2015 Event Actor, director, photographer and writer Leonard Nimoy, most popularly known as Dr. Spock on 'Star Trek,' dies at age 83 from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); Nimoy had been suffering from the illness for about a year 2014 Event Studies on advice given by talk show host Dr. Mehmet Oz show that only about 46 percent of his suggestions are supported by medical evidence; critics accuse him of giving vague or inaccurate advice in order to provide entertainment value 2014 Event Dr. Craig Spencer, diagnosed with Ebola on October 23rd, is healed and has been discharged from the hospital; Spencer raised fears of a U.S. epidemic after reporting that he had traveled to various public places the day before showing symptoms 2014 Event Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol, American aid workers who contracted the Ebola virus in Liberia and returned to the U.S. for treatment, have been released and declared fully recovered 2014 Event Medical worker Nancy Writebol, the second of two Americans to contract the Ebola virus in Liberia, joins Dr. Kent Brantly at Emory University Hospital for treatment; both patients are receiving an experimental drug that has not been tested on humans 2014 Event Dr. Kent Brantly, one of two American medical workers who contracted the Ebola virus in Liberia, arrives in the U.S. for treatment in isolation at Emory University Hospital; the virus has already claimed hundreds of lives in West Africa 2014 Event Dr. Sheik Umar Khan, the key Sierra Leone doctor fighting the Ebola virus, dies after succumbing to the disease 2014 Event Music curator and headphone maker Beats Electronics will become the latest acquisition of Apple, Inc.; Apple will pay $3 billion for the music company, started by music producer Jimmy Iovine and rap artist Dr. Dre 2013 Event Michael Jackson's personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray is released from prison, two years after being convicted of involuntary manslaughter 2011 Event The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducts Dr.John, Tom Waits, Alice Cooper, Darlene Love and Neil Diamond into its Hall of Fame 2003 Death Robert Atkins, diet doctor, Dr. Atkins Diet Revolution, dies at 72 2001 Death Dr. Christiaan Barnard, surgeon, ", performed the first heart transplant, South Africa 1967, ", dies at 78 2000 Death Dr. Rene Favaloro, doctor, invented heart by-pass surgery, dies at 77 1998 Death Dr. Jonathan Mann, AIDS expert, dies at 51 1998 Death Dr. Benjamin Spock, pediatrician/writer, Dr. Spock's Baby and Child Care, dies at 94 1997 Event Dr. Sam Sheppard's body (Fugitive) is exhumed for DNA test 1997 Death Terry Nation, writer (Dr. Who, Blake 7) at 66 1997 Event Kelly Robbins wins LPGA Diet Dr. Pepper National Pro-Am 1997 Death Barry Evans, actor (Dr. Upton-Dr. in the House), dies at 53 1996 Death John Pertwee, actor (Dr. Who), dies at 76 1995 Death Lavad "Dr. Hepcat" Durst, vocal/piano, dies at 82 1995 Death Ed Flanders, actor (Dr. Westphal-St. Elsewhere), dies 1995 Death Ed Flanders, actor (Dr. Westphall-St. Elsewhere), commits suicide at 60 1994 Death Harry Saltzman, producer (Dr. No, Nijinski), dies at 78 1994 Death Peter Cushing, actor (Star Wars, Dr. Who), dies of cancer at 81 1994 Event Dr. Kervokian found innocent on assisting suicides 1994 Event 1st multi-racial election in South Africa begins [3 days] Dr. Nomaza Paintin is 1st black South African to vote 1993 Event Dr. William Masters (78) weds college sweetheart Geraldine Oliver (76) 1992 Event Governor Cuomo grants Jean Harris (Scarsdale Diet Dr. killer) clemency 