[wp_ad_camp_1] 1858 – Daniel Hale Williams born Daniel Hale Williams, 1st physician to perform open heart surgery is born.

[wp_ad_camp_1]1941 – Charles Drew founds Blood Bank A Black scientist helped save thousands of lives during World War II. Dr. Charles Richard Drew set up and ran the pioneer blood plasma bank in Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. This bank served as one of the models for the system...