2013 Event Argentinian Vice President Amado Boudou takes over the duties of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner when she undergoes surgery to remove a subdural hematoma 2012 Event The President of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, undergoes surgery for cancer in Cuba 2011 Event Part of the Prompt Global Strike program, a U.S. hypersonic weapon system undergoes a successful test, proving capable of striking targets 3,700 kilometres (2,300 miles) away in under 30 minutes 2011 Event American actress Zsa Zsa Gabor undergoes a life-saving operation and has her leg amputated 2004 Event Former President Bill Clinton undergoes a quadruple bypass operation 1998 Event Olympic figure skater Peggy Fleming undergoes breast cancer surgery 1995 Event Queen Mother Elizabeth undergoes hip surgery 1994 Event George Burns, undergoes surgery to drain fluid from his brain 1994 Event Country singer George Jones undergoes triple bypass surgery 1994 Event Tony Curtis undergoes heart-bypass surgery 1994 Event Jim Nabors undergoes a liver transplant 1993 Event Robert Goulet undergoes prostate cancer surgery 1993 Event Boston Celtic Larry Bird undergoes backfusion surgery 1992 Event Tommy Smothers undergoes arthroscopic surgery 1992 Event Actress Nell Carter undergoes brain surgery 1992 Event John Phillips, rocker (Mamas and Papas), undergoes a liver transplant 1992 Event Former NFL New York Giant Coach Bill Parcells undergoes open heart surgery 1992 Event Country singer Doug Stone, 35, undergoes quadruple bypass surgery 1992 Event Jane Fonda undergoes arthroscopic surgery on her right knee 1990 Event Dodger Orel Hershiser undergoes career-threatening shoulder surgery 1990 Event Actor Joseph Cotton undergoes vocal cancer operation at 84 1987 Event 1st lady Nancy Reagan undergoes a modified radical mastectomy 1987 Event Doc Gooden undergoes cocaine rehabilitation 1983 Event Tennis ace Arthur Ashe undergoes double bypass heart surgery 1975 Event Rock vocal Neil Young undergoes throat surgery 1974 Event 1st Lady Betty Ford undergoes a radical mastectomy 1912 Event Titanic undergoes sea trials under its own power 1752 Event Georg Friedrich Handel undergoes (failed) eye operation
