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December 17, 1986
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At Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, Davina Thompson became the world's first recipient of a heart, lungs, and liver transplant 
 
December 17, 1917
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Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, first English woman physician, dies 
 
December 17, 1909
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Leopold II, king of Belgium, buried in Brussels 
 
December 17, 1903
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At 10 
 
December 17, 1900
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First prize of 100,00 francs offered for communications with extraterrestrials Martians excluded-considered too easy 
 
December 17, 1900
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New Ellis Island Immigration station completed costing $150 million 
 
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