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Maximillian-Gaudenz Graf zu Törring-Jettenbach

29 Jan 1955 – 6 Jan 1997

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  1. 29 Jan 1955

    Born

  2. 6 Jan 1997

    Dies, aged 41

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The 1950s · Maximillian-Gaudenz is born

Around the world1955

The polio vaccine

Jonas Salk’s vaccine was declared safe; polio, which paralysed thousands of children a year, began to retreat.

Sputnik. The Soviet Union put the first satellite in orbit, and the space race began.Around the world · 1957

Sputnik. The Soviet Union put the first satellite in orbit, and the space race began.

Andrey Butko · CC BY-SA 3.0

Around the world1953

The double helix

Watson and Crick, using Rosalind Franklin’s images, described the structure of DNA.