360What happened in 1921?
3 moments from 1921 on 360n60, each told in 60 words or fewer.
- On this day · 27 July 1921
Banting and Best isolate insulin
On 27 July 1921, at the University of Toronto, Frederick Banting and his student Charles Best isolated insulin, the hormone that controls blood sugar. Within months, it saved the life of a boy with diabetes. Banting shared the Nobel Prize and sold the patent for one dollar so it could help everyone.
- 1921 · from Hillary and Tenzing reach the summit of Everest
The first British survey expedition to Everest
- 1921 · from Einstein's 'miracle year' transforms physics
Nobel Prize in Physics