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Christiaan Barnard, South African surgeon and academic (died 2001)

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Christiaan Barnard

South African cardiac surgeon (1922–2001)

Christiaan Neethling Barnard was a South African cardiac surgeon who performed the world's first human-to-human heart transplant operation. On 3 December 1967, Barnard transplanted the heart of accident victim Denise Darvall into the chest of 54-year-old Louis Washkansky, who…
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November 8

Day of the year

November 8 is the 312th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 53 days remain until the end of the year.
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