Today in history

1915 - Booker T. Washington died

1851 - Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick was published

1888 - Nellie Bly set out to beat Jules Verne's fictional phileas foggs time of 80 days to  
           travel around the world. She did it in 72 days.

1922 - The British Broadcasting Corporation began its domestic radio service from 2l0 at
              Marconi house.

1969 - Apollo 12 the second manned expedition was launched.

1995 - The US federal government began a partial show down of government services after
            the US congress could not pass a budget.

2002 - Nancy pelosi of California became the first woman to lead a party in congress.

2003 - The most distant object ever found in our solar system, named sedna,was discovery
   
1680 - Gottfried Kirch discover the Great comet of 1680

1896 - Power plant at Niagara begins operation.

1380 - King Charles vi of France crowned at age 12.

1666 - Samuel Pepys reports on first blood transfusion (between dogs).

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

1834 - William Thomson enters university of Glasgow at age 10 and 4 months.

1881 - Charles J.Gulteau put on trial for the assassination of US president Garfield.

1906 -  US president Theodole Roosevelt visits Panama.

1908 - Albert Einstein presents his quantum theory of light.

1940 - During WW ll German planes destroy most of coventy ,England.