On Apr. 22, 1970, the first Earth Day was held and the modern environmental movement was born. A…
In 1970, Cisplatin, a platinum-containing anticancer compound with unique biologic effects, entered clinical trials. On Dec. 19, 1978,…
In 1970, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) required the first patient package insert: oral contraceptives must contain…
In 1970, University of Oklahoma’s first Health Sciences building was constructed in Oklahoma City. Today, this public university…
On Oct. 3, 1969, a proposal to establish “Earth Day” was submitted by John McConnell to Peter Tamaris…
In 1969, Victor McKusick, widely acknowledged as the father of medical genetics, spent his career studying the genetic…
In 1969, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began administering Sanitation Programs for milk, shellfish, food service, and…
In 1969, the Michigan Cancer Foundation’s cancer registry began recording every incidence of cancer in southeastern Michigan. It…
In 1969, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center was founded in Lubbock, Texas. In 1974 construction began on…
On Oct. 27, 1967, Dr. Lester R. Sauvage performed the first ﾓbloodlessﾔ open-heart surgery in the Northwest on…
On May 18, 1967, Tennessee Governor Buford Ellington signed a law that repealed the prohibition of teaching evolution…
On Jan. 15, 1967, Dr. William Lakey performed Alberta’s first organ transplant, a kidney, at the University of…
In 1967, Clara Claiborne Park, an American college English teacher, published one of the first parent memoirs about…
On Apr. 29, 1966, the University of Calgary (UCalgary) was founded as the Calgary branch of the University…
In 1966, Mark Hatfield served in the State Legislature from 1951-1957; was secretary of state from 1957-1959. He…
In 1966, Thermus aquaticus was first discovered in the Mushroom Pool of Lower Geyser Basin in Yellowstone National…
On Apr. 8, 1965, the Association for Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC) filed its articles of incorporation…
In 1965, the National Society for Autistic Children (later renamed the Autism Society of America) was founded by…
In 1965, The Hutch Award’s was created in honor of the late Fred Hutchinson, the courageous and inspirational…
On Jun. 20, 1964, a team of researchers led by Dr. Thomas Brock, then a professor at the…
On Jan. 16, 1964, a team of doctors led by Dr. James D. Hardy, professor of surgery and…
In 1964, the anticancer drug melphalan (L-PAM) was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
In 1964, Dr. Petar Alaupovic from the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) created a classification and naming system…
In 1963, a group of physicians from Honolulu’s Straub Clinic and other civic leaders established the first organization…
In 1963, The Health Insurance Plan (HIP) of Greater New York Study began. HIP was the first randomized…
On Oct. 18, 1962, the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded jointly to Francis Crick, James…
On Mar. 27, 1962, the Sabin oral polio vaccine (OPV) type 3 MOPV was licensed in the U.S.,…
In 1962, Silent Spring, a book by marine biologist Rachel Carson, galvanized the first generation of environmentalists. Silent…
In 1962, the Seattle Artificial Kidney Center, now known as the Northwest Kidney Centers was established in Seattle…
On Jan. 12, 1961, the National Cancer Institute (NCI) established the Laboratory of Viral Oncology, a new intramural…