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Events on Friday 28 July 1939 1
1861 – 1939William James Mayo (1861-1939)Died 28 July 1939, aged 78William Mayo was an American surgeon who co-founded the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, with his brother Charles. The clinic became one of the most famous medical centres in the world. He died two months after his brother.