1818: Mary Shelly's Frankenstein was first published.1942: General Douglas McArthur made his famous "I shall return," remark when leaving the Philippines. 1955: Alexander Fleming, who discovered penicillin, died. 1957: U.S. explorer, and the first to make a flight over the North Pole, Richard Byrd, died. 1960: Pioneer 5 was launched into solar orbit between Earth and Venus. 1971: Philo Farnsworth, after whom Philco TVs are named, died. 1986: 1 million days had passed since traditional foundation of Rome, 4/21/753 BC. 2002: Twin towers of light began beaming from 'Ground Zero' to memorialize the 9/11/2001 victims. 2004: Muslim extremist terrorists murdered 191 people on a Madrid train using 10 bombs.