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April 15, 1923

On April 15, 1923, insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes. Jules Deschênes, Jules Deschênes, Jules Deschênes would arrive in the same year.

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1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1923rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 923rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 23rd year of the 20th century, and the 4th year of the 1920s decade.

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On April 15, 1923

  1. 1923 Insulin becomes generally available for use by people with diabetes.

    Peptide hormone

    Insulin is a peptide hormone produced by beta cells of the pancreatic islets encoded in humans by the insulin (INS) gene. It is the main anabolic hormone of the body. It regulates the metabolism of carbohydrates, fats, and protein by promoting the absorption of glucose from the blood into cells of the liver, fat, and skeletal muscles.

  2. 1923 Racially motivated Nihon Shōgakkō fire lit by a serial arsonist kills 10 children in Sacramento, California.

    1923 anti-Japanese arson in California

    The Nihon Shōgakkō fire, or Japanese mission school fire, was a racially motivated arson that killed ten children in Sacramento, California, on April 15, 1923, at the dormitory of a Buddhist boarding school for students of Japanese ancestry. Fortunato Valencia Padilla, a Mexican-American itinerant from the Rio Grande Valley, admitted to committing the arson after his arrest in July 1923. Padilla confessed to at least 25 other fires in California, 13 of which were committed against Japanese households and Japanese-owned properties.

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Jules Deschênes 1923– Canadian lawyer and judge (died 2000)
Jules Deschênes 1923– Canadian lawyer and judge (died 2000)
Jules Deschênes 1923– Canadian lawyer and judge (died 2000)
Jules Deschênes 1923– Canadian lawyer and judge (died 2000)

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