1992 Event Army refused to overturn 127 year old conviction against Dr. Mudd 1992 Death Thomas Graftdijk, Dutch writer (Dr. Faustus), dies 1992 Event Actress Joan Chen (Twin Peaks) marries Dr. Peter Hui 1991 Event DeForest Kelly (Dr. McCoy on Star Trek) gets a star in Hollywood 1991 Event Dr. Jack Kevorkian's suicide machine kills 2 women 1991 Death Roy Black, German singer and actor (Kinderarzt Dr. Froehlich), dies 1991 Death Theodore Geisel, author (Dr. Seuss), dies of cancer at 87 1991 Event Michigan court bars Dr. Jack Kevorkian from assisting in suicides 1990 Event Dr. Amos Sawyer installed as interim President of Liberia 1990 Event Dr. Jack Kevorkian assisted an Oregon woman to commit suicide, beginning a national debate over the right to die 1990 Event Dr. Antonia Novello sworn-in as 1st hispanic/female U.S. surgeon general 1989 Event Vincent Van Gogh's "Portrait of Dr. Gachet" auctioned for $825M 1987 Death Rouben Mamoulian, dir (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), dies at 90 1987 Death Patrick Troughton, actor (Dr. Who-Dr. Who), dies at 56 1986 Death Siobhan McKenna, actress (Dr. Zhivago, Hungry Hill), dies at 63 1986 Death [Francis XA] Keenan Wynn, U.S. actor (Dr. Strangelove), dies at 70 1986 Event President Reagan appoints Dr. James C Fletcher NASA Administrator 1985 Death Lloyd Nolan, actor (Dr. Chegley-Julia), dies of lung cancer at 83 1985 Event American, Brazilian and West German forensic pathologists confirm skeletal remains exhumed in Brazil were Nazi Dr. Josef Mengele 1985 Event Body of Nazi criminal, Dr. Josef Mengele located and exhumed 1984 Death Luther Adler, actor (Dr. Bernard Altman-The Psychiatrist), dies at 81 1984 Event "Welcome To Fun Zone" hosted by Dr. Demento airs on NBC-TV 1984 Death Peter Bull, British actor (Dr. Doolittle), dies of a heart attack at 72 1984 Death Sam Jaffe, actor (Dr. Zorba-Ben Casey), dies of cancer at 93 1983 Death Raymond Massey, actor (Dr. Kildare), dies of pneumonia at 86 1983 Death Marian Nixon, actress (Dr. Bull, Sweepstakes), dies of cancer at 78 1982 Event Dr. Michael E. Bakey performs 1st successful heart implant 1982 Death Philip K[indred] Dick, author (Hugo-1963, Dr. Futurity), dies at 53 1981 Event Dr. George Nichopoulas is acquitted of overprescribing addictive drugs for Elvis Presley 1981 Event Jean Harris sentenced 15-to-life for slaying of Scarsdale Diet Dr 1981 Death Bernard Lee, actor (Fallen Idol, Dr. No), dies at 73 1979 Event Dr. Walter Massey named director of Argonne national Lab 1978 Birthday Katherine Heigl, actress, born in Washington, D.C., actress, breakthrough role as Dr. Isobel Stevens on television show, 'Grey's Anatomy', movie's include, 'Knocked Up' 1977 Event Dr. Clifford R Wharton, Jr. named chancellor of State University of NY 1977 Event Dr. Allen Bussey completes 20,302 yo-yo loops 1976 Event Dr. Patrick J Hillery elected president of Iraq 1976 Event New York Nets Julius "Dr. J" Erving sold to Philadelphia 76ers 1975 Death James Robertson Justice, actor (DR at Large, Dr. om Love), dies at 70 1975 Death William Hartnell, actor (Dr. Who), dies at 67 1975 Event "Dr. Jazz" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 5 performances 1975 Event "Dr. Jazz" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 5 performances 1974 Death Paul Richards, actor (Dr. Thompson-Breaking Point), dies at 50 1974 Event Virginia Squires trade Julius "Dr. J" Erving to New York Nets 1974 Death Howard St. John, actor (Investigator, Dr. Lewis-Hank), dies at 68 1973 Death Roger Delgado, actor (Adv's of Sir Francis Drake, Dr. Who), dies at 55 1973 Event