June 5, 2021 • 10 mins
On this day in 1981, the first report on AIDS was published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, before AIDS was identified as a syndrome. / On this day in 1878, revolutionary leader Pancho Villa was born in Mexico.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hey, y'all, we're rerunning two episodes today. Enjoy the show.
Hey guys, welcome to this day in History class, where
we bring you a new tidbit from history every day.
The day was June five. The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report,
(00:27):
published by the US Center for Disease Control, released an
article called Pneumo Cistus Pneumonia Los Angeles. The article detailed
five cases of pneumo sisters karina pneumonia or PCP, which
is a rare long infection. The cases were all in
Los Angeles, and all of the men identified in the
(00:47):
report as having PCP were young, white, and gay. This
report was the first on what would become known as
the AIDS or acquired immuno deficiency syndrome epidemic. AIDS caused
by HIV are human immunodeficiency virus. HIV attacks a person's
immune system as it spreads through the body, specifically attacking
(01:09):
c D four sales, also known as T sales. As
the virus destroys these sales, the immune system has a
hard time combating disease and infection. AIDS is the most
severe stage of the HIV infection. When the immune system
is so compromised that the affected person gets many opportunistic illnesses.
(01:32):
There is no cure for HIV, but there are treatments
that can help control the infection, which reduced the presence
of symptoms and the risk of transmission to people who
do not have HIV. Scientists believe that HIV was passed
to humans from chimpanzees that had a version of the
virus called Simian immunodeficiency virus or s i V. H
(01:56):
i V could have been transmitted from apes to humans
as early as the late eighteen hundreds and spread across
the world since. Though the virus had been in the
United States since at least the nineteen seventies, it was
not reported until the nineteen article. Local clinicians and the
Epidemic Intelligence Service officer at the Los Angeles County Department
(02:20):
of Public Health created the report and sent it to
the Morbidity Immortality Weekly Report for publication in May of
nineteen eighty one. Before the journal published the report, the
editorial staff sent it to the CDC for review by
experts in parasitic and sexually transmitted infections, and on June five,
(02:40):
n one, the article was published. The five patients in
the article, All described as previously healthy, currently or previously
had cyto megalovirus and Candida mucoastal infection in addition to
pneumo sisters pneumonia. Two of the patients died. The editorial
(03:00):
note included at the end of the article stated that
neumo sisters pneumonia is usually seen in people who are
severely immuno suppressed, and that the occurrence of the illness
in these five patients was unusual. It also noted that
because all five men were gay, some sort of disease
acquired through sexual contact was at hand, and that a
(03:20):
cellular immune dysfunction related to common exposure was possible. The
same day, a New York dermatologist called the CDC to
report several cases of capos sarcoma, a very rare cancer
that often affects people with immune deficiencies, among gay men,
in New York, in California, and from there, more reports
(03:43):
of similar cases popped up around the country. Just days
after the initial report was published, the CDC established the
Task Force on Capos Sarcoma and Opportunistic Infections to research
risk factors and investigate new cases of the mysterious syndrome.
On July three, The New York Times published an article
(04:03):
on the epidemic titled Rare cancer seen in forty one Homosexuals.
Because it seems like the condition was limited to gay men,
it became known as gay related immune deficiency. As the
epidemic received more media attention, the misnomer gay cancer entered
the public lexicon, but in September of nineteen eighty two,
(04:25):
the term AIDS was used to describe the syndrome for
the first time. Though it was known that people besides
men who have sex with men can get AIDS, perception
of AIDS as a gay disease persisted after researchers found
out that HIV causes AIDS. In nineteen eighty four, HIV
tests were developed, and in nineteen eighties seven, the first
(04:46):
anti retroviral medication for HIV, called a z T, was released.
Throughout the nineteen eighties, the number of cases of HIV
AIDS increased, and so did the number of deaths caused
by comp cations of AIDS. After that, the number of
new cases and deaths declined. Men who have sex with men,
(05:07):
people of color, transgender women who have sex with men,
and injection drug users are at high risk. For getting HIV.
