US History and Polio By dari2004 Nov 25, 1914 Jonas Salk was bown Creator of the polio vaccine Jul 25, 1916 Large outbreak of polio in New York Nov 25, 1921 Franklin Roosvelt got polio Nov 25, 1925 the first iron lung appeared Nov 25, 1926 Roosvelt started the Warm Springs Foundation Nov 25, 1932 Roosvelt was elected president Nov 25, 1935 two Failure of polio vaccines Nov 25, 1940 Sister Kenny arrives to the US from Australia Dec 7, 1941 US entered World War II Nov 25, 1951 Salk anounced that there are only 3 polio virus Nov 25, 1951 Sabin and Salk met Sabin proponed Salk to join, however Salk turned him down. May 23, 1952 Salk's vaccine is succesfuly tested ...on himself, members of the lab and children. Jul 4, 1952 4680 polio cases reported Jan 24, 1953 Succesful Vaccine was repoted to the National Foundation Jul 1, 1955 Disneyland opened Dec 13, 1960 Polio had nearly dissapeared in the USA