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2003 Robert Atkins, diet doctor, Dr. Atkins Diet Revolution, dies at 72
2001 Dr. Christiaan Barnard, surgeon, ", performed the first heart transplant, South Africa 1967, ", dies at 78 2000 Dr. Rene Favaloro, doctor, invented heart by-pass surgery, dies at 77 1998 Dr. Mary Calderone, doctor/writer, Talking With Your Child About Sex, dies at 94 1998 Dr. Jonathan Mann, AIDS expert, dies at 51 1998 Dr. Benjamin Spock, pediatrician/writer, Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care, dies at 94 1997 Dr. Sam Sheppard's body (Fugitive) is exhumed for DNA test 1997 Terry Nation, writer (Dr. Who, Blake 7) at 66 1997 Kelly Robbins wins LPGA Diet Dr. Pepper National Pro-Am 1997 Barry Evans, actor (Dr. Upton-Dr. in the House), dies at 53 1996 John Pertwee, actor (Dr. Who), dies at 76 1995 Lavad "Dr. Hepcat" Durst, vocal/piano, dies at 82 1995 Ed Flanders, actor (Dr. Westphal-St. Elsewhere), dies 1995 Ed Flanders, actor (Dr. Westphall-St. Elsewhere), commits suicide at 60 1994 Harry Saltzman, producer (Dr. No, Nijinski), dies at 78 1994 Peter Cushing, actor (Star Wars, Dr. Who), dies of cancer at 81 1994 Dr. Kervokian found innocent on assisting suicides 1994 1st multi-racial election in South Africa begins [3 days] Dr. Nomaza Paintin is 1st black South African to vote 1993 Dr. William Masters (78) weds college sweetheart Geraldine Oliver (76) 1992 Governor Cuomo grants Jean Harris (Scarsdale Diet Dr. killer) clemency 1992 Army refused to overturn 127 year old conviction against Dr. Mudd 1992 Thomas Graftdijk, Dutch writer (Dr. Faustus), dies 1992 Actress Joan Chen (Twin Peaks) marries Dr. Peter Hui 1991 DeForest Kelly (Dr. McCoy on Star Trek) gets a star in Hollywood 1991 Dr. Jack Kevorkian's suicide machine kills 2 women 1991 Roy Black, German singer and actor (Kinderarzt Dr. Froehlich), dies 1991 Theodore Geisel, author (Dr. Seuss), dies of cancer at 87 1991 Michigan court bars Dr. Jack Kevorkian from assisting in suicides 1990 Dr. Amos Sawyer installed as interim President of Liberia 1990 Dr. Jack Kevorkian assisted an Oregon woman to commit suicide, beginning a national debate over the right to die 1990 Dr. Antonia Novello sworn-in as 1st hispanic/female U.S. surgeon general 1989 Vincent Van Gogh's "Portrait of Dr. Gachet" auctioned for $825M 1987 Rouben Mamoulian, dir (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), dies at 90 1987 Patrick Troughton, actor (Dr. Who-Dr. Who), dies at 56 1986 Siobhan McKenna, actress (Dr. Zhivago, Hungry Hill), dies at 63 1986 [Francis XA] Keenan Wynn, U.S. actor (Dr. Strangelove), dies at 70 1986 President Reagan appoints Dr. James C Fletcher NASA Administrator 1985 Lloyd Nolan, actor (Dr. Chegley-Julia), dies of lung cancer at 83 1985 American, Brazilian and West German forensic pathologists confirm skeletal remains exhumed in Brazil were Nazi Dr. Josef Mengele 1985 Body of Nazi criminal, Dr. Josef Mengele located and exhumed 1984 Luther Adler, actor (Dr. Bernard Altman-The Psychiatrist), dies at 81 1984 "Welcome To Fun Zone" hosted by Dr. Demento airs on NBC-TV 1984 Peter Bull, British actor (Dr. Doolittle), dies of a heart attack at 72 1984 Sam Jaffe, actor (Dr. Zorba-Ben Casey), dies of cancer at 93 1983 Raymond Massey, actor (Dr. Kildare), dies of pneumonia at 86 1983 Marian Nixon, actress (Dr. Bull, Sweepstakes), dies of cancer at 78 1982 Dr. Michael E. Bakey performs 1st successful heart implant 1982 Philip K[indred] Dick, author (Hugo-1963, Dr. Futurity), dies at 53 1981 Dr. George Nichopoulas is acquitted of overprescribing addictive drugs for Elvis Presley 1981 Jean Harris sentenced 15-to-life for slaying of Scarsdale Diet Dr 1981 Bernard Lee, actor (Fallen Idol, Dr. No), dies at 73 1979 Dr. Walter Massey named director of Argonne national Lab 1977 Dr. Clifford R Wharton, Jr. named chancellor of State University of NY 1977 Dr. Allen Bussey completes 20,302 yo-yo loops 1976 Dr. Patrick J Hillery elected president of Iraq 1976 New York Nets Julius "Dr. J" Erving sold to Philadelphia 76ers 1975 James Robertson Justice, actor (DR at Large, Dr. om Love), dies at 70 1975 William Hartnell, actor (Dr. Who), dies at 67 1975 "Dr. Jazz" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 5 performances 1975 "Dr. Jazz" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 5 performances 1974 Paul Richards, actor (Dr. Thompson-Breaking Point), dies at 50 1974 Virginia Squires trade Julius "Dr. J" Erving to New York Nets 1974 Howard St. John, actor (Investigator, Dr. Lewis-Hank), dies at 68 1973 Roger Delgado, actor (Adv's of Sir Francis Drake, Dr. Who), dies at 55 1973 Dr. Hook's "Cover of "Rolling Stone"" enters Top 40 and peaks at #6 1971 Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda sworn in as President for Life of Malawi 1971 Noah Wyle, born in Hollywood, California, actor, Dr. John Carter-ER 1971 Dr. Melvin H Evans inaugurated as 1st elected governor of Virgin Is 1968 Verne Gagne beats Dick Beyers (Dr. X) in Minn, to become NWA champ 1968 1st U.S. Open tennis match (Billie Jean King beats Dr. Vija Vuskains) 1968 Dick Beyers (Dr. X) beats Verne Gagne, to become NWA champ 1968 Brandon Douglas, born in Oklahoma City, actor, Dr. Quinn, Father's Homecoming 1968 Dr. N E Shumway performs 1st U.S. adult cardiac transplant operation 1968 Dr. Benjamin Spock indicted for conspiring to violate draft law 1967 1st human heart transplant performed (Dr. Christian Barnard, South Africa) 1966 Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" airs for 1st time on CBS 1966 Dr. Sam Sheppard freed after 9 years in jail, by a jury 1966 Malawi becomes a republic, Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda becomes president 1965 Director David Lean's "Dr. Zhivago," premieres 1965 Reginald Beckwith, actor and writer (39 Steps, Dr. in Love), dies at 56 1965 Dr. Dre, rap singer 1965 Neil Craig, actor (Calling Dr. Kildare), dies at 73 1964 Principal filming of "Dr. Zhivago," begins 1964 Dr. Kenneth David Kaunda becomes president of Zaire 1964 Robert Burton, actor (Dr. Gordon-Kings Row), dies at 69 1964 Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove," premieres 1963 "Dr. No" premieres in U.S. 1963 Dr. James Campbell performed the 1st human nerve transplant 1962 Dr. Watson (U.S.), Dr. Crick, and Dr. Wilkins (Britain) win Nobel Prize for Medicine for work in determining structure of DNA 1962 Rob Morrow, New Rochelle, New York, actor, Dr. Fleishman-Northern Exposure 1962 Dr. Geza DeKaplany tortures wife with acid 1962 Eriq La Salle, Hartford, Connecticut, actor, Dr. Peter Benton-ER 1962 Anthony Edwards, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, It Takes Two, Dr. Greene-ER 1962 Clive "Doctor" Jackson, rocker, Dr. and Medics-Laughing at Pieces 1962 Thomas Gibson, actor, Dr. Daniel Nyland-Chicago Hope 1962 Shooting begins on "Dr. No" 1962 Mister M (Dr. X) beats Verne Gagne in Minn, to become NWA champ 1961 Dr. Ruth marries Fred Westheimer 1961 George