Doctors in New York successfully performed the world’s first face and double hand transplant.
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The electric typewriter went on sale for the first time in Syracuse, New York, USA.
The US Military shot down a Chinese high-altitude surveillance balloon.
The Codex Sinaiticus – one of the oldest known copies of the bible – was discovered in Egypt.
The very first Sims game was released for PC in North America.
American religious leader Mary Baker Eddy was allegedly cured of her spinal injury by reading The Bible.