Doctors in New York successfully performed the world’s first face and double hand transplant.
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Identical twins were no longer identical after one returned from a mission to space.
The first successful administration of insulin to treat diabetes was given to 14-year-old Leonard Thompson.
An Irish cook in New York, US, infected 53 people with typhoid.
The National Association of Baseball Players was established in New York.
The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, directed by Peter Jackson, premiered in New York.
