Today in History:
1922: Insulin is first used on humans to treat diabetes
1935: Amelia Earhart flies solo from Hawaii to the U.S. mainland (First person to achieve this feat)
Born on this Day:
1973: Rahul Dravid: Indian cricketer
Gone on this Day:
2008: Edmund Hillary: New Zealand mountaineer, First person to climb mount everest along with Tenzing Norgay
2013: Aaron Swartz: American computer programmer, activist