1666 Samuel Pepys reports on first blood transfusion (between dogs)
1732 The first US professional librarian, Louis Timothee, hired in Philadelphia
1792 Capt George Vancouver is first Englishman to enter San Francisco Bay
1851 "Moby Dick," by Herman Melville, published
1863 Bedford Forrest is assigned to command of West Tennessee
1863 Skirmish at Danville, Mississippi
1881 Charles J Guiteau went on trial for President Garfield's assassination
1889 NY World's Nellie Bly (Liz Cochrane) begins 72 day world trip
1894 Start of Sherlock Holmes "Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez" (BG)
1896 Power plant at Niagara Falls begins operation
1906 Roosevelt becomes first US President to visit a foreign country (Panama)
1910 The first airplane flight from deck of a ship, Norfolk, Va
1918 Republic of Czechoslovakia created with T.G. Masaryk as President
1922 BBC begins domestic radio service from 2LO at Marconi House
1935 FDR proclaims the Philippine Islands a free commonwealth
1939 Oil refinery fire kills 500 &destroys Lagunillas Venezuela
1940 During WW II, German planes destroyed most of Coventry, England
1941 HMS ARK ROYAL foundered in tow in 30 miles east of Gibraltar by 1 torpedo on the 13th from German U-81.
1948 Prince Charles born
1959 Kilauea's most spectacular eruption (in Hawaii)
1960 2 passenger trains collided at high-speed killing 110 (Czech)
1969 Apollo 12 launched for 2nd manned Moon landing
1970 Marshall U football team wiped out in air crash at Kenova WV
1972 Dow Jones closes above 1,000 for first time (1003.16)
1973 Britain's Princess Anne marries commoner, Capt Mark Phillips
