Today in Medical History

October 11 in Medical History

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

Events

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  1. 1979Allan McLeod Cormack & Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield win Nobel Prize for medicine for developing CAT scanDiscovery / ResearchOnThisDay
  2. 1987The AIDS Memorial Quilt is first displayed during the Second National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights.Disease / EpidemicWikipedia
  3. 201310 people are killed and a hospital fire in Fukuoka prefecture, JapanHealthcare institution / ProfessionOnThisDay
  4. 2020India records more than 7 million cases of COVID-19Disease / EpidemicOnThisDay
  5. 2021Australia's largest city Sydney ends its 107-day lockdown, with restrictions easing for fully vaccinated peopleDisease / EpidemicOnThisDay
  6. 2022Ringo's All-Starr Band TourRingo Starr resumes his All-Starr Band tour with a show in Seattle, Washington after his testing positive for COVID-19Notable person's healthOnThisDay

Born on this day

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  1. 1758Wilhelm OlbersGerman astronomer and physician, discovered asteroids (Pallas and Vesta), born in Bremen, Germany (d. 1840)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  2. 1835Hunter McGuireAmerican physician and Med Director (Confederate Army), born in Winchester, Virginia (d. 1900)Physician / SurgeonOnThisDay
  3. 1944Younan Nowzaradan"Dr. Now", Iranian-born American doctor and television personality (My 600-lb Life, The 6000 lb Diaries with Dr. Now), born in Tehran, IranPhysician / SurgeonOnThisDay
  4. 1954David MichaelsAmerican epidemiologist and politicianHealth leader / ActivistWikipedia

Died on this day

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  1. 1598Joachim CamerariusGerman botanist (horticulture catalog) and physician, dies at 63Physician / SurgeonOnThisDay
  2. 1708Ehrenfried Walther von TschirnhausGerman mathematician (Tschirnhaus transformation), dies at 57Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  3. 1811Johann Conrad AmmannSwiss physician, naturalist, and instructor of non-verbal deaf persons, dies at 86Physician / SurgeonOnThisDay
  4. 2009Angelo DiGeorgeAmerican physician and endocrinologist (born 1922)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.