Doctors in New York successfully performed the world’s first face and double hand transplant.
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The Codex Sinaiticus – one of the oldest known copies of the bible – was discovered in Egypt.
The Winter Olympics opened in Lake Placid, New York.
Dr. John J. Livingood reported the first synthetic production of a natural form of radium.
The first Mormon Pioneers left their homes in Nauvoo, Illinois, and began the long trek to the Salt Lake Valley.
Bill Gates had a pie thrown in his face while visiting EU officials in Brussels, Belgium.
