2013 Event Michael Jackson's personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray is released from prison, two years after being convicted of involuntary manslaughter 2013 Event In the case of AEG Live v. Michael Jackson Estate, the court determines that AEG live is not guilty of negligence for hiring Michael Jackson physician Conrad Murray 2011 Event Physician Conrad Murray, is found guilty of manslaughter in the death of the American entertainer Michael Jackson 2004 Death Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, writer/physician, On Death and Dying, dies at 78 2003 Death Laurel Clark, astronaut, physician on the Columbia mission, STS-107, dies at 41 2000 Death Alex Comfort, physician, poet, novelist, anarchist, pacifist, 'The New Joy of Sex', dies at 80 1996 Death Pran Nath Chhuttani, physician/teacher, dies at 81 1995 Death Alberto Burri, Italian physician/sculptor/painter, dies at 79 1995 Death Alberto Burri, Italian physician/sculptor/painter, dies at 79 1993 Death Elie A Cohen, physician (held in Auschwitz), dies at 84 1993 Death Ben[jamin S] Polak, Dutch physician/resistance fighter, dies 1993 Death Albert Sabin, physician (oral polio vaccine), dies at 86 1993 Death Paul Brickhill, Dutch/US WW II pilot/physician, dies 1990 Death Walker Percy, physician/novelist (Lancelot), dies of cancer at 73 1989 Death Joseph Wybran, Belgian physician/Jews foreman, murdered 1987 Event National Museum of Female Physician opens in Washington D.C. 1986 Death Paul Tournier, author, physician, famous Christian physician, pioneer of person-centered psychotherapy, wrote 'Medecine de la Personne', advocating we are more than our body, we are spiritual beings, dies from carcinoma, Troinex, Switzerland 1986 Death Ben Sajet, physician/politician, dies at 99 1981 Death A[rchibald] J[oseph] Cronin, physician/author (Citadel), dies at 84 1975 Death Laszlo Nemeth, Hungarian physician/author (Galilei/Iszony), dies at 73 1967 Death Bela Schick, Hungarian/U.S. children's physician (Scarlet Fever), dies at 90 1963 Death William Carlos Williams, U.S. physician/poet, dies at 79 1961 Event 1st woman "personal physician to president"-JG Travell 1958 Death Juliane Gabriels, Flemish physician, dies at 72 1956 Birthday Jay C. Buckey, New York City, physician/astronaut, STS-58 alt, sk: 90 1956 Death Fritz Kunkel, German physician/charachterologist, dies at 66 1954 Death Francis B Young, British physician/writer (In South Africa), dies at 69 1952 Death Maria Montessori, Italian physician/educationist, dies at 81 1952 Birthday Bill Frist, born in Nashville, Tennessee, physician, politician, Republican, U.S. Senator from Tennessee, U.S. Senate Majority Leader 2003 - 2007 1951 Death Phillippus Paracelsus, physician/alchemist, dies at 48 1947 Birthday Luc Journet, Belgian physician, Order of Zonnetempel 1946 Birthday Deepak Chopra, born in Punjab, British India, author, speaker, physician, co-founded the Chopra Center, made cameo appearance in movie, 'The Love Guru', 2008 1946 Birthday Lord Walton of Detchant, physician, Warden of Green College Oxford 1944 Death Gustaaf DFL Schamelhout, Flemish physician/writer, dies at 74 1942 Death Vladislav Vancura, Czechoslovakian physician/resistance fighter, executed at 50 1941 Death Jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiologist/educationalist, dies at 74 1940 Birthday Ana Isabel Anderson-Imbert, physician, rheumatologist 1940 Birthday Joseph L. Goldstein, born in Sumter, South Carolina, physician, Nobel-1985 1938 Birthday Helen Caldicott, born in Melbourne, Australia, physician/anti-war activist 1938 Birthday Keith Peters, born in Baglan, Wales, physician, head