August 8 in Medical History
14 entries: discoveries, epidemics, drugs and the people who shaped medicine.
Events
- Texas paroles American rock singer David Crosby from state prison five months into his five-year prison sentence for drug and weapons convictions; he credits the reprieve with helping him break his cocaine addiction
- James Hetfield Suffers BurnsMetallica singer and guitarist James Hetfield suffers second and third-degree burns during a pyrotechnics explosion on stage at Olympic Stadium in Montreal
- American jazz artist Mel Tormé (70) suffers a stroke, ending his 65-year singing career
- The West African Ebola outbreak is categorized as an international concern by the WHO
- Terrorists attack a government hospital in Quetta, Pakistan with a suicide blast and shooting, killing between 70 and 94 people, and injuring around 130 others.
- Simon Cowell's Horror Bike AccidentBritish music mogul and television personality Simon Cowell breaks his back while riding an electric exercise bike
Born on this day
- "Dr. Bob" SmithAmerican physician and co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, born in St. Johnsbury, Vermont (d. 1950)
- Vulimiri RamalingaswamiIndian medical scientist, born in Srikakulam, British India (d. 2001)
- Alberto GranadoArgentine biochemist and travel companion of Che Guevara, born in Córdoba, Argentina (d. 2011)
- Robin QuiversAmerican radio and TV personality (Howard Stern's sidekick), born in Baltimore, Maryland
Died on this day
- Girolamo FracastoroItalian physician (b. 1478)
- Otmar Freiherr von VerschuerGerman human biologist and Nazi physician, dies at 73
- Henriette SanterDutch-English clinical psychologist, dies at 62
- Toni BrownAmerican rock piano player, singer-songwriter (Joy of Cooking), magazine editor (Relix, 1980-2002), and clinical psychologist, dies at 83