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Bhopal Disaster
poison gas emission from Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, killed thousands of people in arguably the worst industrial disaster ever (1984)
20th Century Limited
luxury NYC–Chicago train, on which passengers were routinely given flowers and perfume, finished its final run (1967)
Heart Transplant
the procedure was first performed by Christiaan Barnard on Louis Washkansky in Cape Town; the patient lived 18 days before succumbing to pneumonia, but his new heart didn't fail (1967)