Mr Barnes, you reminded me of the US army doctor, Wiliam Beaumont who treated a Canadian (from Quebec) Alexis St Martin for a musket wound to the stomach in 1822. Such wounds were normally fatal, but Beaumont successfully placed a leather patch over the gaping hole. Then, Beaumont asked the 'What if' question, and began dropping foreign objects into the gut of St Martin to see how digestion works. Beaumont hired the illiterate St Martin as a servant and experimented over 200 times over ten years. Even after they parted company when Beaumont was reposted, Beaumont begged St Martin to allow more experiments. St Martin's family refused autopsy after his death in 1880, so doctors would not experiment on him further https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexis_St._Martin
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/grisly-story-human-guinea-pig-alexis-st-martin-180963520/
1492 – Christopher Columbus sails from La Gomera in the Canary Islands, his final port of call before crossing the Atlantic Ocean for the first time.
1522 – The Victoria, the only surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition, returns to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, becoming the first ship to circumnavigate the world.
1522 – The Victoria, the only surviving ship of Ferdinand Magellan's expedition, returns to Sanlúcar de Barrameda in Spain, becoming the first ship to circumnavigate the world.
1620 – The Pilgrims sail from Plymouth, England, on the Mayflower to settle in North America. (Old Style date; September 16 per New Style date.)
1628 – Puritans settle Salem, which will later become part of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1628 – Puritans settle Salem, which will later become part of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
1803 – British scientist John Dalton begins using symbols to represent the atoms of different elements.
1847 – Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden Pond and moves in with Ralph Waldo Emerson and his family in Concord, Massachusetts.
1861 – American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grantbloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, giving the Union control of the Tennessee River's mouth.
1847 – Henry David Thoreau leaves Walden Pond and moves in with Ralph Waldo Emerson and his family in Concord, Massachusetts.
1861 – American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grantbloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, giving the Union control of the Tennessee River's mouth.
1870 – Louisa Ann Swain of Laramie, Wyoming becomes the first woman in the United States to cast a vote legally after 1807.
1901 – Leon Czolgosz, an unemployed anarchist, shoots and fatally wounds US President William McKinley at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
1916 – The first self-service grocery store, Piggly Wiggly, was opened in Memphis, Tennessee, by Clarence Saunders.
1916 – The first self-service grocery store, Piggly Wiggly, was opened in Memphis, Tennessee, by Clarence Saunders.
1946 – United States Secretary of State James F. Byrnes announces that the U.S. will follow a policy of economic reconstruction in postwar Germany.
1949 – Allied military authorities relinquish control of former Nazi Germany assets back to German control.
1949 – Allied military authorities relinquish control of former Nazi Germany assets back to German control.
1955 – Istanbul's Greek, Jewish and Armenian minority are the target of a government-sponsored pogrom; dozens are killed in ensuing riots.
1962 – Archaeologist Peter Marsden discovers the first of the Blackfriars Ships dating back to the 2nd century AD in the Blackfriars area of the banks of the River Thames in London.
1966 – In Cape Town, South Africa, the architect of apartheid, Prime MinisterHendrik Verwoerd, is stabbed to death during a parliamentary meeting.
1970 – Two passenger jets bound from Europe to New York are simultaneously hijacked by Palestinian terrorist members of the PFLP and taken to Dawson's Field, Jordan.
1972 – Munich massacre: Nine Israeli athletes taken hostage at the Munich Olympic Games by the Palestinian "Black September" terrorist group die (as did a German policeman) at the hands of the kidnappers during a failed rescue attempt. Two other Israeli athletes were slain in the initial attack the previous day.
1976 – Cold War: Soviet Air Defence Forces pilot Viktor Belenko lands a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate in Japan and requests political asylum in the United States; his request is granted.
1972 – Munich massacre: Nine Israeli athletes taken hostage at the Munich Olympic Games by the Palestinian "Black September" terrorist group die (as did a German policeman) at the hands of the kidnappers during a failed rescue attempt. Two other Israeli athletes were slain in the initial attack the previous day.
1976 – Cold War: Soviet Air Defence Forces pilot Viktor Belenko lands a Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25 jet fighter at Hakodate in Japan and requests political asylum in the United States; his request is granted.
1983 – The Soviet Union admits to shooting down Korean Air Lines Flight 007, stating its operatives did not know it was a civilian aircraft when it reportedly violated Soviet airspace.
1986 – In Istanbul, two terrorists from Abu Nidal's organization kill 22 and wound six congregants inside the Neve Shalom Synagogue during Shabbat services.
1986 – In Istanbul, two terrorists from Abu Nidal's organization kill 22 and wound six congregants inside the Neve Shalom Synagogue during Shabbat services.
https://www.news.com.au/world/middle-east/afghanistan-pregnant-former-police-officer-executed-by-the-taliban-in-front-of-family/news-story/b86c084a5eea02dee2ab5837c91ef88e
the media report Taliban have strict interpretation of Islamic law as they murder people. Is that true?
Conservative refuses curfew https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/health/health-problems/deputy-premier-john-barilaro-rules-out-covid19-curfew-for-regional-nsw/news-story/0f94dda78f7c298ab2223158f469782c
News smear COVID skeptics https://www.news.com.au/world/coronavirus/australia/victoria-covid-news-live-extra-freedoms-could-be-coming-sooner-than-expected/news-story/88a0a7c10a5eb00ad8a3e9485a6c283a
simple math problem stumps parents https://www.news.com.au/lifestyle/parenting/school-life/mum-shares-sons-maths-question-thats-stumped-the-internet/news-story/c5e33b9220bd423744bf870981dba706
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