Explanation

• Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the first human-to-human heart transplant and was from South Africa.
• He performed the transplant on Dec. 3, 1967, at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, South Africa.
• The patient, Louis Washkansky, was a 54-year-old grocer who suffered from diabetes and heart disease. 
• The operation lasted about five hours, and the patient lived for 18 days after the surgery.