Solve ME/CFS Initiative
May 25: Africa Day (1963); Independence Day in Jordan (1946)
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
- 1816 – The poems Kubla Khan and Christabel by English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge (pictured) were published.
- 1944 – The Wehrmacht and their collaborationist allies launched Operation Rösselsprung, a failed attempt to assassinate the Yugoslav Partisan leader Josip Broz Tito.
- 1961 – A fire broke out at a squatter settlement in Bukit Ho Swee, Singapore, rendering approximately 16,000 people homeless.
- 1979 – During takeoff from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago, an engine detached from American Airlines Flight 191, causing a crash that killed 273 people in the deadliest aviation accident in United States history.
- 2009 – North Korea conducted a nuclear test and several other missile tests that were widely condemned internationally and led to sanctions from the United Nations Security Council.
- Mary Magdalene de' Pazzi (d. 1607)
- Anna Maria Rückerschöld (d. 1805)
- Gustav Holst (d. 1934)
- Cillian Murphy (b. 1976)
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| Abbreviation | SMCI |
|---|---|
| Predecessor | Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS) Association of America |
| Formation | 1987 |
| Type | NGO |
| Legal status | Charity |
| Location |
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President | Carol Head |
Vice President for Research and Scientific Programs | Zaher Nahle |
Staff (2014) | 7 |
| Website | solvecfs |
The Solve ME/CFS Initiative (SMCI) - formerly Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (CFIDS) Association of America - is an American not-for-profit association dedicated to ending Myalgic Encephalomyelitis and Chronic fatigue syndrome (ME/CFS). SMCI was founded in 1987[1][2] and changed its name in the spring of 2014.[3]
References
- ^ "GuideStar Exchange Reports for Solve ME/CFS Initiative, Inc". Retrieved 14 September 2014.
- ^ "Charity Navigator Rating - Solve ME/CFS Initiative". Charity Navigator. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
- ^ "Same mission. New name". SolveCFS Chronicle. No. Spring 2014.
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