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April 28, 1937

On April 28, 1937, south African medical researcher Max Theiler develops the yellow fever vaccine at the Rockefeller Foundation in New York City. Antonio Carluccio, Joseph Estrada, Yoshiro Mori would arrive in the same year.

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1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1937th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 937th year of the 2nd millennium, the 37th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1930s decade.

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On April 28, 1937

  1. 1937 South African medical researcher Max Theiler develops the yellow fever vaccine at the Rockefeller Foundation in New York City.

    Country in Southern Africa

    South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. Its nine provinces are bounded to the south by 2,798 kilometres of coastline that stretches along the South Atlantic and Indian Ocean; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini; and it encloses Lesotho. Covering an area of 1,221,037 square kilometres, the country has a population of over 63 million people, making it the sixth-most populated country in Africa.

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Antonio Carluccio 1937– Italian-English chef and author (died 2017)
Joseph Estrada 1937– Filipino politician, 13th President of the Philippines
Yoshiro Mori 1937– Japanese journalist and politician, 55th Prime Minister of Japan
Antonio Carluccio 1937– Italian-English chef and author (died 2017)
Joseph Estrada 1937– Filipino politician, 13th President of the Philippines
Yoshiro Mori 1937– Japanese journalist and politician, 55th Prime Minister of Japan

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