Events
- 1848 – Vermont railroad worker Phineas Gage survives an iron rod 1 1⁄4 inches (3.2 cm) in diameter being driven through his brain; the reported effects on his behaviour and personality stimulate discussion of the nature of the brain and its functions.
People (Deaths)
- 1999 – Benjamin Bloom, American psychologist and academic (b. 1913).
Mental Health Matters 
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