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From 1997, the story of Dr. Mahlon Johnson, a neuropathologist at Vanderbilt Medical Center, who was infected with the AIDS virus when he cut himself while performing an autopsy. Dr. Johnson immediately began an aggressive treatment, that proved effective. Dr. Anthony Fauci makes one of his first 60 Minutes appearances in this report.
Ten years ago today, 20 first graders and six educators were murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. When Scott Pelley went back to Newtown in 2017, he found families working to move forward.
In 2009, college football coach Mike Leach told 60 Minutes he thought appearing on the program might help him land recruits. Leach died Monday at the age of 61.
Security concerns for the nation's electrical grid are being raised after a substation attack in North Carolina. This past February, Bill Whitaker reported on the vulnerabilities in the system that provides our electricity.
This week, Trevor Noah will host his final episode of "The Daily Show." Last December, Noah spoke with Lesley Stahl about finding his footing as host after taking the show over.
Mike Braun, the former chief of operations for the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, told 60 Minutes in 2010 that Viktor Bout was "in my eyes is one of the most dangerous men on the face of the Earth."
From 2010, Armen Keteyian's report on how DEA agents captured Viktor Bout, a convicted Russian arms dealer nicknamed the "Merchant of Death." Bout has been exchanged with Russia for the release of Brittney Griner, the WNBA star who was held for months in a Russian prison.
From 2008, Scott Pelley's profile of American entrepreneur Greg Carr, who is using his great wealth to try to help some of the poorest people in Africa by attracting more tourists to their neighborhood -- the beautiful national park of Gorongosa in Mozambique.
From 1984, Morley Safer's profile of the "Great One," Jackie Gleason.
Former President Jiang Zemin, who led China after the bloody 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, has died. He was 96. In 2000, Mike Wallace asked Zemin if he admired the courage of the pro-democracy students at Tiananmen.
