Joseph Murray on the First Successful Human Organ Transplant

On December 23, 1954

Dr. Joseph E. Murray performed the first human kidney transplant at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts.

This Day in History - December 23

1986

The Rutan Voyager became the first plane to fly around the world without stopping for fuel.

1968

After eleven months of imprisonment, 83 men from the US Navy were released by North Korea.

1972

Plane crash survivors of Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 were rescued.

1948

Cinderella, the first full-length ballet by Frederick Ashton with music by Sergei Prokofiev, was first presented at Covent Garden, London, by Sadler's Wells Ballet.

1997

Rom-com movie ''As Good as It Gets” was released in theaters in the US.

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