick, using Rosalind Franklin’s images, described the structure of DNA.