March 13 in Medical History
15 entries: discoveries, epidemics, drugs and the people who shaped medicine.
Events
- American Red Magen David (Jewish Red Cross) forms
- Julia Flikke of the Nurse Corps, becomes 1st woman colonel in US army
- FDA orders recall of all Chilean fruit in US
- US President Donald Trump declares a national emergency, freeing up $50 billion to fight COVID-19
- 12 hours after PGA Tour cancelled its flagship event, The Players Championship, Augusta National announces postponement of the Masters Tournament to a date to be fixed because of COVID-19 pandemic
- Elite football in Britain, including England's Premier League, EFL, Women's Super League plus in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, is suspended until at least 3 April because of COVID-19 pandemic
Born on this day
- James Curtis HepburnAmerican missionary and linguist, born in Milton, Pennsylvania (d. 1911)
- Faye Glenn AbdellahAmerican pioneer in nursing research and US government official (health services), born in New York City (d. 2017)
- Beat RichnerSwiss physician (founder of children's hospitals in Cambodia), and cellist, born in Zürich, Switzerland
- Charles KrauthammerAmerican conservative political commentator and psychiatrist (The Washington Post), born in New York City (d. 2018)
Died on this day
- David Swinson MaynardAmerican physician, lawyer, and businessman (born 1808)
- Bruno BettelheimAustrian-American psycho-analyst (Uses of Enchantment), commits suicide at 86
- Odette HallowesBritish classified agent in France (WWII), dies at 82
- Dr. T Berry BrazeltonAmerican child development paediatrician, author, TV host (What Every Baby Knows), who developed the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS), dies at 99
- Breonna TaylorAfrican American medical technician, shot and killed by police officers in her home at 26 (1993-2020)