1666-Samuel Pepys reports on 략st blood transfusion (between dogs)
1834-William Thomson enters Glasgow University at 10 years 4 months
1851-"Moby Dick," by Herman Melville, published
1888-USC Trojans (then Methodists) play their first football game
1896-Power plant at Niagara Falls begins operation
1918-Republic of Czechoslovakia created with T.G. Masaryk as President
1935-FDR proclaims the Philippine Islands a free commonwealth
1939-Oil refinery fire kills 500 & destroys Lagunillas, Venezuela
1959-Kilauea's most spectacular eruption (in Hawaii)
1960-Two passenger trains collided at high-speed killing 110 (Czech)
1981-Second Space Shuttle Mission-Columbia 2-returns to Earth
1984-NASA launches NATO-3D
1991-Michael Jackson's "Black or White" video premiers on FOX TV