2014 Event Legislators in California pass a ban on disposable plastic grocery bags; if approved by Governor Jerry Brown, the ban will be the first implemented across a state, though many cities across the U.S. already have such bans in place 2014 Event Doctors announce that a 3D-printed plastic skull was successfully used to replace part of a woman's real skull in an operation three months ago in the Dutch city of Utrecht 2013 Event The world's first plastic gun, produced by a 3-D printer by Defense Distributed fires successfully in Austin, Texas. Security officials fear plastic weapons would not be detected at airport screenings 2013 Event The use of plastic bags is banned in Mauritania 2012 Death Joseph Murray, a Nobel prize winner, plastic surgeon and the first person to perform a kidney transplantation, dies at age 93 2010 Event Italy's plan to ban plastic bags goes into effect; the country was using 20 billion plastic bags a year - about 300 per person 1995 Event John Bobbitt has plastic surgery to increase his penis 3 inches 1984 Death David, spent most of his life in a plastic bubble, dies at 12 1969 Event Plastic Ono Band, play their only concert at London's Lyceum Ballroom 1969 Event San Francisco Fire Department replaces leather helmets with plastic ones 1969 Event Plastic Ono Band's "Cold Turkey" is released in UK 1969 Event Plastic Ono Band's (John, Yoko and Eric Clapton) 1st live performance 1969 Event "Give Peace a Chance" by Plastic Ono Band is released in U.K. 1961 Death Karl Albiker, German sculptor (Problem of the Plastic), dies at 83 1960 Death Archibald McIndoe, plastic surgeon, dies 1952 Event 1st plastic lens for cataract patients fitted (Philadelphia) 1942 Event Henry Ford patents a method of constructing plastic auto bodies 1941 Event Giants use plastic batting helmets for 1st time 1909 Event Leo Baekeland, Yonkers, patents 1st thermosetting plastic (Bakelite) 1869 Event 1st plastic, Celluloid, patented 1814 Event 1st plastic surgery is performed (England) 1787 Birthday Karl Ferdinand von Grafe, help create modern plastic surgery
