360What happened in 1967?
5 moments from 1967 on 360n60, each told in 60 words or fewer.
- History · 3 December 1967
Christiaan Barnard performs the first human heart transplant
On 3 December 1967, at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa, the surgeon Christiaan Barnard and his team transplanted a human heart for the first time. The patient, 53-year-old Louis Washkansky, lived for 18 days before dying of pneumonia. Today, thousands of heart transplants are performed every year.
- On this day · 27 June 1967
The world's first cash machine opens
On 27 June 1967, the first cash machine was opened at a Barclays bank branch in Enfield, north London. Customers used special paper vouchers instead of cards. ATMs spread worldwide, letting people withdraw money at any hour. There are now millions of them.
- On this day · 3 December 1967
The first human heart transplant
On 3 December 1967, the surgeon Christiaan Barnard and his team at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town performed the first human-to-human heart transplant. The patient, Louis Washkansky, lived for 18 days. Advances in medicine since then mean heart transplant patients now often live for decades.
- 1967 · from The world declares smallpox eradicated
The intensified eradication campaign begins
- 1967 · from Edward Jenner tests the first vaccine
WHO's smallpox eradication campaign begins