Dr. Hook's "Cover of "Rolling Stone"" enters Top 40 and peaks at #6 1971 Event Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda sworn in as President for Life of Malawi 1971 Birthday Noah Wyle, born in Hollywood, California, actor, Dr. John Carter-ER 1971 Event Dr. Melvin H Evans inaugurated as 1st elected governor of Virgin Is 1968 Event Verne Gagne beats Dick Beyers (Dr. X) in Minn, to become NWA champ 1968 Event 1st U.S. Open tennis match (Billie Jean King beats Dr. Vija Vuskains) 1968 Event Dick Beyers (Dr. X) beats Verne Gagne, to become NWA champ 1968 Birthday Brandon Douglas, born in Oklahoma City, actor, Dr. Quinn, Father's Homecoming 1968 Event Dr. N E Shumway performs 1st U.S. adult cardiac transplant operation 1968 Event Dr. Benjamin Spock indicted for conspiring to violate draft law 1967 Event 1st human heart transplant performed (Dr. Christian Barnard, South Africa) 1967 Birthday Sherry Strinfield, born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, actress, known for role as Dr. Susan Lewis on medical television drama, ER 1966 Event Dr. Seuss' "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" airs for 1st time on CBS 1966 Event Dr. Sam Sheppard freed after 9 years in jail, by a jury 1966 Event Malawi becomes a republic, Dr. Hastings Kamuzu Banda becomes president 1965 Event Director David Lean's "Dr. Zhivago," premieres 1965 Death Reginald Beckwith, actor and writer (39 Steps, Dr. in Love), dies at 56 1965 Birthday Dr. Dre, born in Compton, California, born Andre Romelle Young, rap singer, record producer, record executive, actor, CEO, Aftermath Entertainment 1965 Death Neil Craig, actor (Calling Dr. Kildare), dies at 73 1964 Event Principal filming of "Dr. Zhivago," begins 1964 Event Dr. Kenneth David Kaunda becomes president of Zaire 1964 Death Robert Burton, actor (Dr. Gordon-Kings Row), dies at 69 1964 Birthday Peter Berg, born in New York City, New York, actor, film director, producer, known for role as Dr. Billy Kronk on television medical drama 'Chicago Hope', directed films 'The Kingdom', 'Hancock' 1964 Event Stanley Kubrick's "Dr. Strangelove," premieres 1963 Event "Dr. No" premieres in U.S. 1963 Birthday Brian Tochi, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Dr. Alan Poe-St. Elsewhere, Renegades 1963 Event Dr. James Campbell performed the 1st human nerve transplant 1962 Event Dr. Watson (U.S.), Dr. Crick, and Dr. Wilkins (Britain) win Nobel Prize for Medicine for work in determining structure of DNA 1962 Birthday Rob Morrow, New Rochelle, New York, actor, Dr. Fleishman-Northern Exposure 1962 Event Dr. Geza DeKaplany tortures wife with acid 1962 Birthday Eriq La Salle, Hartford, Connecticut, actor, Dr. Peter Benton-ER 1962 Birthday Anthony Edwards, born in Santa Barbara, California, actor, It Takes Two, Dr. Greene-ER 1962 Birthday Clive "Doctor" Jackson, rocker, Dr. and Medics-Laughing at Pieces 1962 Birthday Thomas Gibson, actor, Dr. Daniel Nyland-Chicago Hope 1962 Event Shooting begins on "Dr. No" 1962 Event Mister M (Dr. X) beats Verne Gagne in Minn, to become NWA champ 1961 Event Dr. Ruth marries Fred Westheimer 1961 Birthday George Clooney, Lexington, Kentucky, actor, Dr. Douglas Ross-ER, Batman 1961 Death Nita Naldi, actress (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), dies of heart attack at 63 1960 Event Dr. Felix Houphouet-Boigny becomes president of Ivory Coast 1960 Event 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 Event Dr. Barbara Moore completes a 3,207 mile walk from Los Angeles to New York City 1960 Death Boris Pasternak, Russian poet (Dr. Zhivago), dies at 70 