On this day:
1667: The first human blood transfusion is administered by Jean-Baptiste Denys
1844: Charles Goodyear patents vulcanization
1991: Mount Pinatubo explodes
Born on this day:
1950: Lakshmi Mittal, Indian industrialist
Gone on this day:
1983: Srirangam Srinivasarao, Telugu poet, dies at 73