1666 — Samuel Pepys reports on 1st blood transfusion (between dogs)
1732 — First U.S. professional librarian, Louis Timothee, hired in Philadelphia
1832 — First streetcar (horse-drawn) (John Mason) debuts in NYC; fare 12c rode on 4th Avenue between Prince & 14th Sts
1851 — "Moby Dick," by Herman Melville, published
1889 — NY World's Nellie Bly (Liz Cochrane) begins 72 day world trip
1896 — Power plant at Niagara Falls begins operation
1906 — Roosevelt becomes first U.S. President to visit a foreign country (Panama)
1935 — FDR proclaims the Philippine Islands a free commonwealth
1939 — Oil refinery fire kills 500 & destroys Lagunillas Venezuela
1969 — Apollo 12 launched for second manned Moon landing
1975 — Spain abandoned the Spanish Sahara
1991 — Michael Jackson's "Black or White" video premiers on FOX TV