of the School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge 1935 Birthday Louis Keith, born in Chicago, physician, expert on multiple-births 1933 Birthday Edward de Bono, physician, inventor, consultant, author, invented term lateral thinking, promoted deliberate teaching of thinking as a subject in public schools, advanced applied psychology, making theories about creativity, perception into usable tools 1928 Birthday Zacharias J de Beer, South African physician/MP, DP 1925 Death Alfons Van de Perre, Flemish physician, dies 1923 Death Max Nordau, Sudfeld, German physician/zionists leader, dies at 73 1920 Birthday Alex Comfort, born in England, physician, poet, novelist, anarchist, pacifist, wrote "The Joy of Sex", a scholarly approach to sexual behavior 1919 Birthday John Cox, Flemish/U.S. painter/dir, Museum of Fine Physician, Boston 1918 Birthday Lord Winstanley, physician/British MP, Labour 1918 Death Botkin, personal physician of tsar Nicolas II, shot to death 1918 Death John McCrae, Canadian poet/physician, dies 1916 Birthday Anita V Figueredo, physician/humanitarian 1916 Death Victor Alexander Haden Horsley, physician, dies 1916 Death Anne C A I van Diest, Belgian physician/feminist, dies at 73 1915 Birthday William Howell Masters, sex author/physician 1915 Birthday Alberto Burri, Italian physician, sculptor and abstract painter 1915 Birthday Pran Nath Chhuttani, physician/teacher 1915 Death George Mimot, physician (Nobel-1934), dies 1914 Death Silas Weir Mitchell, U.S. physician/author (Free Quaker), dies at 84 1913 Birthday Ben[jamin S] Polak, born in Netherlands, physician/communist/resistance fighter 1913 Birthday Douglas Black, physician 1913 Birthday Gordon Wolstenholme, physician 1911 Birthday Charles Fletcher, physician/CEO, ASH 1911 Birthday Elsie Agnes Giorgi, physician/humanitarian 1910 Event William D. Crum, a South Carolina physician, appointed minister to Liberia 1910 Death Elizabeth Blackwell, 1st woman physician, dies at 89 1910 Birthday Eric Scowen, physician 1909 Birthday Helen O Dickens, Henderson, U.S. physician/gynaecologist 1908 Birthday Everhardus J van Romondt, physician/Dutch Antillean minister of Eco 1907 Birthday Sophie Redmond, Suriname's 1st female physician 1905 Death Joseph C Juglar, French physician/economist, dies at 85 1904 Birthday William Hitzig, Austria, Maxwell physician 1904 Death Niels Ryberg Finnen, Danish physician (Nobel 1903), dies 1904 Birthday Mary Calderone, physician and president and co-founder of the SIECUS 1902 Birthday Edward Wayne, physician, Queen of Scotland 1901 Birthday Charles Huggins, Canada, U.S. physician 1901 Birthday Laszlo Nemeth, Hungarian physician/author, Gyasz/Galilei 1899 Birthday Georg von Bekesy, born in Budapest, Hungary, physician, Nobel-1961 1898 Birthday Albert Claude, Belgium, biologist/physician, Nobel 1974 1898 Birthday Paul Tournier, born in Geneva, Switzerland, author, physician, famous Christian physician, pioneer of person-centered psychotherapy, wrote 'Medecine de la Personne', advocating we are more than our body, we are spiritual beings 1896 Birthday Philip Showalter Hench, Pittsburgh, physician, cortisone-Nobel 1895 Birthday Andre Cournand, physician 1894 Death Willem JF Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian, dies at 71 1892 Event Dr. Miles V Lynk, physician, publishes 1st Black medical journal 1891 Birthday Vladislav Vancura, Czechoslovakian physician, stage, author and resistance fighter 1887 Birthday Ben Sajet, Dutch physician/politician 1886 Birthday Juliane Gabriels, Flemish physician, Artus Quellin 1885 Birthday George Minot, U.S., physician, worked on anemia, Nobel 1934 1885 