Today in Medical History

September 5 in Medical History

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

Events

14
  1. 19661st Muscular Dystrophy TelethonJerry Lewis 's 1st annual Muscular Dystrophy Labor Day telethon raises $1,002,114Healthcare institution / ProfessionOnThisDay
  2. 1972Chemical spill with fog sickens hundreds in Meuse Valley, BelgiumPublic health / PolicyOnThisDay
  3. 1977Jerry Lewis 's 12th annual Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $26,841,490Healthcare institution / ProfessionOnThisDay
  4. 1983Jerry Lewis 's 18th annual Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $30,691,627Healthcare institution / ProfessionOnThisDay
  5. 1988Jerry Lewis 's 23rd annual Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $41,132,113Healthcare institution / ProfessionOnThisDay
  6. 1993F. Murray Abraham is released from hospital after a car accidentNotable person's healthOnThisDay
  7. 1994Jerry Lewis 's 29th annual Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $47,105,396Healthcare institution / ProfessionOnThisDay
  8. 1999Jerry Lewis's 34th annual Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $53,116,417Healthcare institution / ProfessionOnThisDay
  9. 2004Jerry Lewis's 39th annual Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $59,398,915Healthcare institution / ProfessionOnThisDay
  10. 2005Jerry Lewis's 40th annual Muscular Dystrophy telethon raises $54,921,586Healthcare institution / ProfessionOnThisDay
  11. 2014World Health Organization estimates 1,900 people have died from the Ebola virus out of 3,500 infected in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sierra LeoneDisease / EpidemicOnThisDay
  12. 2015US health officials confirm a salmonella outbreak linked to cucumbers from Mexico is responsible for one death and for making hundreds sickDisease / EpidemicOnThisDay
  13. 2019Erramatti Mangamma becomes the world's oldest living mother after giving birth to twins at age 74 in Hyderabad, IndiaSurgery / Procedure / DeviceOnThisDay
  14. 2022Ringo Starr resumes his All-Starr Band tour after two musicians recover from COVID-19Disease / EpidemicOnThisDay

Born on this day

5
  1. 1871Friedrich AkelEstonian physician and politician, Head of State of Estonia (d 1941)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  2. 1908Josué de CastroBrazilian physician, geographer, and activist (died 1973)Physician / SurgeonWikipedia
  3. 1939Susumu TonegawaJapanese molecular biologist (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1987), born in Nagoya, Japan (d. 2026)Medical scientistOnThisDay
  4. 1939Claudette ColvinAmerican civil rights activist arrested at 15 for refusing to give her seat on a bus to a white woman, nine months before Rosa Parks, born in Birmingham, Alabama (d. 2026)Nurse / MidwifeWikipedia
  5. 1953Jennifer Geerlings-SimonsSurinamese physician and 11th and first female president of Suriname (2025-present), born in Paramaribo, Colony of SurinamePhysician / SurgeonOnThisDay

Died on this day

4
  1. 1898Sarah Emma Evelyn Edmondsdisguised as man fought for union, diesNurse / MidwifeWikipedia
  2. 1902Rudolf VirchowGerman politician, anthropologist and pathologist (cell pathology), dies of heart failure at 80 (1821-1902)Medical scientistWikipedia
  3. 1975Alice Catherine EvansAmerican microbiologist (born 1881)Medical scientistWikipedia
  4. 2016Duane GravelineAmerican doctor and astronaut, dies at 85Physician / SurgeonOnThisDay

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.