The first partial facial transplant was given to Isabelle Dinoire in France after a dog attacked her.
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The 400th anniversary of the end of the Transatlantic Slave Trade was celebrated with the 'Year of Return' in Ghana.
Ross McWhirter, who co-founded the Guinness Book of World Records with his twin brother, was shot dead.
The first Boeing 727 planes were delivered to airlines.
A ghost ship from North Korea washed up on a beach in Japan with eight skeletons onboard.
The Congress of Vienna declared Kraków, Poland, a free republic state, and the Constitution of the Kingdom of Poland was signed.