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James Hiram Bedford (April 20, 1893 – January 12, 1967) was an American psychology professor at the University of California who wrote several books on occupational counseling. [1] He is the first person whose body was cryopreserved after legal death, and remains preserved at the Alcor Life Extension Foundation. [2] [3] [4]
The Earth Day Special is a television special revolving around Earth Day that aired on ABC on April 22, 1990. Sponsored by Time Warner , the two-hour special featured an ensemble cast addressing concerns about pollution , deforestation , and other environmental ills.
[15] [16] In 2009, the story of Earth Day was told in the film Earth Days [17] which closed that year's Sundance Film Festival. [18] Following the success of the first Earth Day, Hayes founded the Earth Day Network and served as international chairman for Earth Day's anniversaries in 1990 [19] and 2000. [20] [21] Internationally, he is ...
A college student in a gas mask "smells" a magnolia blossom during the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970 in New York City. Credit - AP. M ore than 8 billion people inhabit Earth, and soon a ...
In 1970, during the first official Earth Day celebration, roughly 20 million Americans, which was about 10% of America's population at the time, participated in demonstrations or celebrations of ...
Deceased people who have been cryopreserved. James Bedford, 1967 [16] Dora Kent, 1987 [17] Dick Clair, 1988 [18] [19] Bredo Morstøl, 1989; FM-2030, 2000 [2]
The first official Earth Day happened a year after his initial idea for a national teach-in, on April 22, 1970. The beauty of recycling: Practice your 'R's' for Earth Day Why is Earth Day on April 22?
John McConnell was born on March 22, 1915, in Davis City, Iowa, United States.He was the son of a Pentecostal preacher [9] and traveling doctor. [6] His first interest in the Earth began in 1939 while partnering with Albert Nobell, a chemist, in the Nobell Research Laboratory in Los Angeles that built a factory for the manufacture of plastics. [6]