Clooney, Lexington, Kentucky, actor, Dr. Douglas Ross-ER, Batman 1961 Nita Naldi, actress (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), dies of heart attack at 63 1960 Dr. Felix Houphouet-Boigny becomes president of Ivory Coast 1960 CBS ends last 4 radio soap operas (Ma Perkins, Right to Happiness, Young Dr. Malone and 2nd Mrs. Burton) and cancels 4 other series 1960 Dr. Barbara Moore completes a 3,207 mile walk from Los Angeles to New York City 1960 Boris Pasternak, Russian poet (Dr. Zhivago), dies at 70 1960 Russell Todd, born in Troy, New York, actor, Dr. Jamie Frame-Another World 1959 Paul McGann, born in Liverpool, England, actor, breakout role in BBC's The Monocled Mutineer, appeared as Eighth Doctor in 1996 television movie, Dr. Who 1959 Dr. Leakey discovers oldest human skull (600,000 years old) 1959 Hugh Laurie, born in Oxford, England, James Hugh Calum Laurie, actor, writer, musician, comedian, comedy partner, Stephen Fry, known for the Fry and Laurie double act, appears in successful Fox television drama House, playing role of Dr. Gregory House 1959 Brian Tochi, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Dr. Alan Poe-St. Elsewhere, Renegades 1958 TV soap "Young Dr. Malone" debuts 1958 Nikki Sixx, born in San Jose, California, musician, songwriter, member, Motley Crue, plays hard rock, heavy metal genres, wrote, most successful album 'Dr. Feelgood' 1958 Dr. F. Mason Sones is 1st doctor to perform a coronary angiogram 1958 Dr. Ake Senning installs 1st pacemaker in Stockholm 1958 Harry Nicholls Holmes, Dr. (crystallized vitamin A), dies at 78 1957 New York narcotics investigator, Dr. Herbert Berger, urges AMA to investigate use of stimulating drugs by athletes 1957 Harry Sothern, actor (Dr. Huer-Buck Rogers), dies at 72 1956 Dr. Albert Sabin discovers oral polio vaccine 1956 Gordon Bruks, England, Dr/cosmonaut 1955 Howie Mandel, born in Toronto, Canada, comedian, Dr. Wayne Fiscus-St. Elsewhere 1955 Thomas Mann, German writer (Dr. Faustus, Nobel 1929), dies at 80 1955 Dr. Jonas Salk successfully tests Polio vaccine 1954 Denzel Washington, born in Mount Vernon, New York, actor, Dr. Chandler-St. Elsewhere 1954 Dr. Sam Sheppard's wife Marilyn is murdered (he is accused of crime) 1954 Lionel Barrymore, Blythe, actor (Dr. Kildare, Key Largo), dies at 76 1954 Atomic Energy Commission voted against reinstating Dr. J Robert Oppenheimer 1954 Dr. Peter Murray Marshall becomes 1st black to head an AMA unit 1953 Dr. Albert Schweitzer and General George C Marshall win Nobel Peace Prize 1953 Dr. Jonas Salk announces vaccine to prevent polio 1953 Robert Brazile, born in Mobile, Alabama, football player, linebacker, played for National Football League's Houston Oilers and Kansas City Chiefs, nicknamed 'Dr. Doom', named 1975's NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year 1953 Dr. A de Waal appointed as Netherlands 1st female Assistant Secretary of State 1952 Dr. Floyd J Lewis 1st uses deep freeze technique in heart surgery 1951 Mark Harmon, born in Burbank, California, actor, Dr. Caldwell-St. Elsewhere 1951 Dr. William Shockley invents junction transistor (Murray Hill NJ) 1951 Peter Davison, actor, Dr. Who, Sink or Swim, Fiddlers Three 1951 Jane Seymour, Joyce Frankenberg, England, actress, Dr. Quinn 1950 Dr. Ralph Bunche receives Nobel Peace Prize 1950 New York City hires Dr. Wallace E Howell as its official "rainmaker" 1949 Nigel Havers, English actor, Dr. Latimer-Don't Wait Up 1949 Dennis Locorriere, Union