American physician and politician

Bill Frist

William Harrison Frist is an American physician, businessman, and policymaker who served as a United States senator for Tennessee from 1995 to 2007. A member of the Republican Party, he also served as Senate majority leader from 2003 to 2007. Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Frist studied government and health care policy at Princeton University and earned a Doctor of Medicine degree from Harvard Medical School. He trained as a cardiothoracic transplant surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital and Stanford University School of Medicine, and later founded the Vanderbilt Transplant Center.

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1952

February 22

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1952 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

896 Pope Formosus crowns Arnulf of Carinthia as Emperor in Rome. Arnulf suffers a stroke soon after and retreats from Italy.
1076 Having received a letter during the Lenten synod of 14–20 February demanding that he abdicate, Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
1288 The Franciscan Girolamo Maschi is elected pope, choosing the name Nicholas IV.
1316 The Battle of Picotin, between Ferdinand of Majorca and the forces of Matilda of Hainaut, ends in victory for Ferdinand.

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The world in 1952

When Bill arrived

april 11 Bolivian National Revolution: Rebels take over Palacio Quemado.
april 11 Pan Am Flight 526A ditches near San Juan-Isla Grande Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, after experiencing an engine failure, killing 52 people.
april 15 First flight of the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress.
april 21 Secretary's Day (now Administrative Professionals' Day) is first celebrated.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on February 22

Constance Stokes 1906–1991 Australian painter (died 1991) Frank P. Ramsey 1903–1930 English economist, mathematician, and philosopher (died 1930) Horst Köhler 1943–2025 Polish-German economist and politician, 9th President of Germany (born 1943) Jeanette Biedermann 1980– German singer-songwriter and actress Kyle MacLachlan 1959– American actor Rodolfo Pio da Carpi 1500–1564 Italian cardinal (died 1564) Shawn Graham 1968– Canadian politician, 31st Premier of New Brunswick

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Also born in 1952

Bill Belichick 1952– American football coach Dambudzo Marechera 1952– Zimbabwean author and poet (died 1987) Dave Carter 1952–2002 American singer-songwriter and guitarist (died 2002) Domingos Maubere 1952–2025 East Timorese Catholic priest and activist (died 2025) Edward Garnier 1952– English lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for England and Wales Howard Hampton 1952– Canadian lawyer and politician Irina Bokova 1952– Bulgarian politician, Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Jacques Richard 1952–2002 Canadian ice hockey player (died 2002) Junkyard Dog 1952– American professional wrestler (died 1998)

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