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2005 First human face transplant is performed in France
2001 Anthony Storr, English author and psychiatrist, wrote 'Art of Psychotherapy' and 'Human Aggression', dies 1997 Dominique de Menil, arts patron/human rights advocate, dies at 89 1997 Span scientists announce new human species in 780,000 year old fossil 1997 President Clinton bans federally funded human cloning research 1996 Kronid Arkadyevich Lyubarsky, human rights activist, dies at 61 1996 Claude Bourdet, human rights activist/journalist, dies at 86 1992 Bruce Springsteen releases "Human Touch" and "Lucky Town" 1991 Marietta Tree, ambassador (U.N. Comm of Human Rights), dies at 74 1990 Iraq moves Western hostages to military installations (human shields) 1990 Dom Heider Camara, nonviolent/human rights Bishop of Brazil, dies 1988 South Africa anti-apartheid leader Sisulu wins $100,000 Human Rights prize 1988 Amnesty International's Human Rights Now! tour begins in Wembley 1987 Head of Salvadoran Human Rights Commission assassinated by death squads 1985 James Craig, actor (Human Comedy, Kismet), dies of lung cancer at 74 1984 Edmond Ryan, actor (Human Monster), dies at 79 of a heart attack 1984 1st documented case of a robot killing a human in U.S. 1984 "Human Comedy" closes at Royale Theater New York City after 13 performances 1984 "Human Comedy" opens at Royale Theater New York City for 13 performances 1983 Oldest human skeleton, aged 80,000 years, discovered in Egypt 1983 Anti-nuke demonstrators link arms in 14-mile human chain in England 1982 Susan Birmingham makes loudest recorded human shout (120 dB) 1980 Department of Health and Human Services begins operation 1979 John Cromwell, actor and director (Of Human Bondage), dies at 91 1979 Jean Renoir, French writer and director 'Human Beast', 'Rules of the Game', dies at 84 1977 Vince Barnett, actor (Star is Born, Human Jungle), dies at 75 1977 President Carter announces U.S. foreign aid will consider human rights 1977 Czechoslovakian intellects begin Human Rights Group Chapter 77 1975 Kay Johnson, actress (Real Glory, Of Human Bondage), dies at 70 1974 Christian Barnard transplants 1st human heart without removal of old 1973 Ato Boldon, born in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, athlete, world's fastest human sprinter, 4-time World Champion and Olympic medalist 1973 Laurence Harvey, actor (Of Human Bondage), dies of cancer at 45 1972 U.N. Conference on Human Environment opens in Stockholm 1970 Russian nuclear physicist Sacharov forms Human Rights Comittee 1969 Hugh Williams, actor (Human Monster), dies after surgery at 65 1969 1st human eye transplant performed 1968 Pope Paul VI, in an encyclical entitled "Humanae Vitae" (Of Human Life), declares any artificial forms of birth control prohibited 1967 1st human heart transplant performed (Dr. Christian Barnard, South Africa) 1967 Human Beatbox, Darren Robinson, rocker, Fat Boys-Jail House Rock 1967 20,000 attend Human Be-In, SF 1963 John Sutton, actor (Of Human Bondage), dies of heart attack at 54 1963 Dr. James Campbell performed the 1st human nerve transplant 1963 Suzanne Sulley, Sheffield S Yorks, rocker, Human Leauge-Human 1962 Joanne Catherall, Sheffield England, rock vocalist, Human League 1959 Dr. Leakey discovers oldest human skull (600,000 years old) 1957 Ian Burden, S Yorks England, rock bassist, Human League-Only Human 1956 Adrian Wright, rocker, Human League-Only Human 1956 Adrian Wright, Sheffield, rock vocalist, Human League-Only Human 1955 Philip Oakey, Sheffield, rock vocalist, Human Leauge-Only Human 1955 Phillip Oakey, rocker, Human League 1954 European Convention on Human Rights goes into effect 1952 1st human birth televised to public (KOA-TV Denver, Colorado) 1948 U.N. General Assembly adopts Universal Declaration of Human Rights 1948 U.N. Commission on Human Rights adopts International Declaration