2014 Event Drug manufacturer Mapp Biopharmaceutical states that it has run out of its experimental Ebola treatment drug; the company has been shipping all available stock without charge to West Africa in an attempt to treat victims of the current epidemic 2014 Event Medical worker Nancy Writebol, the second of two Americans to contract the Ebola virus in Liberia, joins Dr. Kent Brantly at Emory University Hospital for treatment; both patients are receiving an experimental drug that has not been tested on humans 2013 Event An experimental privacy feature on Google's Android mobile software is removed, raising objections from the Electronic Frontier Foundation; the feature allowed users to block apps from collecting personal information such as a user's location and address book data 2011 Event A professor from New York University has an experimental life-blogging camera removed from his head after his immune system rejected the implant 1991 Event 2 year experimental Biosphere 2 in Oracle Arizona begins 1988 Event Experimental airplane Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, complete 1st nonstop, round-the-world flight without refueling lands 1965 Event Walt Disney launches Epcot Center: Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow 1961 Birthday Kip Winger, born in Denver, Colorado, Charles Frederick Kip Winger, musician, songwriter, bass guitarist, hard rock, heavy metal, classical, experimental genres, lead singer, Alan Parsons Project, played with Alice Cooper, had band called, Winger, released new CD, 2008 1957 Event 1st experimental sodium nuclear reactor operated 1954 Event Sweden begins experimental TV 1951 Birthday Peter Gordon, born in New York City, New York, Peter Laurence Gordon, experimental composer, musician, opera, world music, jazz, rock influences, founder, Love of Life Orchestra, composed for Suzanne Vega, Laurie Anderson, worked on Desperate Housewives soundtrack 1948 Event Philips begin experimental TV broadcasting 1944 Birthday Joseph Celli, born in America, composer, musician, experimental, contemporary music genres, worked with John Cage, the Kronos Quartet 1942 Event Auschwitz begins experimental gassing executions 1940 Event Caproni-Campini CC-2, experimental jet plane, maiden flight (Milan) 1940 Event End of U.S.S.R. experimental calendar; Gregorian readopted 6/27 1939 Birthday Max Neuhaus, born in Beaumont, Texas, composer, percussionist, avant-garde, experimental genres, interpreter of contemporary music, sound art pioneer, designed sound generation and projection systems 1938 Event 1st public experimental demonstration of Baird color TV in London 1934 Birthday Vinko Globokar, born in Anderny, France, composer, trombonist, experimental musician, avante-garde style 1933 Birthday Phill Niblock, born in Anderson, Indiana, composer, videographer, filmmaker, director, avente-garde music foundation, Experimental Media 1932 Event BBS begins experimental regular TV broadcasts 1931 Event VARA begins experimental TV broadcast in Diamantbeurs Amsterdam 1928 Event Fritz von Opel reaches 200 kph in experimental rocket car 1923 Event U.S.S.R. adopts experimental calendar, with 5-day "weeks" 1923 Event U.S.S.R. adopts experimental calendar 1708 Birthday Albrecht von Haller, born in Switzerland, experimental physiology, Academy of Science
