At <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groote_Schuur_Hospital" id="mwyA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Groote Schuur Hospital">Groote Schuur Hospital</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Town" id="mwyQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Cape Town">Cape Town</a>, South Africa, a transplant team headed by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christiaan_Barnard" id="mwyg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Christiaan Barnard">Christiaan Barnard</a> carries out the first <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_transplant" id="mwyw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Heart transplant">heart transplant</a> on a human (53-year-old <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Washkansky" id="mwzA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Louis Washkansky">Louis Washkansky</a>).