Today in Medical History

November 7 in Medical History

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

Events

8
  1. 1876Meharry Medical College forms at Central Tennessee CollegeHealthcare institution / ProfessionOnThisDay
  2. 1918The 1918 influenza epidemic spreads to Western Samoa, killing 7,542 (about 20% of the population) by the end of the year.Disease / EpidemicWikipedia
  3. 1941World War II: Soviet hospital ship Armenia is sunk by German planes while evacuating refugees and wounded military and staff of several Crimean hospitals. It is estimated that over 5,000 people died in the sinking.Public health / PolicyWikipedia
  4. 1991Magic Johnson RetiresMagic Johnson announces he has HIV and retires from the LA LakersNotable person's healthWikipedia
  5. 2015Sierra Leone is declared free of Ebola by the World Health Organization (death toll 4,000)Disease / EpidemicOnThisDay
  6. 2017Extreme smog in Delhi, India, leads Indian Medical Association to declare "a state of medical emergency"Public health / PolicyOnThisDay
  7. 2017Music ConcertSinger Aretha Franklin gives her final public performance during Elton John 's 25th anniversary gala for the Elton John AIDS Foundation at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in NYCMedicine in film/TV/sportOnThisDay
  8. 2023Ohio votes in two referendums to protect abortion rights under its constitution, and legalize the use of marijuanaPublic health / PolicyOnThisDay

Born on this day

6
  1. 1687William StukeleyEnglish physician and archaeologist (pioneered investigation of Stonehenge and Avebury), born in Holbeach, Lincolnshire (d. 1765)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  2. 1818Emil du Bois-ReymondGerman physiologist, co-discoverer of nerve action potential and founder of modern electrophysiology, born in Berlin, Germany (d. 1896)Medical scientistWikipedia
  3. 1885Sabina SpielreinRussian psychoanalyst (Destruction as the Cause of Becoming), born in Rostov-on-Don, Russia (d. 1942)Psychiatry / PsychologyOnThisDay
  4. 1929Eric KandelAustrian-American neuroscientist and psychiatrist, Nobel Prize laureatePsychiatry / PsychologyWikipedia
  5. 1930Lucian LeapeAmerican surgeon and patient safety advocate who worked on the "To Err Is Human" report, born in Bellevue, Pennsylvania (d. 2025)Physician / SurgeonOnThisDay
  6. 1950Alexa Canady1st African-American female neurosurgeon and educator, born in Lansing, MichiganPhysician / SurgeonOnThisDay

Died on this day

3
  1. 1599Gasparo TagliacozziItalian surgeon (b. 1546)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  2. 1978Jivraj Narayan MehtaIndian surgeon and politician, 6th Chief Minister of Gujarat (born 1887)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  3. 2019Janette ShermanAmerican physician, author, and pioneer in occupational and environmental health (born 1930)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia

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.