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The Monument to the X-ray and Radium Martyrs of All Nations (also known as the X-ray Martyrs' Memorial) is a memorial in Hamburg, Germany, commemorating those who died due to their work with the use of radiation, particularly X-rays, in medicine.
Clarence Madison Dally (January 8, [1] 1865 – October 2, 1904 [2]) was an American glassblower, noted as an assistant to Thomas Edison in his work on X-rays and as an early victim of radiation dermatitis and its complications. He is thought to be the first human death resulting from X-ray exposure.
Faisal II (Arabic: الملك فيصل الثاني, romanized: al-Malik Fayṣal al-thānī; 2 May 1935 – 14 July 1958) was the last King of Iraq. He reigned from 4 April 1939 until July 1958, when he was killed during the 14 July Revolution .
Harry Grindell Matthews Matthews in 1924 Born (1880-03-17) 17 March 1880 Winterbourne, Gloucestershire, England Died 11 September 1941 (1941-09-11) (aged 61) Tor Clawdd, Rhydypandy (Swansea), Wales Education Merchant Venturer's School Occupation Inventor Spouse Ganna Walska (m. 1938–1941; his death) Harry Grindell Matthews (17 March 1880 – 11 September 1941) was an English inventor who ...
The Franco-Syrian War took place during 1920 between France and the Hashemite rulers of the newly established Arab Kingdom of Syria.During a series of engagements, which climaxed in the Battle of Maysalun, French forces defeated the forces of the Hashemite monarch King Faisal, and his supporters, entering Damascus on July 24, 1920.
Faisal bin Musa'id was born in 1944. [1] His father was Prince Musa'id bin Abdulaziz, son of the founder of Saudi Arabia and half-brother to all the six Saudi kings, including King Faisal, who have succeeded the founder. Faisal bin Musa'id's mother was Watfa, a daughter of Muhammad bin Talāl, the 12th and last Rashidi emir. Musa'id and Watfa ...
The touch of death (or death-point striking) is any martial arts technique reputed to kill using seemingly less than lethal force targeted at specific areas of the body.. The concept known as dim mak (simplified Chinese: 点脉; traditional Chinese: 點脈; pinyin: diǎnmài; Jyutping: dim 2 mak 6; lit. 'press artery'), alternatively diǎnxué (simplified Chinese: 点穴; traditional Chinese ...
Faisal had great tolerance for Shi'i Muslims and was a component of inter-faith. [33] Faisal's main link with the community was the Sayyid Muhammad al-Sadr, who was one of the only people who could enter the king's prescience without further notice. [34] Faisal always wanted to remind Shi'i Muslims of his linage to Ali.