2000 Dr. Rene Favaloro, doctor, invented heart by-pass surgery, dies at 77
1998 Olympic figure skater Peggy Fleming undergoes breast cancer surgery
1997 President Clinton trips and tears up his knee requiring surgery
1995 Queen Mother Elizabeth undergoes hip surgery
1995 John Bobbitt has plastic surgery to increase his penis 3 inches
1994 George Burns, undergoes surgery to drain fluid from his brain
1994 Country singer George Jones undergoes triple bypass surgery
1994 Gen H Norman Schwarzkopf released from hospital after prostate surgery
1994 Tony Curtis undergoes heart-bypass surgery
1993 Robert Goulet undergoes prostate cancer surgery
1993 Conway Twitty, country star (Linda on My Mind), dies in surgery at 59
1993 Boston Celtic Larry Bird undergoes backfusion surgery
1992 Tommy Smothers undergoes arthroscopic surgery
1992 Actress Nell Carter undergoes brain surgery
1992 Jim Alaimo, vocalist, dies after heart surgery at 53
1992 Former NFL New York Giant Coach Bill Parcells undergoes open heart surgery
1992 Country singer Doug Stone, 35, undergoes quadruple bypass surgery
1992 Jane Fonda undergoes arthroscopic surgery on her right knee
1990 Dodger Orel Hershiser undergoes career-threatening shoulder surgery
1989 Edward Abbey (environmental author), dies after surgery at 62
1988 Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor OK after breast cancer surgery
1988 Royals announce that Dick Howser, who underwent surgery for a brain tumor in July, will return to manage the club in 1989
1985 Hal LeRoy, dancer/actor (Harold Teen), dies at 71 after surgery
1984 John Marley, actor (Cat Ballou), dies at 77 following heart surgery
1983 Slim Pickins, actor (Blazing Saddles), dies after brain surgery at 64
1983 Ramones guitarist Joey Ramone, beaten in fight-undergoes brain surgery
1983 Tennis ace Arthur Ashe undergoes double bypass heart surgery
1979 John Glassock, bass (Jethro Tull), dies at 27 following heart surgery
1976 Howlin' Wolf, singer and guitarist, dies following brain surgery at 65
1975 Rock vocal Neil Young undergoes throat surgery
1969 Hugh Williams, actor (Human Monster), dies after surgery at 65
1968 Sara Jane Roberts, child actress (Our Gang), dies after surgery at 44
1967 Emerson Treacy, actor (Prowler), dies after surgery at 66
1963 Margarita Sierra, actress (Surfside 6), dies after heart surgery at 26
1961 Esther Dale, actress (Birdie-Ma and Pa Kettle), dies after surgery at 75
1960 Lawrence Mervil Tibbett, baritone, dies after surgery at 63
1952 Dr. Floyd J Lewis 1st uses deep freeze technique in heart surgery
1944 John Hopkins hospital performs 1st open heart surgery
1944 Keith Emerson, born in England, Emerson, Lake and Palmer-Brain Salad Surgery
1936 Pierre-Octave Ferroud, French composer (Surgery and Foules), dies at 36
1931 Daniel H Williams, doctor (pioneer in surgery), dies
1925 Babe Ruth is finally out of bed, 5 weeks after ulcer surgery
1925 New York Yankee Babe Ruth has ulcer surgery
1916 Andrew Kay, surgeon/professor of surgery, University of Glasgow
1893 Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performs 1st successful open heart surgery without anesthesia
1840 Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, 1st in U.S., incorporated
1814 1st plastic surgery is performed (England)
1787 Karl Ferdinand von Grafe, help create modern plastic surgery
1771 Ephraim McDowell, surgeon, pioneered abdominal surgery
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