Archive for December 3rd, 2010
03
Dec
‘’WHERE THE SOUND IS BETTER’’
The Oriental Theatre shortly after construction in 1927.
Interior of the theatre pictured below. The Oriental was
located at S.E. Grand & Morrison Street in Portland. It
was demolished in 1970.
Interior of the theatre pictured below. The Oriental was
located at S.E. Grand & Morrison Street in Portland. It
was demolished in 1970.
03
Dec
HEART TRANSPLANT ON THIS DATE IN 1967
Dr. Christian Barnard, along with a team of Cardiac
Surgeons, performed the world’s first successful
human heart transplant in Cape Town, South Africa.
The patient, Louis Washkansky, a 54-year-old grocer
survived for 18 days after the operation and died of
Pneumonia.
The transplant operation in progress.
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