1960 Birthday Russell Todd, born in Troy, New York, actor, Dr. Jamie Frame-Another World 1959 Birthday 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 Event Dr. Leakey discovers oldest human skull (600,000 years old) 1959 Birthday 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 1958 Event TV soap "Young Dr. Malone" debuts 1958 Birthday 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 Event Dr. F. Mason Sones is 1st doctor to perform a coronary angiogram 1958 Event Dr. Ake Senning installs 1st pacemaker in Stockholm 1958 Death Harry Nicholls Holmes, Dr. (crystallized vitamin A), dies at 78 1957 Event New York narcotics investigator, Dr. Herbert Berger, urges AMA to investigate use of stimulating drugs by athletes 1957 Death Harry Sothern, actor (Dr. Huer-Buck Rogers), dies at 72 1956 Event Dr. Albert Sabin discovers oral polio vaccine 1956 Birthday Gordon Bruks, England, Dr/cosmonaut 1955 Birthday Howie Mandel, born in Toronto, Canada, comedian, Dr. Wayne Fiscus-St. Elsewhere 1955 Death Thomas Mann, German writer (Dr. Faustus, Nobel 1929), dies at 80 1955 Event Dr. Jonas Salk successfully tests Polio vaccine 1954 Birthday Denzel Washington, born in Mount Vernon, New York, actor, Dr. Chandler-St. Elsewhere 1954 Event Dr. Sam Sheppard's wife Marilyn is murdered (he is accused of crime) 1954 Death Lionel Barrymore, Blythe, actor (Dr. Kildare, Key Largo), dies at 76 1954 Event Atomic Energy Commission voted against reinstating Dr. J Robert Oppenheimer 1954 Event Dr. Peter Murray Marshall becomes 1st black to head an AMA unit 1953 Event Dr. Albert Schweitzer and General George C Marshall win Nobel Peace Prize 1953 Death Nigel Bruce, actor Dr. Watson in 'Sherlock Holmes', dies at 58 1953 Event Dr. Jonas Salk announces vaccine to prevent polio 1953 Birthday 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 Event Dr. A de Waal appointed as Netherlands 1st female Assistant Secretary of State 1952 Event Dr. Floyd J Lewis 1st uses deep freeze technique in heart surgery 1951 Birthday Mark Harmon, born in Burbank, California, actor, Dr. Caldwell-St. Elsewhere 1951 Event Dr. William Shockley invents junction transistor at Murray Hill, New Jersey 1951 Birthday Peter Davison, actor, Dr. Who, Sink or Swim, Fiddlers Three 1951 Birthday Jane Seymour, Joyce Frankenberg, England, actress, Dr. Quinn 1950 Event Dr. Ralph Bunche receives Nobel Peace Prize 1950 Birthday Phil McGraw, born in Vinita, Oklahoma, television personality, former psychologist, host of 'Dr. Phil' television program, earned $80 million in 2009 1950 Event New York City hires Dr. Wallace E Howell as its official "rainmaker" 1949 Birthday Nigel Havers, English actor, Dr. Latimer-Don't Wait Up 1949 Birthday Dennis Locorriere, Union City, New Jersey, rock guitarist, Dr. Hook 1949 Birthday Denny Albee, born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, actor, Dr. Janssen-One Life to Live 1949 Birthday Paul Nurse, dr/director-general elect, Imperial Cancer Research Fund 1948 Event Dr. Frank G Back (New York City) patents lens to provide zoom effects 1948 Event 33 1/3 RPM LP record introduced (DR Peter Goldmark-Columbia Records) 1948 Event 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 Event Husband and wife Dr. Carl Cori and Dr. Gerty Cori are 1st spouses to be awarded joint Nobel Prizes 1946 Event Dr. Ben Spock's "Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care" published 1946 Birthday Simon Williams, U.S., actor, Fiendish plot of dr Fu Manchu 1946 Death George Arliss, actor and writer (Dr. Syn, Voltaire), dies at 77 1945 Birthday G. W. Bailey, Port