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Michael DeBakey started to develop the artificial heart
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Robert McNamara became president of the Ford Motor Company
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Mercury 13 astronauts start phase one of their training
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Robert McNamara is appointed Secretary of Defense
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Phase one of training ends for Mercury 13 astronauts
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Robert McNamara creates the Defense Intelligence Agency
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Neil Armstrong entered the space program (NASA)
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Jerrie Cobb and Janey Hart from Mercury 13, meet the president Lyndon B. Johnson
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Denton Cooley founded the Texas Heart Institue (THI)
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Michael DeBakey was the first person to perform a heart artery bypass
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Michael Debakey was appointed chairman of President's Commission on Heart Disease, Cancer & Stroke
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Neil Armstrong has his first flight in space aboard the Gemini 8
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Denton Cooley was awarded the Rene Leriche prize for his work in vascular surgery
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Robert McNamara resigns as Secretary of Defense and announces he will become president of the World Bank
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Denton Cooley performed his first human heart transplant
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Denton Cooley became the first heart surgeon to implant an artificial heart into a person
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Apollo 11 was launched and Neil Armstrong was the commander of the ship
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Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon
With this accomplishment, the U.S. had won the space race against the Soviet Union.
