Medicine
- Thomas Starzl performs the first liver transplant, at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.
- James D. Hardy performs the first lung transplant.
- June - Guy Alexandre performs the first renal transplant from a heart-beating, brain-dead donor, at Saint Pierre Hospital, Leuven, Belgium.
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