2015 Event The Brain Kids, a team of robots from Japan's Chiba Institute of Technology, wins this year's RoboCup, a robotic football (soccer) tournament started 18 years ago to encourage new developments in the robotics field 2015 Event Aducanumab, a new drug developed by Biogen to treat Alzheimer's, is showing success in reducing toxic brain plaque and decreasing the rate of mental impairment in trials; if successful in further testing, the drug may be available by 2020 2014 Event The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to Edvard Moser, May-Britt Moser and John O'Keefe, neuroscientists who discovered the brain cells responsible for positioning and navigation memory 2013 Event Famous Chicago chef, Charlie Trotter dies of a brain aneurysm in his Lincoln Park hom at the age of 54 2013 Event Austrian researchers successfully grew 'cerebral organoids' or mini-brains, containing several distinct regions of the brain; the mini-brains will help scientists understand how brains develop, and what causes schizophrenia and autism 2013 Event According to a new study, breast milk boosts brain development by 30% compared to babies who are fed formula 2008 Death Stephanie Tubbs Jones, dies in Ohio, of a brain aneurysm, at 58 1998 Death Mya Than Tint, Myanmarese author, dies of brain hemorrhage at 69 1997 Death Nicolette Larson, singer (Lotta Love), dies from brain seizure at 45 1997 Death Brown Meggs, CEO (Capitol Records), dies of a brain hemorrhage at 66 1997 Death Clive Brain, educationalist, dies at 57 1995 Death Ruby Starr, vocalist (Grey Ghost), dies of brain tumor at 44 1994 Event George Burns, undergoes surgery to drain fluid from his brain 1994 Death Earl Strum, referee (NBA), dies of brain cancer at 66 1993 Death Lois Kibbee, actress (Edge of Night), dies of brain tumor at 71 1993 Death Lois Kibbee, actress (Edge of Night), dies of brain tumor at 71 1993 Death John Holland, actor (They Saved Hitler's Brain), dies at 65 1993 Death Reginald Lewis, CEO (Beatrice), dies of brain cancer at 50 1993 Death Ronnie Welsh, actor (Patterns), dies of brain cancer at 52 1992 Death Billy Williams, actor (Adv of Kit Carson), dies at 76 of brain tumor 1992 Event Actress Nell Carter undergoes brain surgery 1991 Death Lee Atwater, political strategists (R), dies of brain tumor at 40 1991 Death Matt Bennett, actor (Hickey and Boggs), dies of brain tumor at 52 1990 Death Arthur Kennedy, actor (Air Force), dies of a brain tumor at 76 1988 Event Royals announce that Dick Howser, who underwent surgery for a brain tumor in July, will return to manage the club in 1989 1988 Death Anatoli S Levchenko, cosmonaut (TM-4), dies of brain tumor at 47 1988 Death Louise Nevelson, sculptor, dies of brain tumor at 88 1987 Death Dick Howser, manager (New York Yankees and Kansas City Royal), dies of brain cancer at 51 1987 Event Dick Howser retires from managing Kansas City Royals, due to brain tumor 1986 Event Royals announce manager Dick Howser, 50, has a brain tumor 1985 Death Margo, actress (Rumba, Viva Zapata), dies at 68 of a brain tumor 1984 Death Francois Truffaut, dir (Fahrenheit 451), dies of brain cancer at 52 1983 Death Slim Pickins, actor (Blazing Saddles), dies after brain surgery at 64 1983 Event Ramones guitarist Joey Ramone, beaten in fight-undergoes brain surgery 1983 Event Woman gives birth to baby 84 days after brain death in Roanoke, Virginia 1981 Death Michael Granger, actor (Creature with Atom Brain, Pier 5 Havana), dies 1981 Death Bob Marley, reggae singer, dies of brain and lung cancer at 36 1976 Death Howlin' Wolf, singer and guitarist, dies following brain surgery at 65 1975 Death Raymond Moley, U.S. advisor to President Roosevelt "Brain Trust", dies at 88 1971 Death Junior Parker, rocker, dies during brain operation at 44 1970 Death Tammi Terrell, singer 'You're All I Need', dies of brain tumor at 24 1964 Birthday David Brain, cricketer, Zimbabwe lefty seamer 1993- 1962 Death Stuart Sutcliffe, bassist (Beatles), dies of brain hemorrhage at 21 1957 Birthday John Turturro, born in Brooklyn, actor, Brain Donor, Color of Money, Jungle Fever 1955 Birthday Bill Paxton, actor, Brain Dead, Next of Kin, Indian Summer, True Lies 1954 Event IBM announces vacuum tube "electronic" brain that could perform 10 million operations an hour 1950 Event New York Times reports of worlds smallest and dumbest mechanical brain 1941 Birthday Grady Thomas, U.S. rock vocalist, Parliaments, Funkadelic, Maggot Brain 1939 Birthday Clive Brain, educationalist 1934 Birthday Carl Sagan, Brooklyn, astronomer/author/professor, Cosmos, Broca's Brain 1932 Birthday Anne Heywood, Violet Pretty, Engl, Miss GB, 1949, actress, Brain 1923 Event 1st brain tumor operation under local anesthetic performed (Beth Israel Hospital in New York City) by Dr. K Winfield Ney 1921 Birthday Dennis Brain, born in London, England, french-hornist, Serenade 1913 Birthday Peter Van Eyck, Steinwehr Germany, actor, Brain, Wages of Fear 1904 Birthday M Revis, Willem Fisherman, author, Gelakte Brain 1902 Event Dr. Harvey Cushing, 1st U.S. brain surgeon, does his 1st brain operation 1837 Birthday William Williams Keen, surgeon, brain 1824 Birthday Paul Broca, France, brain surgeon/anthro, located speech center
