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January 12, 1967

On January 12, 1967, dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation. The year's #1 song was "To Sir With Love" by Lulu. Dana Barros, Olga Tañón, Lara Jill Miller would arrive in the same year.

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1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1967th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 967th year of the 2nd millennium, the 67th year of the 20th century, and the 8th year of the 1960s decade.

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On January 12, 1967

  1. 1967 Dr. James Bedford becomes the first person to be cryonically preserved with intent of future resuscitation.

    American psychologist (1893–1967)

    James Hiram Bedford was an American psychology professor at the University of California who wrote several books on occupational counseling. He is the first person whose body was cryopreserved after legal death, and remains preserved at the Alcor Life Extension Foundation.

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Dana Barros 1967– American basketball player and coach
Olga Tañón 1967– Puerto Rican singer-songwriter
Lara Jill Miller 1967– American actress
Mike Portnoy 1967– American drummer and songwriter
David J. C. MacKay 1967– English physicist, engineer, and academic (died 2016)
Sherri Shepherd 1967– American actress, comedian, and television personality

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