City, New Jersey, rock guitarist, Dr. Hook 1949 Denny Albee, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, actor, Dr. Janssen-One Life to Live 1949 Paul Nurse, dr/director-general elect, Imperial Cancer Research Fund 1948 Dr. Frank G Back (New York City) patents lens to provide zoom effects 1948 33 1/3 RPM LP record introduced (DR Peter Goldmark-Columbia Records) 1948 Columbia commits to 33 1/3 rpm records, plans to phase out 78's as Dr. Peter Goldmark of CBS demonstrates "long playing record" 1947 Husband and wife Dr. Carl Cori and Dr. Gerty Cori are 1st spouses to be awarded joint Nobel Prizes 1946 Dr. Ben Spock's "Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care" published 1946 Simon Williams, U.S., actor, Fiendish plot of dr Fu Manchu 1946 George Arliss, actor and writer (Dr. Syn, Voltaire), dies at 77 1945 G. W. Bailey, Port Arthur, Texas, actor, Dr. Beale-St. Elsewhere 1945 Rik Elswit, rocker, Dr. Hook and Medicine Show-In the Right Place 1944 Geraldine Chaplin, born in Santa Monica, California, actress, Dr. Zhivago, 3 Musketeers 1944 Janice Garfat, rocker, Dr. Hook 1943 Yugoslavian resistance forms provisionary government under Dr. Ribar 1943 Barry Evans, actor, Dr. Upton-Dr. in the House, Mind Your Language 1943 Colin Baker, actor, Dr. Who, Swallows and Amazons 1943 In Dr. Faustus, Serenus Zeitblom begins his bio of Adrian Leverkuhn 1943 Thomas Mann begins writing his novel Dr. Faustus 1943 Conrad Veidt, German/US actor (Cabinet of Dr. Calgary), dies at 50 1942 Jay David, rocker, Dr. Hook and Medicine Show 1942 Edy Williams, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actress, Dr. Minx 1942 Bill Francis Mobile Al, rocker, Dr. Hook 1941 Martine Beswicke, Jamacia, actress, Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde 1941 Julie Christie, born in Assam, India, actress, Dr. Zhivago 1940 Jenny Linden, English actress, Hedda, Dr. Who and the Daleks 1940 Dr. John, Rebennack, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, vocalist, I Was in Right Place 1940 James Brolin, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Dr. Kiley-Marcus Welby, Peter-Hotel 1940 1st radio broadcast of "Young Dr. Malone" on CBS 1940 Rita Tushingham, born in Liverpool, England, actress, Green Eyes, Dr. Zhivago 1940 Howard Hesseman, Salem Or, actor, Dr. Johnny Fever-WKRP, Head of Class 1940 Jud Taylor, actor, Dr. Gerson-Dr. Kildare 1939 Dr. Roy P Scholz is 1st surgeon to use fiberglass sutures 1938 Dr. R N Harger's "drunkometer," 1st breath test, introduced in Indiana 1938 Larry Bryggman, Concord California, actor, Dr. John Dixon-As the World Turns 1938 Jim McMullan, Long Beach, New York, actor, Dr. McDaniel-Ben Casey 1938 Ronny Cox, actor/singer, Robocop, Dr. John Gideon-St. Elsewhere 1938 George Cummings, rocker, Dr. Hook and Medicine Show 1938 Frank Converse, actor, It's About Time, Dr. Cook's Garden, Movin' On 1937 Alfred Abel, actor (Dr. Mabuse, Metropolis), dies at 57 1937 Barbara Babcock, born in Pasadena, California, actress, Dr. Quinn, Dallas, Hill St. Blues 1937 Tom Courtenay, born in England, actor, Dresser, Dr. Zhivago, To Catch a Spy 1937 Dr. Hook, Ray Sawyer, Ala, vocalist, Dr. Hook-When You're in Love 1935 Dr. Robert Smith and William Wilson of Akron form Alcoholics Anonymous 1935 Nylon discovered by Dr. Wallace H. Carothers 1934 Ed Flanders, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, actor, Dr. Westphall-St. Elsewhere 1934 John Stears, Middlesex England, special effects expert, Dr. No 1934 