Today in Medical History

June 4 in Medical History

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

Events

9
  1. 1887Pasteur InstitutePasteur Institute founded by French biologist Louis Pasteur and Émile Roux in ParisHealthcare institution / ProfessionOnThisDay
  2. 1934Frederick Banting KnightedDr. Frederick Banting is knighted for the co-discovery of insulin which revolutionized the treatment of diabetes and saved countless livesDiscovery / ResearchOnThisDay
  3. 1984DNA is successfully cloned from an extinct animalDiscovery / ResearchOnThisDay
  4. 19892nd Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $770,000Healthcare institution / ProfessionOnThisDay
  5. 1990Kevorkian Ignites Right-to-Die DebateDr Jack Kevorkian assists an Oregon woman to commit suicide, beginning a national debate over the right to diePublic health / PolicyOnThisDay
  6. 1991Pope Invokes Godwin's LawPope John Paul II compares abortion with Nazi murdersPublic health / PolicyOnThisDay
  7. 19958th Children's Miracle Network Telethon raises $1,331,000Healthcare institution / ProfessionOnThisDay
  8. 2021Nepalese Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli makes a desperate plea for vaccines amid his country's devastating COVID-19 second wave, reporting nearly 9,000 daily cases late MayDisease / EpidemicOnThisDay
  9. 2022WHO says Monkeypox now found in 27 countries where not already endemic - 780 in last three weeks. Accesses global risk as moderate.Disease / EpidemicOnThisDay

Born on this day

5
  1. 1694François QuesnayFrench personal physician of Louis XIV, born in Méré, Versailles, France (d. 1774)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  2. 1909Paul NordoffAmerican composer (Every Soul Is a Circus), and music therapist (Nordoff-Robbins method), born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (d. 1977)Dentist / Pharmacist / AlliedOnThisDay
  3. 1916Robert F. FurchgottAmerican pharmacologist (co-winner Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1998), and educator, born in Charleston, South Carolina (d. 2009)Medical scientistWikipedia
  4. 1928Ruth Westheimer (née Karola Ruth Siegel) German-American sex therapist and media personality (Dr Ruth)born in Wiesenfeld, Germany (d. 2024)Psychiatry / PsychologyWikipedia
  5. 1965Adi UtariniIndonesian medical researcher (Dengue Fever), born in Yogyakarta, IndonesiaMedical scientistOnThisDay

Died on this day

7
  1. 1921Heinrich Albers-SchoenbergGerman physician, educator, and x-ray experimenter, dies at 56Physician / SurgeonOnThisDay
  2. 1922W. H. R. RiversEnglish psychiatrist, anthropologist, and neurologist, dies from strangulated hernia at 58Psychiatry / PsychologyWikipedia
  3. 1981Leslie AverillNew Zealand doctor and soldier (born 1897)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  4. 1997Kurt Alfred AdlerAustrian therapist and writer, dies at 92Psychiatry / PsychologyOnThisDay
  5. 2024Ria Lubbers (née Maria Hoogeweegen)Dutch wife of Dutch Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers, and disability advocate, dies at 83Health leader / ActivistOnThisDay
  6. 2025Jean RobinsonBritish health activist and president of Association for Improvements in Maternity Services (2010-18), dies at 95Health leader / ActivistOnThisDay
  7. 2026Robert ColesAmerican child psychiatrist, educator and Pulitzer Prize-winning author (Children of Crisis), dies at 97Psychiatry / PsychologyOnThisDay

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.