UCSD Dept. of Pediatrics Established
The Department of Pediatrics is established at UC San Diego.
Our History
Thalidomide Banned World-Wide
Thalidomide, used widely in the late 1950s and early 1960s for the treatment of nausea in pregnant women, is banned world-wide after it’s determined to be the cause of limb defects, congenital heart disease, malformations of the inner and outer ear, and ocular abnormalities.
UCSD Established
University of California, San Diego is officially established on November 18th