Richard Chamberlain, born in Beverly Hills, California, actor, Dr. Kildare 1933 Adrienne Corri, born in Glasgow, Scotland, actress, River, Dr. Zhivago 1933 Dr. Robert Stevens, Master, Pembroke College, Oxford 1932 Omar Sharif, born in Egypt, actor, Dr. Zhivago, Top Secret 1931 Anthony Newley, England, actor, Dr. Doolitte, Garbage Pail Kids, composer 1931 Right-radical coup of Dr. Pfrimer fails in Austria 1931 Eunice Gayson, born in London, England, actress, Dr. No, From Russia With Love 1931 Ed Hall, Roxbury Massachusetts, actor, Dr. Bicker-Medical Center 1930 Renaat Verheijen, Flemish actor and director (Dr. Faustus), dies at 26 1930 Terry Nation, writer, Dr. Who, Blake 7 1929 Dr. Vladimir K Zworykin demonstrates "kinescope" 1929 Dr. Annie Webb Blanton forms Delta Kappa Gamma Society in Austin Tx 1929 55th Preakness: Louis Schaefer aboard Dr. Freeland wins in 2:01.6 1929 John S Ragin, Newark, New Jersey, actor, Dr. Astin-Quincy ME 1929 Peter Jeffrey, actor, Dr. Phibes Rides Again, Twinsanity 1928 Ruth Westerheimer, sex therapist, Dr. Ruth 1928 Stanley Kubrick, born in Bronx, New York, director, 2001, Dr. Strangelove, Lolita 1928 Peter Roger Hunt, born in London, England, director, Dr. No 1927 Joseph Campanella, New York City, actor, Dr. Steffen-The Nurses, Lou-Mannix 1927 Steve Ditko, co-creator of Spider-Man, Incredible Hulk, and Dr. Strange 1927 William Daniels, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Dr. Mark Craig-St. Elsewhere, 1776 1924 Maurice Jarre, Lyons France, composer, Dr. Zhivago-Academy Award 1966 1924 Robert Oxton Bolt, playwright, Man for All Seasons, Dr. Zhivago 1924 Leo Buscaglia, born in Los Angeles, California, "Dr. Hug", psycholigist, Love 1923 1st brain tumor operation under local anesthetic performed (Beth Israel Hospital in New York City) by Dr. K Winfield Ney 1922 Rex Allen, Wilcox, Arizona, cowboy singer, Dr. Baxter-Frontier Doctor 1922 Dr. Ivy Williams is 1st woman to be called to the English Bar 1922 Fritz Langs "Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler" premieres in Berlin 1922 John Kirk Barry, Dr/explorer David Livingstone's companion, dies at 89 1921 Dr. Marie Stopes opens Britain's 1st birth control clinic (London) 1921 Toronto's Dr. Banting and Dr. Best announce discovery of insulin 1921 Andries Treurnicht, Dr. No, founder, South Africa Conservative Party 1920 DeForest Kelley, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor, Dr. Leonard McCoy-Star Trek 1920 DeForest Kelley, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor, Dr. McCoy-Star Trek 1919 Johann Sigurjonsson, Icelandic writer (Dr. Rung), dies 1919 Jon Pertwee, English comic/actor, Dr. Who, Worzel Gummidge 1919 Slim Pickens, born in Kingsburg, California, actor, Dr. Strangelove, Blazing Saddles 1918 Dr. Joseph L Johnson named minister to Liberia 1918 Joseph Wiseman, Montreal, actor, Dr. No, Viva Zapata, Les Miserables 1918 Alan Arbus, New York City, actor, Dr. Sidney Freedman-M*A*S*H 1917 Laraine Day, Roosevelt Utah, actress, Dr. Kildaire, I've Got a Secret 1916 Kennan Wynn, born in New York City, actor, Dr. Strangelove, Absent Minded Professor 1916 Mort Abrahams, producer, Dr. Doolittle, Planet Of Apes 1916 Sterling Hayden, born in New Jersey, actor, Dr. Strangelove, Asphalt Jungle, Cobra 1915 Terence Young, born in Shanghai, China, director, Dr. No, Thunderball 1914 Jonathan Harris, actor, Dr. Zachary Smith-Lost in Space 1914 Gary Merrill, Hartford Conn, actor, Young Dr. Kildare, All About Eve 1914 1st