September 1 in Medical History
27 entries: discoveries, epidemics, drugs and the people who shaped medicine.
Events
- Philip II Receives SacramentsSpanish King Philip II receives the last sacraments at El Escorial as his health deteriorates shortly before his death
- Aktion T4Adolf Hitler orders extermination of mentally ill people through the "Aktion T4 Euthanasia Program," arguing that wartime "was the best time for the elimination of the incurably ill"
- Jerry Lewis 's 4th annual Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $2,039,139
- Jerry Lewis 's 10th annual Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $18,868,499
- Canadian one-legged distance runner Terry Fox 's Marathon of Hope ends in Thunder Bay, Ontario, with Fox unable to continue because of illness
- Jerry Lewis 's 15th annual Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $31,103,787
- Jerry Lewis 's 21st annual Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $34,096,733
- Smoking prohibited in specific public buildings in Belgium
- American comic and folk singer Tommy Smothers undergoes arthroscopic surgery
- Jerry Lewis 's 32nd annual Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $50,475,055
- Jerry Lewis's 37th annual Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $58,276,118
- Jerry Lewis's 48th annual Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $59,583,555
- Abortion PardonsPope Francis tells priests to pardon women who have had an abortion, in a letter released by the Vatican
- Texas law banning most abortion after six weeks comes into effect, now most restrictive in the country
- China locks down the economically important city of Chengdu with 21 million people, after 700 COVID-19 cases discovered in last few days
- First phase of a polio vaccination drive for 640,000 children in Gaza gets underway after an agreement to pause fighting
Born on this day
- Phil McGraw1950 American psychologist , author and TV personality ( Dr. Phil , The Oprah Winfrey Show), born in Vinita, Oklahoma (76 years old)
- Auguste-Henri ForelSwiss neuroanatomist and entomologist, investigated structure of the brain, born in LaGracieuse, Switzerland (d. 1931)
- Emil ZuckerkandlHungarian anatomist (died 1910)
- Andrija ŠtamparCroatian physician, born in Brodski Drenovac, Austria-Hungary (d. 1958)
- Kazimierz DąbrowskiPolish psychiatrist and psychologist (died 1980)
- António Lobo AntunesPortuguese army medic and novelist (Elephant Memory; Fado Alexandrino), born in Lisbon, Portugal (d. 2026)
- Phil McGrawAmerican psychologist, author and talk show host
- Jeremy FarrarBritish academic and educator; director of the Wellcome Trust
Died on this day
- Tadeáš HájekCzech naturalist, physician and astronomer, dies at 74
- Lillian WaldAmerican pioneering nurse and social activist who started American community nursing with the Henry Street Settlement in NYC, dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at 73 (1867-1940)
- Larry McDonaldAmerican Representative from Georgia (Democratic: 1975-83), dies in a plane shot down by Soviet fighters at 48