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
