Doctors in New York successfully performed the world’s first face and double hand transplant.
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Mark Zuckerberg founded the social networking website Facebook.
The Winter Olympics opened in Lake Placid, New York.
The electric typewriter went on sale for the first time in Syracuse, New York, USA.
Bill Gates had a pie thrown in his face while visiting EU officials in Brussels, Belgium.
The Codex Sinaiticus – one of the oldest known copies of the bible – was discovered in Egypt.
