2015 Event Scientists report that climate change may be influenced by the carbon dioxide released by undersea volcanoes, which have been assumed until now to have a negligible effect; further studies are needed to assess the degree of impact 2013 Event Germany's Federal Minister of Education and Research, Annette Schavan, resigns after she is stripped of her doctorate degree for plagiarism by the University of Dusseldorf 2012 Event President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi causes a call for large protests after he passed a degree giving himself sweeping new powers 1989 Event Joel Steinberg found guilty of 1st degree manslaughter of daughter 1962 Event President Franklin D. Roosevelt accepted an honorary degree from Yale 1948 Birthday Leaveil Degree, rocker, Whispers 1938 Event Northwestern U awards honorary degree to dummy Charlie McCarthy 1907 Birthday Hiram Fong, born in Honolulu, Hawaii, businessman, politician, Harvard law degree, United States Senator from Hawaii, Republican Party 1866 Event Lucy B Hobbs (Taylor) becomes 1st U.S. woman to earn a DDS degree 1864 Event Rebecca Lee (U.S.) becomes 1st black woman to receive a medical degree 1864 Birthday Rebecca Lee, 1st black woman to get a medical degree 1849 Event Elizabeth Blackwell becomes 1st woman in U.S. to receive medical degree 1817 Event Alexander Lucius Twilight, probably 1st black to graduate from U.S. college, receives BA degree at Middlebury College 1776 Event Washington receives honorary Ll.D. degree from Harvard College 1768 Event 1st U.S. bachelor of medicine degree, Dr. John Archer 1714 Event Parliament of Paris accepts Pope Clemens XI's "Unigenitus" degree 1713 Event Pope Clemens XI publishes degree "Unigenitus" against Jansenism" 1642 Event Pope Urbanus VIII publishes degree In eminente 1565 Event Pope Pius IV publishes degree Professi fidei 1526 Event Pope Clemens VII publishes degree Cum ad zero - forms Inquisition 1356 Event German emperor Charles I delegates Golden Degree 1317 Event Pontifical degree "Sancta Romania" against spiritualists 1302 Event Pope Boniface VIII delegates degree "Unam sanctam" 1301 Event Pope Boniface VIII's degree Ausculta fili (only nominee) 1300 Event Pope Boniface VIII delegates degree 1296 Event Pope Boniface VIII degree Clericis Iaicos 1289 Event Pope Nicolaus IV publishes degree "Supra montem" 1216 Event Pope Honorius III delegates degree "Religiosam vitam eligentibus" 1212 Event Emperor Frederik II ends Golden Degree (Bohemia)
