1667 – The first human blood transfusion is administered by Dr. Jean-Baptiste Denys.
1752 – Benjamin Franklin proves that lightning is electricity.
1775 – American Revolutionary War: George Washington is appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.
1844 – Charles Goodyear receives a patent for vulcanization, a process to strengthen rubber.
1877 – Henry Ossian Flipper becomes the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States Military Academy.
1911 – Tabulating Computing Recording Corporation (IBM) is incorporated.
1992 – The United States Supreme Court rules in United States v. Álvarez-Machaín that it is permissible for the USA to forcibly extradite suspects in foreign countries and bring them to the USA for trial, without approval from those other countries.
The best story among these is probably Flipper's. Take fifteen minutes from your day and read it.
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