Death Alfred von Meissner, Austria physician/writer (Ziska), dies at 63 1885 Birthday Willem H. Winkel, Dutch physician/founder, Red Cross of Curacao 1884 Birthday Francis B Young, British physician/writer, White Ladies 1882 Event 1st Dutch female physician Aletta Jacobs opens office 1880 Birthday Christian DFL Leipoldt, South african physician/writer/poet 1877 Death Jared Kirtland, U.S. physician/naturalist, dies 1876 Death Jan Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet, dies at 67 1874 Death Abraham Capadose, physician/missionary, dies at 79 1874 Birthday Clemens Freiherr von Pirquet, Austrian physician, Reaction of Pirquet 1873 Birthday Otto Loewi, Frankfurt am Main Germany, physician, Nobel-1936 1873 Death David Livingstone, British physician/explorer (Africa), dies at 60 1872 Birthday Alfons van de Perre, Flemish physician/MP 1869 Birthday Gustaaf DFL Schamelhout, Flemish physician/writer 1869 Birthday Alice Hamilton, physician/writer, workmen's compensation laws 1867 Birthday Jean Demoor, Belgian physician/physiologist 1866 Death Samuel Sarphati, Amsterdam physician/social activist, dies at 53 1862 Birthday Allvar Gullstrand, Swedish physician, Nobel 1911 1860 Birthday Niels Ryberg Finsen, Denmark, physician/phototherapist, Nobel 1903 1860 Death Thomas Addison, English physician (A-Biermer Disease), dies at 67 1859 Birthday Ludwik L Zamenhof, Russian Poland, physician/linguist, Esperanto 1859 Birthday Havelock Ellis, U.S. physician/sexologist, Psychology of Sex 1854 Birthday Aletta Jacobs, 1st Dutch female physician 1850 Death William Prout, physician/chemist, dies 1849 Birthday Dudley Allen Sargent, U.S., physician/educator, Harvard U gymnasium 1849 Death Earnest Freiherr von Feuchtersleben, Austria writer/physician, dies 1849 Birthday William Osler, born in Canada, physician/author, circulatory system 1849 Event Mrs Elizabeth Blackwell becomes 1st woman physician in US 1843 Birthday Camillo Golgi, Italy, physician, cytologist, Nobel 1906 1843 Death Samuel Hahnemann, German physician, dies at 88 1842 Birthday Dr. Crawford Long, 1st physician to use ether as anesthetic 1842 Birthday Anne CAI van Diest, Belgian physician/feminist 1840 Birthday Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, pioneer English woman physician 1838 Birthday John Shaw Billings, U.S., librarian and army physician 1838 Death Francesco Antommarchi, Napoleon's physician on St. Helena, dies at 57 1834 Birthday Gustav Hermann Nachtigal, German physician/colonizer/consul in Tunis 1831 Death Emil Aarestrup, Danish physician/poet (Ritornellen), dies at 55 1831 Birthday John Bratton, Old Reliable, U.S. physician/Confederate Brigadier General 1829 Birthday Silas Weir Mitchell, U.S. physician/author, Roland Blake 1828 Death Franz Joseph Gall, German/French physician (frenology), dies at 70 1824 Birthday Elisha Harris, U.S., physician/found American Public Health Assoc 1823 Birthday Willem J F Nuyens, Dutch physician/RC historian 1822 Birthday Alfred Meissner, Austrian physician/writer 1822 Birthday Adolf Kuszmaul, German physician, stomach pump, Kuszmaul disease 1822 Birthday Lucius C M Bakker, Frisian physician/author, Goethe 1821 Birthday Elizabeth Blackwell, Bristol England, 1st woman physician 1819 Birthday Joseph C Juglar, French physician/economist, Crises Commercial 1813 Death Benjamin Rush, physician and abolotionist, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 67 1813 Birthday Samuel Sarphati, Amsterdam, physician/pharmacist/social activist 1809 Birthday Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., Cambridge, Massachusetts, physician/author, Old Ironsides 1809 Death Leopold Auenbrugger