| January 6 1838: Samuel Morse first publicly demonstrated his telegraph, in Morristown, N.J. 1852: Blind French educator Louis Braille, inventor of the tactile reading system bearing his name, died. 1910: The first pilot's license was issued by the Aero Club of France. 1931: Thomas Edison was awarded his final patent, for a "Holder for Article to be Electroplated." 1942: The first commercial around-the-world airline flight was completed by Pan American Airlines' Pacific Clipper. 1971: Dr. Norman Shumway performed the first adult heart transplant in the U.S. at the Stanford Medical Center, in CA. 1974: Daylight Savings Time was begun four months early because of the existing Energy Crisis. 1990: Pavel Cherenkov, who discovered the radiation bearing his name, died. | 
