1963: President John F. Kennedy assassinated
1963-1973: American involvement in Vietnam War
1964: AMA member and US Surgeon General Luther L. Terry issued ground breaking report on the health hazards of smoking
1965: US Congress passes bill authorizing Medicare and Medicaid
1967: Christian Barnard of South Africa transplants first human heart
1968: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. assassinated
1969: AMA member Denton A. Cooley, MD, implants first artificial heart in a man
1969: Neil A. Armstrong is first person to walk on the moon
1976: United States celebrates its bicentennial
1978: Louise Brown, the first test tube baby, is born in England
1979: Global Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication officially announces demise of the disease
1961
The American Medical Political Action Committee (AMPAC) is formed to represent patients' and physicians' interests in the political process
AMA recommends a nationwide vaccination using the Sabin oral vaccine against polio
1962
Dr. Edward Annis gives speech in Madison Square Garden, in response to President John F. Kennedy's speech on Medicare delivered in the same location
1964
AMA adopts a report on the hazards of cigarette smoking
1966
AMA publishes first edition of the 'Current Procedural Terminology' (CPT), a system of standardized terms for medical procedures used to facilitate documentation
1971
AMA publishes the first ' Guide to the Evaluation of Permanent Impairment
1972
AMA opens membership to students and residents
AMA launches war on smoking, urging the government to reduce and control the use of tobacco products and supporting legislation prohibiting the disbursement of samples of tobacco
Liaison Committee on Graduate Medical Education established to accredit residency programs
1977
AMA sponsors first meeting of the Resident Physicians Section
1978
AMA develops national policy endorsing hospice care to enable the terminally ill to die in a more homelike environment
AMA establishes the Medical Student Section
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