Historical Events

1st Blood Transfusion

1666 English writer Samuel Pepys writes the first report of a blood transfusion (between dogs) in his diary

1755 Henry Fox appointed British 'Secretary of State for the Southern Department'

1792 Captain George Vancouver is first Englishman to enter San Francisco Bay

Thomson Enters University

1834 William Thomson , later scientist Lord Kelvin, enters Glasgow University at just 10 yrs 4 months

Treasure Island

1883 "Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson is first published as a book by Cassell & Co.

1940 During WW II, German planes destroy most of Coventry, England

1941 British aircraft carrier Ark Royal sank in Mediterranean, having been torpedoed by a German submarine the day before

1964 Betty Comden & Adolph Green and Jul

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