Today in Medical History

June 26 in Medical History

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

Observed today

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  1. International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking (International)Health observanceWikipedia

Events

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  1. 1721Dr Zabdiel Boylston gives 1st smallpox inoculations in AmericaDrug / VaccineOnThisDay
  2. 1900Dr Walter Reed begins research that beats Yellow FeverDiscovery / ResearchOnThisDay
  3. 1975U.S. Supreme Court's rules unanimously in "O'Connor v. Donaldson" that non-dangerous people can't be confined to psychiatric facilities without adequate treatment if able to live viably in outside societyMental healthOnThisDay
  4. 1990New Kid on the Block Donnie Wahlberg release from hospital after fallNotable person's healthOnThisDay
  5. 1992NYC's MTA votes to ban cigarette ads on Jan 1, 1993Public health / PolicyOnThisDay
  6. 1997The U.S. Supreme Court upholds doctor-assisted suicide banPublic health / PolicyOnThisDay
  7. 2000The Human Genome Project announces the completion of a "rough draft" sequence.Discovery / ResearchWikipedia
  8. 2021British Health Minister Matt Hancock resigns after photos of him kissing an aide (and not social distancing) emergePublic health / PolicyOnThisDay
  9. 2021South Africa announces 14-day lockdown to counter a third COVID-19 wave of infections fueled by the Delta variant, with only 2.5 million vaccines administratedDisease / EpidemicOnThisDay
  10. 2021Sydney, Australia goes into a two-week lockdown amid a Delta variant COVID-19 outbreak and low levels of vaccinationDisease / EpidemicOnThisDay

Born on this day

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  1. 1908Salvador AllendePresident of Chile (1970-73) and the 1st Marxist to become president of a Latin American country through an open election, born in Valparaíso, Chile (1908-1973)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  2. 1921Abe Jan KoldijkDutch physician for the Nazi regime (Limburg's family doctor), born in Vreeland, Netherlands (d. 2015)Physician / SurgeonOnThisDay
  3. 1926Fernando Mönckeberg BarrosChilean surgeonPhysician / SurgeonWikipedia
  4. 1946Candace PertAmerican neuroscientist and pharmacologist (died 2013)Medical scientistWikipedia
  5. 1949Fredric BrandtAmerican dermatologist and author (died 2015)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  6. 1949Mary Styles HarrisAmerican biologist and geneticistMedical scientistWikipedia
  7. 1957Philippe Couillard31st Premier of Quebec and Minister of Health, born in Montreal, QuebecPhysician / SurgeonWikipedia

Died on this day

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  1. 1943Karl LandsteinerAustrian immunologist and pathologist (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine - 1930, for the discovery of different blood groups), dies at 75 (1868-1943)Medical scientistWikipedia
  2. 1957Alfred DöblinGerman Modernist writer known for "Berlin Alexanderplatz", dies at 78Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  3. 1958Andrija ŠtamparCroatian physician and United Nations diplomat, dies at 69Health leader / ActivistWikipedia
  4. 1982Alexander MitscherlichGerman psychotherapist, dies at 73Psychiatry / PsychologyWikipedia
  5. 2025Carolyn McCarthyAmerican gun reform advocate and politician (US Representative for New York (D), 1997-2015), dies at 81Nurse / MidwifeWikipedia

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.