Arthur, Texas, actor, Dr. Beale-St. Elsewhere 1945 Birthday Rik Elswit, rocker, Dr. Hook and Medicine Show-In the Right Place 1944 Birthday Geraldine Chaplin, born in Santa Monica, California, actress, Dr. Zhivago, 3 Musketeers 1944 Birthday Janice Garfat, rocker, Dr. Hook 1943 Event Yugoslavian resistance forms provisionary government under Dr. Ribar 1943 Birthday Barry Evans, actor, Dr. Upton-Dr. in the House, Mind Your Language 1943 Birthday Colin Baker, actor, Dr. Who, Swallows and Amazons 1943 Event In Dr. Faustus, Serenus Zeitblom begins his bio of Adrian Leverkuhn 1943 Event Thomas Mann begins writing his novel Dr. Faustus 1943 Death Conrad Veidt, German/US actor (Cabinet of Dr. Calgary), dies at 50 1942 Birthday Jay David, rocker, Dr. Hook and Medicine Show 1942 Birthday Edy Williams, born in Salt Lake City, Utah, actress, Dr. Minx 1942 Birthday Bill Francis Mobile Al, rocker, Dr. Hook 1941 Birthday Martine Beswicke, Jamacia, actress, Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde 1941 Birthday Julie Christie, born in Assam, India, actress, Dr. Zhivago 1940 Birthday Jenny Linden, English actress, Hedda, Dr. Who and the Daleks 1940 Birthday Dr. John, Rebennack, born in New Orleans, Louisiana, vocalist, I Was in Right Place 1940 Birthday James Brolin, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Dr. Kiley-Marcus Welby, Peter-Hotel 1940 Event 1st radio broadcast of "Young Dr. Malone" on CBS 1940 Birthday Rita Tushingham, born in Liverpool, England, actress, Green Eyes, Dr. Zhivago 1940 Birthday Howard Hesseman, Salem Or, actor, Dr. Johnny Fever-WKRP, Head of Class 1940 Birthday Jud Taylor, actor, Dr. Gerson-Dr. Kildare 1939 Event Dr. Roy P Scholz is 1st surgeon to use fiberglass sutures 1938 Event Dr. R N Harger's "drunkometer," 1st breath test, introduced in Indiana 1938 Birthday Larry Bryggman, Concord California, actor, Dr. John Dixon-As the World Turns 1938 Birthday Jim McMullan, Long Beach, New York, actor, Dr. McDaniel-Ben Casey 1938 Birthday Ronny Cox, actor/singer, Robocop, Dr. John Gideon-St. Elsewhere 1938 Birthday George Cummings, rocker, Dr. Hook and Medicine Show 1938 Birthday Frank Converse, actor, It's About Time, Dr. Cook's Garden, Movin' On 1937 Death Alfred Abel, actor (Dr. Mabuse, Metropolis), dies at 57 1937 Birthday Barbara Babcock, born in Pasadena, California, actress, Dr. Quinn, Dallas, Hill St. Blues 1937 Birthday Tom Courtenay, born in England, actor, Dresser, Dr. Zhivago, To Catch a Spy 1937 Birthday Dr. Hook, Ray Sawyer, Ala, vocalist, Dr. Hook-When You're in Love 1935 Event Dr. Robert Smith and William Wilson of Akron form Alcoholics Anonymous 1935 Event Nylon discovered by Dr. Wallace H. Carothers 1934 Birthday Ed Flanders, born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, actor, Dr. Westphall-St. Elsewhere 1934 Birthday John Stears, Middlesex England, special effects expert, Dr. No 1934 Birthday Richard Chamberlain, born in Beverly Hills, California, actor, Dr. Kildare 1933 Birthday Adrienne Corri, born in Glasgow, Scotland, actress, River, Dr. Zhivago 1933 Birthday Dr. Robert Stevens, Master, Pembroke College, Oxford 1932 Birthday Omar Sharif, born in Egypt, actor, Dr. Zhivago, Top Secret 1931 Birthday Anthony Newley, England, actor, Dr. Doolitte, Garbage Pail Kids, composer 1931 Event Right-radical coup of Dr. Pfrimer fails in Austria 1931 Birthday Eunice Gayson, born in London, England, actress, Dr. No, From Russia With Love 1931 Birthday Ed Hall, Roxbury Massachusetts, actor, Dr. Bicker-Medical Center 1930 Death Renaat Verheijen, Flemish actor and director (Dr. Faustus), dies at 26 1930 