On January 12, 1967, seventy-three year old psychology professor James Bedford became the first person to have himself cryogenically frozen in the hopes of being reanimated once reanimating technology became available. In the cryonics community, January 12 is celebrated as "Bedford Day" in remembrance of the event. I'm not sure what goes on at a Bedford Day celebration, or how professors of cryogenics like to have a good time. I'm assuming it involves a lot of dropping of chunks of dry ice from the tops of buildings and tapping on Dr. Bedford's container to drunkenly ask what the weather's like in there.
Although Alcor, the company that froze Dr. Bedford, claims that he's in pretty good condition, they have a less reputable track record in other cases: Ted Williams' family accused them of drilling too many holes in his head prior to freezing him, and they have that big black eye from back in 1994, when one of their "clients" was poisoned just before her head was removed for storage.
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