von Auenbrugg, physician, dies 1809 Birthday John Pieter Heije, Dutch physician/writer/poet, Silver Fleet 1807 Death Erasmus Darwin, physician/writer (Influence), dies 1806 Birthday Earnest Freiherr von Feuchtersleben, Austria, physician/philosopher 1803 Death Matthew Thornton, Irish / U.S. physician and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 88 1802 Death Aepinus, Franz UT Hoch, German physician/physicist, dies at 77 1800 Birthday Emil Aarestrup, Danish physician/poet, Ritornellen 1799 Death John Ingen Housz, Dutch/English physician/nature investigator, dies at 68 1799 Birthday Jean Poiseuille, physician/physiologist, blood pressure 1795 Birthday Peter of Limburg Brouwer, physician/classical/author 1795 Birthday Abraham Capadose, physician/missionary 1795 Death Josiah Bartlett, U.S. physician and judge, signed Declaration of Independence, dies at 65 1793 Birthday Jared Kirtland, U.S., physician/naturalist/reformed penitentiaries 1790 Death Lyman Hall, U.S. physician and signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 66 1790 Birthday Marshall Hall, Basford Nottinghamshire, physician 1789 Birthday Richard Bright, England, physician, Bright's Disease/nephritis 1789 Birthday Carl G Carus, German physician/psychologist/philosopher 1785 Birthday Sibrand Acker Stratingh, Dutch physician and chemist, electric car 1835 1777 Death Albrecht von Haller, Swiss physician/biologist/author, dies at 69 1774 Death Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV, dies at 80 1773 Birthday Thomas Young, British philologist/physician, light interference 1762 Death Johann F Gronovius, physician/botany, dies at 76 1761 Death Peter Musschenbroek, physician/physicist (Leidse Bottle), dies at 69 1758 Birthday Franz Joseph Gall, German and French physician, frenology 1755 Birthday Samuel Hahnemann, German physician and originator of homeopathy 1754 Birthday Benjamin Waterhouse, physician, smallpox vaccine pioneer 1754 Death Richard Mead, physician, dies 1753 Death Hans Sloane, English physician (British Museum), dies at 92 1749 Birthday Edward Jenner, England, physician, discovered vaccination 1745 Birthday Benjamin Rush, Byberry, Pennsylvania, physician, general and signer, Declaration of Independence 1745 Birthday Philippe Pinel, physician, founder of psychiatry 1744 Birthday John Jeffries, colonial physician/meteorologist 1738 Birthday Joseph Ignace Guillotin, France, physician/inventor, guillotine 1738 Birthday John Pindar, physician/poet 1735 Death John Arbuthnot, physician/mathematician, dies 1734 Birthday Friedrich Anton Mesmer, Austria, physician/hypnotist, Mesmerism 1731 Birthday Simon Stijl, Frisian physician/writer 1730 Birthday John Ingen Housz, Dutch/English personal physician of Maria Theresia 1730 Birthday Gualtherius "Wouter" van Doeveren, Zealand-Flanders physician 1730 Death Jan Palfijn, Flemish physician/inventor (forceps), dies at 79 1729 Birthday Josiah Bartlett, U.S. physician/judge/signer Declaration of Independence 1728 Death John Friend, physician/politician, dies 1728 Death John Woodward, geologist/physician, dies 1724 Birthday Aepinus, Franz UT Hoch, German physician/physicist 1724 Birthday Lyman Hall, U.S. physician, signed Declaration of Independence 1721 Death Rudolph J Camerarius, German physician (sexuality plans), dies 1718 Death Bernard Nieuwentyt, physician/theologist, dies at 63 1707 Death Michiel de Swaen, South Netherlands physician/poet, dies at 53 1700 Death Willem ten Rhijne, Dutch physician in Batavia, dies at about 53 1694 Birthday Francois Quesnay, French personal physician of Louis XIV 1692 Birthday Peter Musschenbroek, Dutch physician/physicist, Leyden