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{{*mp|October 6}} '''[[Charles K. Kao]]''', '''[[Willard S. Boyle]]''' and '''[[George E. Smith]]''' win the 2009 [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] for the achievements concerning the transmission of light in [[optical fiber|fibers]] for [[optical communication]] and for the invention of an imaging [[semiconductor]] circuit – the [[Charge-coupled device|CCD sensor]]. |
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{{*mp|October 5}} '''[[Elizabeth Blackburn]]''' ''(pictured)'', '''[[Carol W. Greider]]''' and '''[[Jack W. Szostak]]''' win the 2009 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] for their discovery of how [[chromosome]]s are protected by [[telomere]]s and the [[enzyme]] [[telomerase]]. |
{{*mp|October 5}} '''[[Elizabeth Blackburn]]''' ''(pictured)'', '''[[Carol W. Greider]]''' and '''[[Jack W. Szostak]]''' win the 2009 [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] for their discovery of how [[chromosome]]s are protected by [[telomere]]s and the [[enzyme]] [[telomerase]]. |
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{{*mp|October 4}} The [[Panhellenic Socialist Movement]] led by [[George Papandreou (junior)|George Papandreou]] wins the '''[[Greek legislative election, 2009|2009 Greek legislative elections]]'''. |
{{*mp|October 4}} The [[Panhellenic Socialist Movement]] led by [[George Papandreou (junior)|George Papandreou]] wins the '''[[Greek legislative election, 2009|2009 Greek legislative elections]]'''. |
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Revision as of 10:42, 6 October 2009
- Elizabeth Blackburn (pictured), Carol W. Greider and Jack W. Szostak win the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase.
- The Panhellenic Socialist Movement led by George Papandreou wins the 2009 Greek legislative elections.
- Former Japanese Minister of Finance Shōichi Nakagawa is found dead in his apartment in Tokyo.
- The twenty-eighth amendment of the Constitution of Ireland is passed in a referendum, enabling the country to ratify the Treaty of Lisbon.
- The International Olympic Committee selects the Brazilian city Rio de Janeiro to host the 2016 Summer Olympics.
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