South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard performed the world’s first human-to-human heart transplant.
17th January 1944: Allies launch the Battle of Monte Cassino during the Second World War
17th January 2018
On the 12th August 1865 Joseph Lister carried out the world’s first antiseptic surgery using the chemical phenol, otherwise known as carbolic acid.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018