2005 First human face transplant is performed in France
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), 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 Czech 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 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, Colo)
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)
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-min mile beyond human effort
1933 Dried human blood serum 1st prepared, Univ of Pennsylvania
1933 Louis W. Sullivan, U.S. Sec of Health and Human Services, 1989-
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
1918 Otis R Bowen, U.S. Sec of Health and Human Services, 1985-89
1918 Robert Wadlow, Alton, Illinois, tallest known human, 2.72 m, 8' 11.1"
1918 Wilson Ferreira Aldunate, Uruguayan politician/human rights worker
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, Mt 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
1711 David Hume, English empiricist/philosopher, Treatise of Human Nature
1710 Willem van Haren, Frisian nobleman/poet, Human Life
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