This Day in History: June 17World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
1911 – was born a Russian writer, journalist and editor, Viktor Nekrasov.
1950 – Chicago surgeon Richard Lawler performed the world's first human kidney transplant in 45 minutes.
1955 – the first flight of the Tu-104 passenger jet took place.
1967 – China tests first hydrogen bomb.
1970 – Edwin Herbert Land patented the Polaroid camera.
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