When Was the First Blood Transfusion Performed?

On January 1, 1916

Medical researcher Oswald Hope Robertson performed the first-ever blood transfusion using stored and refrigerated blood.

This Day in History - January 1

2019

Same-sex marriage became legal in Austria.

1971

America banned all advertisements of cigarettes on TV and radio.

1959

Fidel Castro's revolutionary forces overthrew the Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista.

1993

The country of Czechoslovakia peacefully dissolved into two nations, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.

1502

Portuguese navigators discovered Rio de Janeiro.

What Happened on Jan 1?

What Happened in 1916?