Today in Medical History

March 6 in Medical History

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

Events

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  1. 1810Illinois passes the first state vaccination legislation in the USDrug / VaccineOnThisDay
  2. 18861st US nurses' magazine, The Nightingale, 1st appears, NYCHealthcare institution / ProfessionOnThisDay
  3. 1899Historic InventionAspirin (acetylsalicylic acid) is patented by Felix Hoffmann at the German company BayerDrug / VaccineOnThisDay
  4. 198818th Easter Seal Telethon raises $35,200,000Healthcare institution / ProfessionOnThisDay
  5. 1992Yankee pitcher Pascual Perez suspended for 1 year due to cocaineMedicine in film/TV/sportOnThisDay
  6. 2006South Dakota Governor Mike Rounds signs a bill into law banning most types of abortion in the statePublic health / PolicyOnThisDay
  7. 2018"Highest overdose death rates ever recorded in the US", 142,000 overdoses in 2016-17 period according to US Centers for Disease Control and PreventionPublic health / PolicyOnThisDay
  8. 2018British health officials tells the country it's time "to get on a diet" and urging manufacturers to reduce calories in foodsPublic health / PolicyOnThisDay
  9. 2021COVID-19 PandemicTibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama is vaccinated against COVID-19 in Dharamsala, India and urges others to do soDrug / VaccineOnThisDay

Born on this day

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  1. 1893Ella P. Stewartpioneering Black American pharmacist (died 1987)Dentist / Pharmacist / AlliedWikipedia
  2. 1923(Raymond) "Bill" HoffenbergSouth African-British endocrinologist and college president (Wolfson at Oxford, 1985-93), born in Port Elizabeth, Union of South Africa (d. 2007)Physician / SurgeonOnThisDay
  3. 1925Audrey EvansBritish pediatric oncologist and co-founder of the first Ronald McDonald House, born in York, England (d. 2022)Physician / SurgeonOnThisDay
  4. 1932Timofei MoșneagaMoldovan physician and politician, Moldovan Minister of Health (died 2014)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  5. 1967Özlem TüreciGerman scientist (BioNTech - created 1st mRNA-based vaccine for COVID-19), born in Siegen, West GermanyMedical scientistOnThisDay

Died on this day

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  1. 1948Alice Woodby McKaneFirst Black woman doctor in Savannah, Georgia (born 1865)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  2. 1997Anthony HopkinsEnglish clinical neurologist and Director of the Research Unit at the Royal College of Physicians, dies at 59Physician / SurgeonOnThisDay
  3. 2014Frank JobeAmerican soldier and surgeon (born 1925)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  4. 2018Sir John E. SulstonBritish molecular biologist, co-recipient of 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (roundworm genome sequencing), dies of stomach cancer at 75Medical scientistOnThisDay
  5. 2021Graham PinkBritish nurse (born 1929)Nurse / 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.