June 16: Magna Carta, celluloid and the establishment of UEFA

June 16, 1215 the English King John the Landless signed the Magna Carta.

1667 - French doctor Jean-Baptiste Denis produced the world's first successful blood transfusion. To a 15-year-old boy, he poured about 12 ounces of lamb's blood.

1752 - Benjamin Franklin in an experiment with a kite proved the electrical nature of lightning.

1844 - Charles Goodyear patented a method of vulcanizing rubber.

1869 - John Hayat in Albany, New York, patented celluloid.

1878 - The first attempt was made in the United States to produce a similarity to the film (12 cameras simultaneously fixed one frame to determine whether all four hoofs come off the ground at a horse gallop).

1903 - in the city of Dearborn, Michigan, Henry Ford and 19 other businessmen founded Ford Motor Company. Ford received 25.5 shares of the company and the position of vice president and chief engineer.

1920 - The Roman Catholic Church canonized Joan of Arc.

1954 - the establishment of UEFA.

1960 - New York premiered the Alfred Hitchcock film "Psycho", which today is considered one of the best films of Hitchcock and world cinema.

1978 - the Soviet manned spacecraft Soyuz-29 was launched.

1985 - in the Hermitage, the picture of Rembrandt "Danae" is covered with sulfuric acid.