patent for liquid-fueled rocket design granted, Dr. Robert Goddard 1914 Polly Hill, Dr/anthropologist 1913 Peter Cushing, England, actor, Dracula, Star Wars, Dr. Who 1913 Lavad "Dr. Hepcat" Durst, vocal/piano 1912 Peter Bull, actor/author, Executioner, Tom Jones, Dr. Strangelove 1911 Mason Gross, Dr/TV professor, Think Fast, Two for the Money 1910 Hayden Rorke, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Dr. Bellows-I Dream of Jeannie 1908 Lew Ayres, Minnesota, actor, All Quiet on Western Front, Dr. Kildare 1908 1st horror movie (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) premieres in Chicago 1908 David Lean, born in Croydon, England, director, Dr. Zhivago, Ryan's Daughter 1908 Rex Harrison, born in England, actor, My Fair Lady, Dr. Doolittle 1907 3-element vacuum tube patented by Dr. Lee De Forest 1906 Dr. Lee DeForest demonstrated his electrical vacuum tube (radio tube) 1905 Charles Finney, U.S., author, Circus of Dr. Lao 1905 Franchot Tone, Niagara Falls, New York, actor, Dr. Freeland-Ben Casey 1905 John Dierkes, Ohio, actor, Daughter of Dr. Jekyll, Hanging Tree 1904 Albert Van Dekker, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Dr. Cyclops, Beau Gesture 1904 Theodor Geisel, Dr. Seuss, children's author, "Horton Hears a Who!" 1903 Luther Adler, New York City, actor, Dr. Bernard Altman-Psychiatrist 1903 Dr. Harry Plotz discovers vaccine against typhoid in New York City 1902 Ralph Richardson, born in England, actor, Anna Karenina, Dr. Zhivago 1902 Dr. Harvey Cushing, 1st U.S. brain surgeon, does his 1st brain operation 1900 Dr. Walter Reed begins research that beats Yellow Fever 1900 Ian Hunter, born in Capetown South Africa, actor, Dr. Blood's Coffin, White Unicorn 1897 Halliwell Hobbes, Stratford-on-Avon England, actor, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1897 Frederic March, Wisconsin, actor, Dr. Jeckyll-Academy Awards 1932/1946 1896 Raymond Massey, born in Toronto, Canada, actor, Dr. Gillespie-Dr. Kildare 1896 Emile Grubbe is 1st dr to use radiation treatment for breast cancer 1896 1st X-ray photo in U.S. (Dr. Henry Smith, Davidson NC) 1896 Battle at Doornkop, South Africa (Boers beat Dr. Jamesons troops) 1895 Dr. L S Jameson begins failed raid on Johannesburg 1895 Nigel Bruce, British/US actor, Dr. Watson-Sherlock Holmes 1895 Robert Burton, actor, Dr. Gordon-Kings Row 1894 Robert Louis Stevenson, English writer (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), dies at 45 1894 Vaccine for diphtheria announced by Dr. Roux of Paris 1893 Dr. Jamesons Legertje occupies Bulawayo Matabeleland 1893 Battle of Shangani, Matabeleland: Dr. Jameson beats Ndebeles 1893 Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performs 1st successful open heart surgery without anesthesia 1893 Adriaan F. Dussenbroek, Dutch family dr/co-founder, Union National Arubano 1893 Conrad Veidt, Potsdam Germany, actor, Cabinet of Dr. Calgary 1892 Dr. Miles V Lynk, physician, publishes 1st Black medical journal 1892 Dr. Jose Rizal forms League Filipina 1892 Dr. Washington Sheffield invents toothpaste tube 1891 Nell Craig, born in New Jersey, actress, Calling Dr. Kildare, Queen of Sheba 1891 Sam Jaffe, born in New York City, actor, Gunga Din, Dr. Zorba-Ben Casey 1890 Boris L Pasternak, Russian poet and writer, Dr. Zhivago, 1890 Boris L Pasternak, Russia, novelist/poet, Dr. Zhivago, Nobel 1958, 1889 Dr. Daniel Hale Williams forms Provident Hospital in Chicago 1889 Dr. Herman Hollerith receives 1st U.S. patent for a