I'm Eve jeffco and hopefully you know a little more
about history today than you did yesterday. And an additional
note about the presence of HIV in the States. There's
(05:27):
a longstanding myth that a French Canadian flight attendant was
patient zero in the US as he picked up HIV
in Haiti or Africa and spread it across the States,
but scientists declared that this was not the case. In
If you want to learn more about history, you can
listen to my new podcast called Unpopular. It's a podcast
(05:48):
that I host that's about people in history who were
dissenters or were rebels and they challenged the status quo
and sometimes they were persecuted for it. You can follow
us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook at t d I
h C podcast. Thank you again for listening and we'll
(06:09):
see you tomorrow. Hey y'all, I'm Eves and welcome to
this stand History Class, a podcast for folks who can
never have enough history knowledge. The day was June five.
(06:40):
Revolutionary leader Pancho Villa was born in Mexico. Villa was
an important and controversial figure in the Mexican Revolution, and
he's celebrated by many as a full hero. In his
young adult years, Villa was involved in banditry. He and
other bandits and his crew would steal cattle and money
from wealthy people. Later, Via would become known as a
(07:02):
kind of robin hood, robbing the rich and giving to
the poor. At the time, Porfrario Diaz was the president
of Mexico. Diaz was a controversial figure. While he promoted
economic progress, his policies benefited austen dados or estate owners
and other wealthy people while they hurt rural laborers. The
(07:24):
Mexican Revolution started when people began challenging diaz regime. In
nineteen ten, Via met presidential candidate Francisco Madeto, who opposed
Diaz his rule and promised to support the lower classes.
Via decided to join Madetto's cause. Via was made a
colonel in the revolutionary causes, and he proved to be
(07:45):
an effective leader. Madetto was elected president in nineteen eleven,
but Villa remained entangled in the political unrest. When Pascual
Arosco launched a rebellion against Madetto, Via participated in the
fight against the counter revolution. He gathered troops and joined
forces with General Victoriano Huerta, but Whuereta and Via soon
(08:06):
fell out, and Whereta ordered vias execution. Via was sent
to prison instead, but he escaped from prison in December
of nineteen twelve. A couple of months later, Whereta killed
Madeto and claimed the presidency. Via escaped to the US
for a while, but he later went back to Mexico
and formed his own military force, called the Division del
(08:27):
Norte or the Division of the North. He allied with
Venustiano Carranza and went up against Guerta, and Via effectively
commanded his growing army, which won many revolutionary battles. Via
gained recognition throughout Mexico, but also in other countries. He
gained a reputation for being brutal but also benevolent. By
(08:50):
nineteen thirteen, Villa had become the governor of the state
of Chihuahua, but rivalry with Carranza soon led the two
to split, and Via teamed up with revolutionary leader Emiliano
Zapata against Carranza. Caronsa took power as the head of
state in Mexico in nineteen fifteen, and Villa continued his
guerilla activities while Carronza remained in power. The US supported
(09:14):
Carronsa in the conflict, and Villa needed more supplies to
fight Carnza, so in March of nineteen sixteen, Via led
an attack against Columbus New Mexico. Though the US sent
soldiers to Mexico to look for Villa, they did not
find him. In nineteen seventeen and nineteen eighteen, Via launched
many successful raids, but after Carronza was assassinated in nineteen twenty,
(09:37):
interim President Adolfo de la Huerta negotiated VIA's amnesty and retirement.
As part of the agreement, Via got the Hacienda and Uahua,
but in nineteen three Villa was assassinated when he was
in his car. Some people remember Villa for his advocacy
for peasants and his success as a military leader, but
(09:58):
he was often villain I in the contemporary press, and
he was known for his brutality in war. I'm Eve
Jeff Cote, and hopefully you know a little more about
history today than you did yesterday. And if you have
any kind words do you like to send us, or
any suggestions for future episodes, you can send them to
us at this day at I Heeart Media dot com.
(10:20):
You can also hit us up on social media where
at T D I h C podcast. Thanks so much
for listening to the show and we'll see you tomorrow
m HM. For more podcasts from I Heart Radio, visit
(10:40):
the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen
to your favorite shows.