jar 1686 Birthday Johann F Gronovius, Dutch physician/botany 1682 Death Jacob I van Ruysdael, physician/landscape painter, dies at about 53 1673 Birthday Richard Mead, London, physician 1665 Birthday Rudolph J Camerarius, German botanist/physician, sexuality plant 1660 Birthday Hans Sloane, England, physician/naturalist/founder, British Museum 1654 Birthday Bernard Nieuwentyt, Dutch physician/theologist 1654 Birthday Michiel de Swaen, South Netherland physician/poet 1647 Death Johan van Beverwijck, physician (Treas of Ongesontheyt), dies at 52 1635 Death Jan Baptista Van Helmont, physician/alchemist, dies 1619 Death Thomas Campion, English physician/composer/poet (Poemata), dies at 53 1617 Death Prosper Alpinus, Italian physician/botanist, dies at 63 1603 Death William Gilbert, Queen Elizabeth's physician, dies at 59 1597 Death Petrus Forestus, Dutch physician (Willem of Orange), dies 1594 Birthday Johan van Beverwijck, Dutch physician/writer, Treasure of Health 1588 Death Petrus Dathenus, Flemish minister/physician (Psalms of David), dies 1585 Death Rembert Dodoens, Rembertus Dodonaeus, physician/botanist, dies at 67 1585 Birthday Caspar Bartholin, Malmo, physician, theologian, writer on anatomy 1578 Birthday William Harvey, born in England, physician, discovered blood circulation 1574 Birthday Samuel Coster, Dutch physician/playwright, Polyxena 1570 Event Spanish viceroy Alva banishes Zutphen City's only physician, Joost Sweiter, "because he is a Jew" 1567 Birthday Thomas Campion, England, composer/poet/physician 1565 Death Alexander Alesius, Aless/Alane, theologist/physician, dies at 64 1561 Birthday Santorio Sanctorius, born in Italy, physician 1558 Death Julius Caesar Scaliger, Italian physician (Poetice), dies at 74 1558 Death Jean Francois Fernel, French physician, dies 1558 Death Jean Fernel, French physician/physiologist, dies 1553 Birthday Prospero Alpini, Italy, botanist/physician, De Medocoma Aegyptorum 1553 Death Michael Servetus, Spanish physician, burns at stake for heresy 1551 Death Joachim Vadianus, Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen, dies at 66 1541 Death Philippus A Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist, dies at 47 1539 Death Antonio M Zaccaria, Italian physician/saint, dies 1537 Birthday Hieronymus Fabricius Ab, Aquapend Italy, physician, De Formato Foetu 1535 Death Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim, physician/theologian, dies 1534 Birthday Joachim Camerarius, German botanist/physician, horticulture catalog 1529 Death John Cuspinianus, Spiessheimer, German physician, dies at about 55 1517 Birthday Rembert Dodoens, Rembertus Dodonaeus, physician/botanist 1514 Death Hartmann Skull, German physician/historian (Skull's Liederbuch), dies 1512 Death Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher, dies at 48 1511 Birthday Michael Servetus, Spain, physician, Christianism Rostituta 1500 Birthday Alexander Alesius, Aless/Alane, System theologist/physician 1493 Birthday Philippus A. Paracelsus, Swiss physician/alchemist, Liber paramixum 1493 Birthday Phillippus Paracelsus, born in Switzerland, physician and alchemist, or 11/10 1484 Birthday Joachim Vadianus, von Watt, Swiss physician/mayor of Sankt Gallen 1482 Death Paolo Toscanelli, Italian physician and mapmaker, dies 1463 Birthday Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher 1440 Birthday Hartmann Schedel, German physician/humanist/historian 1135 Birthday Maimonides, Moses Ben Maimon, Corodoba Spain, philosopher and physician 865 Birthday Rhazes, Abu Bakr Mohammed ibn Zakarijja al-Razi, Persian physician 130 Birthday Claudius Galenus, Italian physician/scholar