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This Day in Minnesota History

January 17, 1966

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ISBN: 0873514165
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Richard C. Lillehei (brother of C. Walton Lillehei) and William Kelly of the University of Minnesota hospitals perform the world's first successful kidney and pancreas transplant.

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First published: July 1, 2015
Last modified: December 17, 2018