Doctors in New York successfully performed the world’s first face and double hand transplant.
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The first yacht race across the Atlantic Ocean began.
The 'Armory Show' opens in New York.
The FDA approved the first oral contraceptive pill called Enovid.
Francis Crick & James Watson's discovery of the double-helix structure of DNA was formally announced.
The musical 'Little Shop of Horrors' by Alan Menken and Howard Ashman premiered on Broadway at Orpheum Theater, New York, US.