Hey, y'all, we're rerunning two episodes today. Enjoy the show.
Hey guys, welcome to this day in History class, where
we bring you a new tidbit from history every day.
The day was June five. The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report,
(00:27):
published by the US Center for Disease Control, released an
article called Pneumo Cistus Pneumonia Los Angeles. The article detailed
five cases of pneumo sisters karina pneumonia or PCP, which
is a rare long infection. The cases were all in
Los Angeles, and all of the men identified in the
(00:47):
report as having PCP were young, white, and gay. This
report was the first on what would become known as
the AIDS or acquired immuno deficiency syndrome epidemic. AIDS caused
by HIV are human immunodeficiency virus. HIV attacks a person's
immune system as it spreads through the body, specifically attacking
(01:09):
c D four sales, also known as T sales. As
the virus destroys these sales, the immune system has a
hard time combating disease and infection. AIDS is the most
severe stage of the HIV infection. When the immune system
is so compromised that the affected person gets many opportunistic illnesses.
(01:32):
There is no cure for HIV, but there are treatments
that can help control the infection, which reduced the presence
of symptoms and the risk of transmission to people who
do not have HIV. Scientists believe that HIV was passed
to humans from chimpanzees that had a version of the
virus called Simian immunodeficiency virus or s i V. H
(01:56):
i V could have been transmitted from apes to humans
as early as the late eighteen hundreds and spread across
the world since. Though the virus had been in the
United States since at least the nineteen seventies, it was
not reported until the nineteen article. Local clinicians and the
Epidemic Intelligence Service officer at the Los Angeles County Department
(02:20):
of Public Health created the report and sent it to
the Morbidity Immortality Weekly Report for publication in May of
nineteen eighty one. Before the journal published the report, the
editorial staff sent it to the CDC for review by
experts in parasitic and sexually transmitted infections, and on June five,
(02:40):
n one, the article was published. The five patients in
the article, All described as previously healthy, currently or previously
had cyto megalovirus and Candida mucoastal infection in addition to
pneumo sisters pneumonia. Two of the patients died. The editorial
(03:00):
note included at the end of the article stated that
neumo sisters pneumonia is usually seen in people who are
severely immuno suppressed, and that the occurrence of the illness
in these five patients was unusual. It also noted that
because all five men were gay, some sort of disease
acquired through sexual contact was at hand, and that a
(03:20):
cellular immune dysfunction related to common exposure was possible. The
same day, a New York dermatologist called the CDC to
report several cases of capos sarcoma, a very rare cancer
that often affects people with immune deficiencies, among gay men,
in New York, in California, and from there, more reports
(03:43):
of similar cases popped up around the country. Just days
after the initial report was published, the CDC established the
Task Force on Capos Sarcoma and Opportunistic Infections to research
risk factors and investigate new cases of the mysterious syndrome.
On July three, The New York Times published an article
(04:03):
on the epidemic titled Rare cancer seen in forty one Homosexuals.
Because it seems like the condition was limited to gay men,
it became known as gay related immune deficiency. As the
epidemic received more media attention, the misnomer gay cancer entered
the public lexicon, but in September of nineteen eighty two,
(04:25):
the term AIDS was used to describe the syndrome for
the first time. Though it was known that people besides
men who have sex with men can get AIDS, perception
of AIDS as a gay disease persisted after researchers found
out that HIV causes AIDS. In nineteen eighty four, HIV
tests were developed, and in nineteen eighties seven, the first
(04:46):
anti retroviral medication for HIV, called a z T, was released.
Throughout the nineteen eighties, the number of cases of HIV
AIDS increased, and so did the number of deaths caused
by comp cations of AIDS. After that, the number of
new cases and deaths declined. Men who have sex with men,
(05:07):
people of color, transgender women who have sex with men,
and injection drug users are at high risk. For getting HIV.
