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 Vai
1879: Anglo-Zulu War begins as British Lieutenant-General Lord Chelmsford invades Zululand in South Africa
1922: Insulin is first used on humans when Frederick Banting injects 14-year-old Canadian Leonard Thompson to treat his diabetes
1964: First government report by US Surgeon General Luther Terry warning that smoking may be hazardous
Source: Onthisday.com
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