Today in Medical History

July 21 in Medical History

20 entries: discoveries, epidemics, drugs and the people who shaped medicine.

Events

7
  1. 1866Cholera epidemic kills hundreds in LondonDisease / EpidemicOnThisDay
  2. 1930US Veterans Administration formsHealthcare institution / ProfessionOnThisDay
  3. 1976First outbreak of Legionnaire's Disease kills 29 in PhiladelphiaDisease / EpidemicOnThisDay
  4. 2018India scraps tax on sanitary products after campaign by activistsPublic health / PolicyOnThisDay
  5. 2020European Union agrees huge €750 billion ($859 billion) post-COVID-19 stimulus billDisease / EpidemicOnThisDay
  6. 2021Life expectancy in the US falls by 1.5 years (3 years for Hispanic Americans. 2.9 for Black Americans) in largest decline since WWIIDisease / EpidemicOnThisDay
  7. 2022Biden Tests PositiveUS President Joe Biden tests positive for COVID-19Notable person's healthOnThisDay

Born on this day

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  1. 1710Paul MöhringGerman physician and scientist, born in Jever, Germany (d. 1792)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  2. 1826James Gillpatrick BluntAmerican physician, abolitionist, and Major General (Union Army), born in Trenton, Maine (d. 1881)Physician / SurgeonOnThisDay
  3. 1896Sophie Bledsoe AberleAmerican anthropologist, physician and nutritionist (died 1996)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  4. 1947Polly MatzingerFrench-American immunologist (danger model for the immune system), born in La Seyne, FranceMedical scientistOnThisDay
  5. 1948Nancy CoxAmerican virologist and director of the WHO Collaborating Center for Influenza at the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (1992-2014), born in Emmetsburg, Iowa (d. 2026)Medical scientistOnThisDay
  6. 1952John Barrasso [John Anthony Barrasso III]American politician (Senator-R-Wyoming 2007-), born in Reading, PennsylvaniaPhysician / SurgeonWikipedia
  7. 1976Cori BushAmerican politician, nurse and activist (first African American woman representative from Missouri), born in St. Louis, MissouriNurse / MidwifeWikipedia

Died on this day

6
  1. 1831Emil AarestrupDanish physician and poet (Ritornellen), dies at 55Physician / SurgeonOnThisDay
  2. 1868William BlandAustralian surgeon and politician (born 1789)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  3. 1924Dudley Allen SargentAmerican physician and educator (Harvard U gymnasium), dies at 74Physician / SurgeonOnThisDay
  4. 2004Edward B. LewisAmerican geneticist (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1995), dies at 86Medical scientistWikipedia
  5. 2015Nicholas GonzalezAmerican physician (born 1947)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  6. 2017Jon van RoodDutch immunologist (Eurotransplant), dies of vascular disease at 91Medical scientistOnThisDay

Sources: onthisday.com and Wikipedia's “On this day” (text under CC BY-SA 4.0), screened for medical relevance. Each entry links to its source.