July 30 in Medical History
12 entries: discoveries, epidemics, drugs and the people who shaped medicine.
Events
- Medicare BillUS President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Medicare and Medicaid Act, which takes effect in 1966
- Houston Astros pitcher J. R. Richard suffers a stroke and collapses while playing a game of catch before an Astros game, ending his career
- Hollie Roffey, aged 10 days, is the youngest person to ever receive a heart transplant and survives 28 days
- Toronto RocksToronto Rocks - SARSStock benefit with performers including The Rolling Stones , AC/DC , Rush, The Guess Who, Justin Timberlake , The Flaming Lips, and The Isley Brothers, at Downsview Park; largest concert in Canadian history attracts 450,000 spectators
- Three years after the death of the last Pyrenean ibex, Celia, a clone of her is born only to subsequently die from lung defects. Within minutes, the Pyrenean ibex becomes the first and so far only species to have ever gone de-extinct as well as go extinct twice.
Born on this day
- Regnier de GraafDutch physician and anatomist, born in Schoonhoven, Netherlands (d. 1673)
- Françoise Barré-SinoussiFrench virologist (Nobel Prize 2008, discovered HIV), born in Paris, France
- Jonathan MannAmerican physician and AIDS activist, born in Boston, Massachusetts (d. 1998)
- Martyn ButlerWelsh laser technician, HIV activist and co-founder of the Terrence Higgins Trust, born in Newport, Wales (d. 2026)
Died on this day
- Guillaume RondeletFrench naturalist famous for his study of marine animals, dies at 58
- Albert NeisserGerman physician who discovered the bacteria that cause gonorrhea and leprosy, dies of septicemia at 61
- Enid Balint-EdmondsBritish psychoanalyst, dies at 90