1559 Elizabeth I was crowned queen of England. Long did she reign. There is a discussion of Lisa Hliton’s biography of Queen Lizzie elsewhere on this blog.
1794 Dr Jesse Bennet of Edom, Virginia, performed first recorded successful Cesarean section operation in the U.S. It was on his wife Elizabeth. Both daughter and mother survived. The attending physician had refused to intervene, because God told him not to do so. Dr. Bennet stepped in.
1873 John Wesley Hyatt registered “Celluloid” as a trademark in US patent 50359. Hyatt had formed the Albany Dental Plate Company using celluloid to produce billiard balls, false teeth, and piano keys to substitute for ivory ( which was expensive and hard to get).
1953 Josip Broz, code name Tito, became president of Yugoslavia. Tito had been his nom de guerre during World War II in the Balkans. When he died in 1980 Yugoslavia gradually disintegrated into internecine and endless ethnic violence which had been preserved in amber since 1953.
1973 The Miami Dolphins defeated the Washington Redskins in the Super Bowl, becoming the first and only team in National Football League history with an undefeated season of 17 wins and no losses.
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