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On this day – 23 December
1834 Joseph Hansom of London receives patent for Hansom cabs
1893 Opera “Hansel und Gretel” by Engelbert Humperdinck and his sister Adelheid Wette premieres in Weimar, conducted by Richard Strauss
1914 World War I: Australian and New Zealand troops arrive in Cairo, Egypt
1954 The first human kidney transplant is performed by Dr. Joseph E. Murray at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts
1956 Egypt — British and French troops withdraw from the Suez Canal
1996 Four women ordained priests in Jamaica, the first in 330 years of Anglican history
Kisan Divas or Farmer’s Day or National Farmer’s Day is celebrated in India
