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 very first Sims game was released for PC in North America.
Adolf Hitler appointed himself as the head of the Armed Forces High Command.
The former United States Senator Strom Thurmond sent a secret memo to President Richard Nixon's aide, saying John Lennon should be deported.
The first Mormon Pioneers left their homes in Nauvoo, Illinois, and began the long trek to the Salt Lake Valley.