Birthday Terry Nation, writer, Dr. Who, Blake 7 1929 Event Dr. Vladimir K Zworykin demonstrates "kinescope" 1929 Event Dr. Annie Webb Blanton forms Delta Kappa Gamma Society in Austin Tx 1929 Event 55th Preakness: Louis Schaefer aboard Dr. Freeland wins in 2:01.6 1929 Birthday John S Ragin, Newark, New Jersey, actor, Dr. Astin-Quincy ME 1929 Birthday Peter Jeffrey, actor, Dr. Phibes Rides Again, Twinsanity 1928 Birthday Ruth Westerheimer, sex therapist, Dr. Ruth 1928 Birthday Stanley Kubrick, born in Bronx, New York, director, 2001, Dr. Strangelove, Lolita 1928 Birthday Peter Roger Hunt, born in London, England, director, Dr. No 1927 Birthday Joseph Campanella, New York City, actor, Dr. Steffen-The Nurses, Lou-Mannix 1927 Birthday Steve Ditko, co-creator of Spider-Man, Incredible Hulk, and Dr. Strange 1927 Birthday William Daniels, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Dr. Mark Craig-St. Elsewhere, 1776 1924 Birthday Maurice Jarre, Lyons France, composer, Dr. Zhivago-Academy Award 1966 1924 Birthday Robert Oxton Bolt, playwright, Man for All Seasons, Dr. Zhivago 1924 Birthday Leo Buscaglia, born in Los Angeles, California, "Dr. Hug", psycholigist, Love 1923 Event 1st brain tumor operation under local anesthetic performed (Beth Israel Hospital in New York City) by Dr. K Winfield Ney 1922 Birthday Rex Allen, Wilcox, Arizona, cowboy singer, Dr. Baxter-Frontier Doctor 1922 Event Dr. Ivy Williams is 1st woman to be called to the English Bar 1922 Event Fritz Langs "Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler" premieres in Berlin 1922 Death John Kirk Barry, Dr/explorer David Livingstone's companion, dies at 89 1921 Event Dr. Marie Stopes opens Britain's 1st birth control clinic (London) 1921 Event Toronto's Dr. Banting and Dr. Best announce discovery of insulin 1921 Birthday Andries Treurnicht, Dr. No, founder, South Africa Conservative Party 1920 Birthday DeForest Kelley, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor, Dr. Leonard McCoy-Star Trek 1920 Birthday DeForest Kelley, born in Atlanta, Georgia, actor, Dr. McCoy-Star Trek 1919 Death Johann Sigurjonsson, Icelandic writer (Dr. Rung), dies 1919 Birthday Jon Pertwee, English comic/actor, Dr. Who, Worzel Gummidge 1919 Birthday Slim Pickens, born in Kingsburg, California, actor, Dr. Strangelove, Blazing Saddles 1918 Event Dr. Joseph L Johnson named minister to Liberia 1918 Birthday Joseph Wiseman, Montreal, actor, Dr. No, Viva Zapata, Les Miserables 1918 Birthday Alan Arbus, New York City, actor, Dr. Sidney Freedman-M*A*S*H 1917 Birthday Laraine Day, Roosevelt Utah, actress, Dr. Kildaire, I've Got a Secret 1916 Birthday Kennan Wynn, born in New York City, actor, Dr. Strangelove, Absent Minded Professor 1916 Birthday Mort Abrahams, producer, Dr. Doolittle, Planet Of Apes 1916 Birthday Sterling Hayden, born in New Jersey, actor, Dr. Strangelove, Asphalt Jungle, Cobra 1915 Birthday Terence Young, born in Shanghai, China, director, Dr. No, Thunderball 1914 Birthday Jonathan Harris, actor, Dr. Zachary Smith-Lost in Space 1914 Birthday Gary Merrill, Hartford Conn, actor, Young Dr. Kildare, All About Eve 1914 Event 1st patent for liquid-fueled rocket design granted, Dr. Robert Goddard 1914 Birthday Polly Hill, Dr/anthropologist 1913 Birthday Peter Cushing, England, actor, Dracula, Star Wars, Dr. Who 1913 Birthday Lavad "Dr. Hepcat" Durst, vocal/piano 1912 Birthday Peter Bull, actor/author, Executioner, Tom Jones, Dr. Strangelove 1911 Birthday Mason Gross, Dr/TV professor, Think Fast, Two for the Money 1910 Birthday Hayden Rorke, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Dr. Bellows-I