1599 Jacob van Neck's fleet leaves Bantam, Java in modern day Indonesia with 1 million pounds of pepper and cloves and a further half a ship full of nutmeg, mace and cinnamon 1838 First public demonstration of telegraph messages sent using dots and dashes at Speedwell Ironworks in Morristown, New Jersey by Samuel Morseand Alfred Vail 1879 Anglo-Zulu War begins as British Lt-General Chelmsford invades Zululand in South Africa 1922 Insulin first used on humans to treat diabetes, on Canadian Leonard Thompson, aged 14 1964 First government report by US Surgeon General Luther Terry warning that smoking may be hazardous | 
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