- 1666: Samuel Pepys reported on the first use of the blood
                  transfusion (between dogs).
                - 1832: The first streetcar - a horse-drawn vehicle called the John
                  Mason - operated in New York City.
                - 1840: French Impressionist painter Claude Monet was born.
                - 1851: Herman Melville's novel "Moby Dick" was first published in
                  the United States.
                - 1881: Charles J. Guiteau went on trial for assassinating President
                  James Garfield. Garfield was shot July 2 and died Sept. 19.
                - 1889: New York World reporter Nellie Bly (Elizabeth Cochrane) began
                  her attempt to surpass the fictitious journey of Jules Verne's
                  Phileas Fogg by traveling around the world in less than 80 days.
                  She succeeded, by finishing the trip the following January in 72
                  days, 6 hours and 11 minutes.
                - 1896: Power plant at Niagara Falls begins operation.
                - 1896: First Lady Mary "Mamie" Eisenhower was born.
                - 1906: Roosevelt became first U.S. president to visit a foreign
                  country (Panama).
                - 1908: Albert Einstein presented the quantum theory of light.
                - 1910: The first airplane flight took off from the deck of a ship,
                  the USS Birmingham in Norfolk, Va.
                - 1922: The British Broadcasting Corporation began its domestic radio
                  service from Marconi House.
                - 1959: Hawaii experienced Kilauea's most spectacular volcanic
                  eruption.
                - 1960: The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries was created.
                - 1964: Gordie Howe of the Detroit Red Wings set a National Hockey
                  League record when he scored his 627th career goal.
                - 1966: Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) TKO'd Cleveland Williams in the
                  third round to retain the world heavyweight title.
                - 1968: Yale University announced it was going co-educational.
                - 1968: "National Turn in Your Draft Card Day" featured draft card
                  burning on many campuses and in many cities.
                - 1969: Apollo 12, manned by Charles Conrad Jr., Richard F. Gordon
                  Jr., and Alan L. Bean, blasted off from Cape Kennedy to make the
                  second U.S. lunar landing on the moon.
                - 1972: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above the 1,000 level
                  for the first time.
                - 1981: Paul "Bear" Bryant tied the record of Amos Alonzo Stagg for
                  most football wins - 314.
                - 1986: The Securities and Exchange Commission imposed a record $100
                  million penalty against inside-trader Ivan F. Boesky and barred him
                  from working again in the securities industry.
                - 1993: Don Shula became the winningest coach in NFL history.
                - 1994: The first trains for the public run in the Channel Tunnel
                  under the English Channel.

                *Happy Birthday*
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                - Boutros Boutros-Ghali, 76, former UN Secretary-General
                - Fred W. Haise, 65, astronaut, Apollo 13
                - Willie Hernandez, 43, former MLB pitcher, Cy Young Award winner
                - King Hussein Of Jordan, 63
                - Astrid Lindgren, 91, author of Pippi Longstocking
                - Ellis Marsalis, 64, jazz musician
                - P.J. O'Rourke, 51, satirical writer
                - Prince Charles, 50
                - Laura San Giacomo, 37, actress,  "Just Shoot Me"
                - Curt Schilling, 32, Philadelphia Phillies pitcher
                - Sherwood Schwartz, 82, TV producer, "Gilligan's Island," "The Brady
                  Bunch"
                - Joseph "Run" Simmons, 34, rapper, RUN D.M.C.
                - D.B. Sweeney,  37, actor, "Spawn," "The Cutting Edge"
                - Buckwheat Zydeco, 51, singer/musician