tabulating machine 1887 Reginald Owen, born in Wheathampstead, England, actor, Dr. Watson-Sherlock Holmes 1886 Sax Rohmer, England, author, Dr. Fu Manchu 1886 Hugh Lofting, England, writer and illustrator, Dr. Dolittle 1885 Dr. W W Grant of Iowa, performs 1st appendectomy (on Mary Gartside, 22) 1884 Werner Krauss, born in Germany, actor, Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Joyless Street 1884 Harry Sothern, actor, Dr. Huer-Buck Rogers 1882 Dr. Robert Koch discovers germ that causes tuberculosis 1882 John Barrymore, Blythe, Philadelphia, actor, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1881 Hermann KJ Zilcher, German pianist/composer, Dr. Eisenbart 1881 Dr. John H Watson is introduced to Sherlock Holmes 1880 Battle of Maiwand, at which Dr. Watson is wounded, breaks out 1880 Johann Sigurjonsson, Icelandic writer, Dr. Rung 1879 Harry Nicholls Holmes, Penn, Dr., crystallized vitamin A 1879 Dr. Benjamin E Mays, named president of Atlanta Board of Education 1878 Lionel Barrymore, Blythe, Philadelphia, actor, Free Soul, Dr. Kildare 1876 Charles Halton, born in Washington D.C., actor, Dr. Cyclops, Tugboat Annie Sails Again 1875 Emma Dunn, actress, Dr. Monica, Dr. Kildare's Strange Case, Hideaway 1874 Dr. Andrew T Sill, of Macon Missouri, finds science of osteopathy 1874 Dr. David Livingstones corpse arrives in Southampton 1871 Henry M. Stanley in Tanganyka say "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" 1869 Black candidate for lt governor of Va, Dr. J H Harris, defeated 1868 Dr. James Moore (UK) wins 1st recorded bicycle race, (2k) velocipede race at Parc fde St. Cloud, Paris 1865 1st class cricket debut of Dr. W. G. Grace 1863 Dr. Charles H Sheppard opens 1st public bath, in Brooklyn 1862 Dr. Richard Gatling patents machine gun (Indianapolis) 1862 Dr. Richard Gatling patents machine gun 1858 Richard Bright, British Dr. (Bright's disease/nephritis), dies at 69 1856 Dr. John A Veatch discovers borax, Tuscan Springs, California 1851 Dr. John Gorrie patents a "refrigeration machine" 1846 Dr. William Thomas Green Morton 1st public use of ether 1846 Anesthetic ether used for 1st time (Dr. Wm Morton extracts a tooth) 1845 Emmanuel-Persillier Lachapelle, dr, found Notre Dame Hosp Montreal 1842 Ether was used as an anaesthetic for 1st time by Dr. Crawford Long 1842 Dr. Crawford Long, 1st physician to use ether as anesthetic 1841 Sibrand Acker Stratingh, Dutch dr/chemist (electrical car), dies at 53 1835 Dr. Elias L"nnrot publishes Finnish poem "Kalevala" 1832 John Kirk Barry, Scot, Dr/companion to explorer David Livingstone 1801 Gustav T Fechner, Dr. Mises, German philosopher/physicist 1800 Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse gives 1st cowpox vaccination to his son to prevent smallpox 1798 Dr. George Balfour becomes 1st naval surgeon in the U.S. navy 1794 Dr. Jessee Bennet of Edom Va, performs 1st successful Cesarean section operation on his wife 1768 1st U.S. bachelor of medicine degree, Dr. John Archer 1755 1e edition of Dr. Johnsons "Dictionary" 1744 Elbridge Gerry, DR, 5th Vice President, Massachusetts Governor, invented gerrymandering 1721 Dr. Zabdiel Boylston gives 1st smallpox inoculations in America 1702 Philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman 1667 Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys, French doctor, performs 1st blood transfusion 1564 Christopher Marlowe, English poet/dramatist, Dr. Faustus |
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