Doctors in New York successfully performed the world’s first face and double hand transplant.
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The former United States Senator Strom Thurmond sent a secret memo to President Richard Nixon's aide, saying John Lennon should be deported.
Bill Gates had a pie thrown in his face while visiting EU officials in Brussels, Belgium.
Mark Zuckerberg founded the social networking website Facebook.
The Codex Sinaiticus – one of the oldest known copies of the bible – was discovered in Egypt.
The first Mormon Pioneers left their homes in Nauvoo, Illinois, and began the long trek to the Salt Lake Valley.
