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HIV/AIDS

spectrum of conditions caused by HIV infection

13 dated entries naming HIV/AIDS, drawn from 11 separate years between 1920 CE and 1995 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

Also written as AIDS, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome in the source articles; Wikipedia redirects those to the same subject, so their entries are on this page.

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20th century

  • 1920Approximate date – The HIV/AIDS pandemic almost certainly originates in Léopoldville, modern-day Kinshasa, the capital of the Belgian Congo.source
  • 1969May 15 – An American teenager known as 'Robert R.' dies in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, of a baffling medical condition. In 1984 it will be identified as the earliest confirmed case of HIV/AIDS in North America.source
  • 1981June 5 – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States report that five homosexual men in Los Angeles have a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients with weakened immune systems, the first recognized cases of AIDS.source
  • 1983May 20 – Two separate research groups led by Robert Gallo and Luc Montagnier independently declare that a novel retrovirus may have been infecting people with HIV/AIDS, and publish their findings in the same issue of the journal Science.source
  • 1984June 25 – Michel Foucault, 57, French philosopher, AIDSsource
  • 1987March 20 – AZT is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for use in the treatment of HIV/AIDS.source
  • 1987October 7 – The U.S. Department of Education announces new guidelines for teaching about AIDS in public schools, emphasizing the importance of abstinence and "appropriate moral and social conduct."source
  • 1990February 16 – Keith Haring, 31, American artist, AIDS.source
  • 1991November 24 – Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury dies in London from AIDS induced pneumonia. In an unrelated incident, Kiss drummer Eric Carr dies from heart cancer.source
  • 1991November 24 – Freddie Mercury, 45, British singer (Queen) and songwriter ("Bohemian Rhapsody", "We Are the Champions"), AIDS.source
  • 1992April 20 – The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, held at Wembley Stadium, London, is televised live to over one billion people and raises millions of dollars for AIDS research.source
  • 1993January 6 – Rudolf Nureyev, 54, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, AIDS.source
  • 1995December 6 – The United States Food and Drug Administration approves Saquinavir, the first protease inhibitor to treat HIV/AIDS. Within 2 years of its approval, annual deaths from AIDS in the United States fall from over 50,000 to approximately 18,000.source

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