October 14 in Medical History
10 entries: discoveries, epidemics, drugs and the people who shaped medicine.
Events
- Baseballer James Creighton ruptures bladder hitting HR, dies 10/18
- U.S. President Ronald Reagan proclaims a war on drugs.
- World Health Organization announce Ebola virus death toll at 4,447, and the fatality rate has reached 70%
- Public Health Emergency in FranceFrench president Emmanuel Macron announces a public health emergency and a curfew of 9 pm for nine cities due to surge in COVID-19 cases
- NFL cancels Pro Bowl game scheduled for 31 January, 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic
- The Celebration TourMadonna opens her Celebration World Tour in London at the O2 Arena, after a three-month delay due to a life-threatening infection
Born on this day
- C. Everett Koop13th US Surgeon General (1982-89), born in Brooklyn, New York (d. 2013)
- Marcel ChaputFrench Canadian politician, born in Hull, Quebec (d. 1991)
- J. Craig VenterAmerican biotechnologist and geneticist (involved with the first draft sequence of the human genome), born in Salt Lake City, Utah (d. 2026)
- Joey TravoltaAmerican actor, disability advocate, and older brother to John Travolta, born in Englewood, New Jersey