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Events on Wednesday 8 November 1922 1
1922 – 2001Christiaan Barnard (1922-2001)Died 2 September 2001, aged 78Barnard was the surgeon who performed the first human-to-human heart transplant, in Cape Town in December 1967. The patient lived 18 days, and the operation made Barnard an international celebrity. He continued transplant work until arthritis ended his surgical career.