1918 ~ Illinois becomes the 21st State of the United States


1833 ~ Oberlin College in Ohio became the first coed institution of higher learning in the U.S.


1919 ~ French painter and sculptor Pierre A. Renoir died at age 78.


1967 ~ Dr. Christiaan N. Barnard performed the world's first successful human heart transplant.

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The selfish, they're all standing in line
Faithing and hoping to buy themselves time
Me, I figure as each breath goes by
I only own my mind