The first partial facial transplant was given to Isabelle Dinoire in France after a dog attacked her.
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Ross McWhirter, who co-founded the Guinness Book of World Records with his twin brother, was shot dead.
British pharmacist John Walker invented the matchstick by accident.
Pope Anastasius I became the Bishop of Rome, reigning until his death.
Osiris became the first discovered exoplanet with an atmosphere.
The San Jose, which sank in 1708, was found near Columbia.