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Facts
1599 Jacob van Necks fleet leaves Bantam Java with pepper, clove & muskaat
1838 First public demonstration of telegraph message sent using dots & dashes at Speedwell Ironworks, Morristown, New Jersey by Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail
1922 Insulin first used on humans to treat diabetes, on Leonard Thompson, 14, of Canada
1964 1st government report warning by US Surgeon General Luther Terry that smoking may be hazardous
Deaths
314 Pope Miltiades, saint and Bishop of Rome (311-314)
1753 Hans Sloane, English physician (British Museum), dies at 92
1874 Gail Borden, American manufacturer and inventor of condensed milk, dies at 72
1914 Ambrose Bierce, American writer and satirist, dies at 71
1991 Carl David Anderson, American physicist, Nobel laureate, dies at 85
2008 Sir Edmund Hillary, New Zealand mountaineer/1st to climb Mt Everest in 1953, dies from a heart attack at 88
2009 David Vine, British sports broadcaster (b. 1936)
2015 Anita Ekberg, Swedish actress (La Dolce Vita) and Miss Sweden 1950, dies at 83
Sport
1959 Hanif Mohammad completes 499 runs for Karachi, then 1st class cricket world record
1960 Lamar Clark sets pro boxing record of 44 consecutive knockouts
Films and TV
1917 Guy Bolton & PG Wodehouse's "Have a Heart" premieres in New York
1966 "Daktari" African adventure series premieres on CBS TV
2002 7th Critics' Choice Movie Awards: A Beautiful Mind wins Best Film
Born on this day
1971 Mary J. Blige, American R&B singer-songwriter (Be Without You) and actress (I Can Do Bad All By Myself), born in NYC, New York
1978 Emile Heskey, English footballer, born in Leicester, United Kingdom
A Couple of Pics from those no longer with us
David Vine
Anita Ekberg