On this very day, 2 December ...
LWW
Loc: Banana Republic of America
AD 1883 - The 'THIRD SYMPHONY IN F' conducted by Johannes Brahms, and performed by the VIENNA PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA, debuts.
AD 1907 - Canadian Noah Brusso AKA Tommy Burns defeats Englishman James 'GUNNER' Moir by knockout in the tenth round at the NATIONAL SPORTING CLUB in London, England. Brusso retained the lineal world's heavyweight boxing championship.
AD 1982 - William Castle DeVries installed the first JARVIK-7 mechanical heart, designed by Robert Koffler Jarvik and Willem Johan Kolff, in patient Barney Clark.
The JARVIK-7 was an improvement over the first experimental artificial heart, used only in animals, developed by Clifford Stanley Kwan-Gett.
joecichjr
Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA
I remember Barney like it was yesterday. 1982? Where did all the time pass so quickly? Who is this old guy in my mirror...?
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