Dream of Jeannie 1908 Birthday Lew Ayres, Minnesota, actor, All Quiet on Western Front, Dr. Kildare 1908 Event 1st horror movie (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde) premieres in Chicago 1908 Birthday David Lean, born in Croydon, England, director, Dr. Zhivago, Ryan's Daughter 1908 Birthday Rex Harrison, born in England, actor, My Fair Lady, Dr. Doolittle 1907 Event 3-element vacuum tube patented by Dr. Lee De Forest 1906 Event Dr. Lee DeForest demonstrated his electrical vacuum tube (radio tube) 1905 Birthday Charles Finney, U.S., author, Circus of Dr. Lao 1905 Birthday Franchot Tone, Niagara Falls, New York, actor, Dr. Freeland-Ben Casey 1905 Birthday John Dierkes, Ohio, actor, Daughter of Dr. Jekyll, Hanging Tree 1904 Birthday Albert Van Dekker, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Dr. Cyclops, Beau Gesture 1904 Birthday Theodor Geisel, Dr. Seuss, children's author, "Horton Hears a Who!" 1903 Birthday Luther Adler, New York City, actor, Dr. Bernard Altman-Psychiatrist 1903 Event Dr. Harry Plotz discovers vaccine against typhoid in New York City 1902 Birthday Ralph Richardson, born in England, actor, Anna Karenina, Dr. Zhivago 1902 Event Dr. Harvey Cushing, 1st U.S. brain surgeon, does his 1st brain operation 1900 Event Dr. Walter Reed begins research that beats Yellow Fever 1900 Birthday Ian Hunter, born in Capetown South Africa, actor, Dr. Blood's Coffin, White Unicorn 1897 Birthday Halliwell Hobbes, Stratford-on-Avon England, actor, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1897 Birthday Frederic March, Wisconsin, actor, Dr. Jeckyll-Academy Awards 1932/1946 1896 Birthday Raymond Massey, born in Toronto, Canada, actor, Dr. Gillespie-Dr. Kildare 1896 Event Emile Grubbe is 1st dr to use radiation treatment for breast cancer 1896 Event 1st X-ray photo in U.S. (Dr. Henry Smith, Davidson NC) 1896 Event Battle at Doornkop, South Africa (Boers beat Dr. Jamesons troops) 1895 Event Dr. L S Jameson begins failed raid on Johannesburg 1895 Birthday Robert Burton, actor, Dr. Gordon-Kings Row 1895 Birthday Nigel Bruce, born in Ensenada, Mexico, British actor, Dr. Watson in 'Sherlock Holmes' 1894 Death Robert Louis Stevenson, English writer (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde), dies at 45 1894 Event Vaccine for diphtheria announced by Dr. Roux of Paris 1893 Event Dr. Jamesons Legertje occupies Bulawayo Matabeleland 1893 Event Battle of Shangani, Matabeleland: Dr. Jameson beats Ndebeles 1893 Event Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performs 1st successful open heart surgery without anesthesia 1893 Birthday Adriaan F. Dussenbroek, Dutch family dr/co-founder, Union National Arubano 1893 Birthday Conrad Veidt, Potsdam Germany, actor, Cabinet of Dr. Calgary 1892 Event Dr. Miles V Lynk, physician, publishes 1st Black medical journal 1892 Event Dr. Jose Rizal forms League Filipina 1892 Event Dr. Washington Sheffield invents toothpaste tube 1891 Birthday Nell Craig, born in New Jersey, actress, Calling Dr. Kildare, Queen of Sheba 1891 Birthday Sam Jaffe, born in New York City, actor, Gunga Din, Dr. Zorba-Ben Casey 1890 Birthday Boris L Pasternak, Russian poet and writer, Dr. Zhivago, 1890 Birthday Boris L Pasternak, Russia, novelist/poet, Dr. Zhivago, Nobel 1958, 1889 Event Dr. Daniel Hale Williams forms Provident Hospital in Chicago 1889 Event Dr. Herman Hollerith receives 1st U.S. patent for a tabulating machine 1887 Birthday Reginald Owen, born in Wheathampstead, England, actor, Dr. Watson-Sherlock Holmes 1886 Birthday Sax Rohmer, England, author, Dr. Fu Manchu 