This Day in History (1974): Basic Corrosion Courses

From the May 22, 1974, edition of The Arabian Sun

For a better understanding of the corrosion phenomenon and to bridge the gap between publication and utilization of information on its prevention and control, the Continuing Education Unit of Aramco's Training Department is sponsoring a 40-hour Basic Corrosion Course presented by the National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) of Houston, Texas.

Frank Rizzo, above, and Don Kedzi, both from the Metallurgical Engineering Department of the University of Texas El Paso, and Taylor Hunt, director of educational activities for NACE, conducted the course in Abqaiq last week, and this week presented the same material in Ras Tanura.

Dhahran will have the course June 1-12. All told, a total of 85 Aramco professional and technical personnel with thus further their knowledge in this specialized engineering field.

Also on this date

2021 — Severe weather kills 21 runners in the 100km ultramarathon in the Gansu province of China

2012 — SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2 launches a Dragon capsule on a Falcon 9 rocket in the first commercial flight to the International Space Station

2012 — Tokyo Skytree opens to the public. It is the tallest tower in the world at 634 meters, and the second-tallest man-made structure in the world after the Burj Khalifa

1992 — Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Slovenia joint the United Nations

1987 — The very first Rugby World Cup kicks off with New Zealand playing Italy at Eden Park in Auckland, New Zealand

1972 — Ceylon adopts a new constitution and thereby becomes a republic, changing its name to Sri Lanka

1947 — The Truman Doctrine goes into effect, with the U.S. aiding Turkey and Greece

1927 — A massive 8.3 magnitude earthquake strikes near Xining, Chinga, killing more than 200,000 people

1906 — The Wright brothers are granted U.S. patent number 821,393 for their "Flying-Machine"