1599 – Jacob van Neck’s fleet leaves Bantam, Java in modern day Indonesia with 1 million pounds of pepper and cloves and a further half a ship full of nutmeg, mace and cinnamon
1838 – First public demonstration of telegraph messages sent using dots and dashes at Speedwell Ironworks in Morristown, New Jersey by Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail
1879 – Anglo-Zulu War begins as British Lt-General Chelmsford invades Zululand in South Africa
1922 – Insulin first used on humans to treat diabetes, when Frederick Banting injects fellow Canadian Leonard Thompson, aged 14
1964 – First government report by US Surgeon General Luther Terry warning that smoking may be hazardous
More Historical Events
In Film & Tv
1927 – Louis B. Mayer head of film studio MGM announces creation of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
In Music
1963 – Beatles release single “Please Please Me” / “Ask Me Why”; peaks at #2 in UK, and #3 in US
In Sport
1960 – LaMar Clark sets pro boxing record of 44 consecutive knockouts
MORE FACTS
1569 – 1st recorded lottery in England is drawn in St Paul’s Cathedral
1949 – Snowfall 1st recorded in Los Angeles
Famous Weddings
1892 – Painter Paul Gauguin marries Teha’amana, a 13-year-old Tahitian girl
1911 – American actress Hattie McDaniel (16) weds pianist Howard Hickman (30) in Denver, Colorado
1924 – German-Swiss poet and novelist Hermann Hesse (36) weds Swiss soprano and painter Ruth Wenger (26); divorce in 1927
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