Important events occurring in the city include the second-largest American exhibition to date (1883), which had the largest to-date installation of light bulbs by their recent inventor and then-former resident Thomas Edison, as well as the first free public library in the US to be staffed by and provide services exclusively for African Americans (1905). Medical advances include the 1999 first human hand transplant in the US and the first self-contained artificial heart transplant in 2001.
Important events occurring in the city include the second-largest American exhibition to date (1883) which had the largest to-date installation of light bulbs by their recent inventor and then-former resident Thomas Edison as well as the first free public library in the US to be staffed by and provide services exclusively for African Americans (1905) Medical advances include the 1999 first human hand transplant in the US and the first self-contained artificial heart transplant in 2001