This day in history

Some notable historical events that happened today include:

1865 -  Elizabeth Anderson obtained her medical license in France after being denied entry into medical school in Britain. She was the 1st woman in France to do so and the 1st British woman to earn a medical degree. She later co-founded the London School of Medicine for Women

1901 -  inventor King Camp Gillette along with William Emery Nickerson founded the American Safety Razor Co

1924 -  a group of aviators with the US Army Service circumnavigated the globe by air for the 1st time

1928 -  Alexander Fleming examined the Petri dishes of bacteria in his lab and discovered a mold growing in one that had killed off the bacteria. This led to the world's 1st antibiotic, penicillin 

1937 -  Joseph Bernard Friedman received patent No. 2094268A for a flexible drinking straw that bends without reducing the diameter of the straw

1990 -  Marvin Gaye received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame 

2008 -  Mar8na Bay Street Circuit hosted the 1st ever Formula One night race. Fernando Alonso won

Some interesting birthdays include:

Confucius (551 BC)

Nicolas Flamel (1330) - yes he was a real French alchemist and not just a character in Harry Potter. Whether he created a real Philosophers Stone or not has been lost to the passage of time

Frances Willard (1839)

Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856)

Ed Sullivan (1901)

William S. Paley (1901) - when Isaac and Lwon Levy purchased Columbia Phonographic Broadcasting Company, Paley was named president of the network. The company was later renamed Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Seymour Cray (1925)

Brigitte Bardot (1934)

Ben E. King (1938)

Hilary Duff (1987)