1886 Birthday Hugh Lofting, England, writer and illustrator, Dr. Dolittle 1885 Event Dr. W W Grant of Iowa, performs 1st appendectomy (on Mary Gartside, 22) 1884 Birthday Werner Krauss, born in Germany, actor, Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Joyless Street 1884 Birthday Harry Sothern, actor, Dr. Huer-Buck Rogers 1882 Event Dr. Robert Koch discovers germ that causes tuberculosis 1882 Birthday John Barrymore, Blythe, Philadelphia, actor, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1881 Birthday Hermann KJ Zilcher, German pianist/composer, Dr. Eisenbart 1881 Event Dr. John H Watson is introduced to Sherlock Holmes 1880 Event Battle of Maiwand, at which Dr. Watson is wounded, breaks out 1880 Birthday Johann Sigurjonsson, Icelandic writer, Dr. Rung 1879 Birthday Harry Nicholls Holmes, Penn, Dr., crystallized vitamin A 1879 Event Dr. Benjamin E Mays, named president of Atlanta Board of Education 1878 Birthday Lionel Barrymore, Blythe, Philadelphia, actor, Free Soul, Dr. Kildare 1876 Birthday Charles Halton, born in Washington D.C., actor, Dr. Cyclops, Tugboat Annie Sails Again 1875 Birthday Emma Dunn, actress, Dr. Monica, Dr. Kildare's Strange Case, Hideaway 1874 Event Dr. Andrew T Sill, of Macon Missouri, finds science of osteopathy 1874 Event Dr. David Livingstones corpse arrives in Southampton 1871 Event Henry M. Stanley in Tanganyka say "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?" 1869 Event Black candidate for lt governor of Va, Dr. J H Harris, defeated 1868 Event Dr. James Moore (UK) wins 1st recorded bicycle race, (2k) velocipede race at Parc fde St. Cloud, Paris 1865 Event 1st class cricket debut of Dr. W. G. Grace 1863 Event Dr. Charles H Sheppard opens 1st public bath, in Brooklyn 1862 Event Dr. Richard Gatling patents machine gun (Indianapolis) 1862 Event Dr. Richard Gatling patents machine gun 1858 Death Richard Bright, British Dr. (Bright's disease/nephritis), dies at 69 1856 Event Dr. John A Veatch discovers borax, Tuscan Springs, California 1851 Event Dr. John Gorrie patents a "refrigeration machine" 1846 Event Dr. William Thomas Green Morton 1st public use of ether 1846 Event Anesthetic ether used for 1st time (Dr. Wm Morton extracts a tooth) 1845 Birthday Emmanuel-Persillier Lachapelle, dr, found Notre Dame Hosp Montreal 1842 Event Ether was used as an anaesthetic for 1st time by Dr. Crawford Long 1842 Birthday Dr. Crawford Long, 1st physician to use ether as anesthetic 1841 Death Sibrand Acker Stratingh, Dutch dr/chemist (electrical car), dies at 53 1835 Event Dr. Elias L"nnrot publishes Finnish poem "Kalevala" 1832 Birthday John Kirk Barry, Scot, Dr/companion to explorer David Livingstone 1801 Birthday Gustav T Fechner, Dr. Mises, German philosopher/physicist 1800 Event Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse gives 1st cowpox vaccination to his son to prevent smallpox 1798 Event Dr. George Balfour becomes 1st naval surgeon in the U.S. navy 1794 Event Dr. Jessee Bennet of Edom Va, performs 1st successful Cesarean section operation on his wife 1768 Event 1st U.S. bachelor of medicine degree, Dr. John Archer 1755 Event 1e edition of Dr. Johnsons "Dictionary" 1744 Birthday Elbridge Gerry, DR, 5th Vice President, Massachusetts Governor, invented gerrymandering 1721 Event Dr. Zabdiel Boylston gives 1st smallpox inoculations in America 1702 Birthday Philip Doddridge, England, Dr/nonconformist clergyman 1667 Event Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys, French doctor, performs 1st blood transfusion 1564 Birthday Christopher Marlowe, English poet/dramatist, Dr. Faustus
