Hans Selye was a pioneering Hungarian-Canadian endocrinologist born on this day in 1907. He is known for his work on the hypothetical response of an organism to stress.
Did you know that:
• The first electric dental drill was patented by George Green on this day in 1875
• The world’s largest diamond, the 3,106-carat Cullinan, was found in South Africa on this day in 1905
• Scottish inventor, John Logie Baird, gave the first public demonstration of a true television system in London on this day in 1926