of Human Rights 1948 Anatoly Shcharansky, Soviet human rights activist 1947 Taiwan passes Human Rights laws (Day of Earth Law) 1946 Dan Millman, born in America, author, wrote, published 14 self-help books focusing on human potential, wrote 'The Life You Were Born to Live' 1944 Robert E Park, sociologist (human ecology, marginal man), dies at 79 1941 Joan Baez, Staten Island, folk singer/human rights advocate 1940 British Prime Minister Churchill says of Royal Air Force, "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few" 1939 Nanette Newman, writer/actress, Endless Game, Of Human Bondage 1939 Glenn Cunningham (top miler) says 4-minute mile beyond human effort 1933 Dried human blood serum 1st prepared, University of Pennsylvania 1933 Louis W. Sullivan, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1989 - 1993 1933 Kim Novak, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress, Vertigo, Of Human Bondage 1931 Margaret Heckler, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1983-85 1930 Darryl Hickman, born in Hollywood, California, actor, Human Comedy, Tea and Sympathy 1928 Desmond Morris, English zoologist, Human Ape, Body Language 1926 Robert Earl Hughes, became heaviest known human, 486 kg 1924 Althea T L Simmons, human rights activist/chief lobbyist, NAACP 1921 Andrei Sakharov, Moscow, physicist, human rights worker, Nobel '75 1921 Mary Douglas, born in San Remo, Italy, British anthropologist, wrote about symbolism, human culture 1920 Anthony Storr, born in London, England, English author and psychiatrist, wrote 'Art of Psychotherapy' and 'Human Aggression' 1918 Otis R Bowen, U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, 1985 - 1989 1918 Robert Wadlow, Alton, Illinois, tallest known human, 2.72 m, 8' 11.1" 1918 Wilson Ferreira Aldunate, Uruguayan politician/human rights worker 1915 Aziz Nesin, born in Heybeliada, Istanbul, writer, humorist, author of over 100 books, political activist, championed free speech and human rights in Turkey 1915 "Of Human Bondage," by William Somerset Maugham, published 1912 China votes for universal human rights 1909 Claude Bourdet, human rights activist/journalist 1909 Osamu Dazai, born in Japan, novelist, Tsugaru, No Longer Human 1908 Bette Davis, born in Lowell, Massachusetts, famous eyes, Of Human Bondage, Jezebel 1908 Dominique de Menil, arts patron/human rights advocate 1907 Frances Dee, born in Los Angeles, California, actress, Of Human Bondage 1904 Kay Johnson, Mount Vernon, New York, actress, Real Glory, Of Human Bondage 1902 Vince Barnett, Pittsburgh, actor, Star is Born, Human Jungle 1897 Morris Ankrum, Illinois, actor, Kronos, Half Human, Earth vs Flying Saucers 1887 John Cromwell, born in Toledo, Ohio, actor and director, Spitfire, Of Human Bondage 1877 1st human cannonball act performed in London 1874 [William] Somerset Maugham, Paris, novelist/poet, Of Human Bondage 1871 The 1st human cannonball, Emilio Onra, is shot 1870 Cardiff Giant (supposed petrified human) proved to be gypsum 1864 Robert E Park, U.S., sociologist, human ecology, marginal man 1863 Lucia Zarate, became lightest known adult human, 2.1 kg at 17 1799 Honore de Balzac, France, novelist, Pere Goriot, Human Comedy 1792 Karl Ernst von Baler, Russia, naturalist, discovered human ovum 1747 Luc de Clapiers, born in Aix-en-Provence, France, writer, essayist, moralist, considered a modern Stoic, believed mankind is noble, employed epigrammic language to express observations of human conduct and motives, dies in Paris 1715 Luc de Clapiers, born in Aix-en-Provence, France, writer, essayist, moralist, considered a modern Stoic, believed mankind is noble, employed epigrammic language to express observations of human conduct and motives 1711 David Hume, English empiricist/philosopher, Treatise of Human Nature 1710 Willem van Haren, Frisian nobleman/poet, Human Life |
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