I'm Eve jeffco and hopefully you know a little more
about history today than you did yesterday. And an additional
note about the presence of HIV in the States. There's
(05:27):
a longstanding myth that a French Canadian flight attendant was
patient zero in the US as he picked up HIV
in Haiti or Africa and spread it across the States,
but scientists declared that this was not the case. In
If you want to learn more about history, you can
listen to my new podcast called Unpopular. It's a podcast
(05:48):
that I host that's about people in history who were
dissenters or were rebels and they challenged the status quo
and sometimes they were persecuted for it. You can follow
us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook at t d I
h C podcast. Thank you again for listening and we'll
(06:09):
see you tomorrow. Hey y'all, I'm Eves and welcome to
this stand History Class, a podcast for folks who can
never have enough history knowledge. The day was June five.
(06:40):
Revolutionary leader Pancho Villa was born in Mexico. Villa was
an important and controversial figure in the Mexican Revolution, and
he's celebrated by many as a full hero. In his
young adult years, Villa was involved in banditry. He and
other bandits and his crew would steal cattle and money
from wealthy people. Later, Via would become known as a
(07:02):
kind of robin hood, robbing the rich and giving to
the poor. At the time, Porfrario Diaz was the president
of Mexico. Diaz was a controversial figure. While he promoted
economic progress, his policies benefited austen dados or estate owners
and other wealthy people while they hurt rural laborers. The
(07:24):
Mexican Revolution started when people began challenging diaz regime. In
nineteen ten, Via met presidential candidate Francisco Madeto, who opposed
Diaz his rule and promised to support the lower classes.
Via decided to join Madetto's cause. Via was made a
colonel in the revolutionary causes, and he proved to be
(07:45):
an effective leader. Madetto was elected president in nineteen eleven,
but Villa remained entangled in the political unrest. When Pascual
Arosco launched a rebellion against Madetto, Via participated in the
fight against the counter revolution. He gathered troops and joined
forces with General Victoriano Huerta, but Whuereta and Via soon
(08:06):
fell out, and Whereta ordered vias execution. Via was sent
to prison instead, but he escaped from prison in December
of nineteen twelve. A couple of months later, Whereta killed
Madeto and claimed the presidency. Via escaped to the US
for a while, but he later went back to Mexico
and formed his own military force, called the Division del
(08:27):
Norte or the Division of the North. He allied with
Venustiano Carranza and went up against Guerta, and Via effectively
commanded his growing army, which won many revolutionary battles. Via
gained recognition throughout Mexico, but also in other countries. He
gained a reputation for being brutal but also benevolent. By
(08:50):
nineteen thirteen, Villa had become the governor of the state
of Chihuahua, but rivalry with Carranza soon led the two
to split, and Via teamed up with revolutionary leader Emiliano
Zapata against Carranza. Caronsa took power as the head of
state in Mexico in nineteen fifteen, and Villa continued his
guerilla activities while Carronza remained in power. The US supported
(09:14):
Carronsa in the conflict, and Villa needed more supplies to
fight Carnza, so in March of nineteen sixteen, Via led
an attack against Columbus New Mexico. Though the US sent
soldiers to Mexico to look for Villa, they did not
find him. In nineteen seventeen and nineteen eighteen, Via launched
many successful raids, but after Carronza was assassinated in nineteen twenty,
(09:37):
interim President Adolfo de la Huerta negotiated VIA's amnesty and retirement.
As part of the agreement, Via got the Hacienda and Uahua,
but in nineteen three Villa was assassinated when he was
in his car. Some people remember Villa for his advocacy
for peasants and his success as a military leader, but
(09:58):
he was often villain I in the contemporary press, and
he was known for his brutality in war. I'm Eve
Jeff Cote, and hopefully you know a little more about
history today than you did yesterday. And if you have
any kind words do you like to send us, or
any suggestions for future episodes, you can send them to
us at this day at I Heeart Media dot com.
(10:20):
You can also hit us up on social media where
at T D I h C podcast. Thanks so much
for listening to the show and we'll see you tomorrow
m HM. For more podcasts from I Heart Radio, visit
(10:40):
the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen
to your favorite shows.
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