On this day:
1895 Alfred Nobel signs his last will which created the five Nobel awards – in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace
1989 21-month old Alyssa Smith became the first person to receive a liver transplant from a living donor
2001 Hubble detects the first planetary atmosphere outside the Solar System
2005 World’s first successful partial face transplant by Drs Bernard Devauchelle, Benoit Lengelé, and Jean-Michel Dubernard
Born on this day:
1940 Bruce Lee, American actor, martial artist
1955 Bill Nye, American engineer, educator, television host
Gone on this day:
1852 Ada Lovelace, English mathematician
