1864 - US Civil War: General Sherman's Union Army captures Savannah, Georgia, which surrenders to him, at the end of his March To the Sea Campaign 1933 - Dried human blood serum is first prepared at the University of Pennsylvania 1951 - Pioneering telenovela "Sua Vida Me Pertence" premieres in Brazil 1958 - Charles de Gaulle wins a seven-year term as the first President of the Fifth Republic of France 1962 - Angolin leaves Comecon 1966 - USSR launches Luna 13; soft-landed in Oceanus Procellarum 1990 - Steve and Mark Waugh complete 464* partnership for NSW v WA 2020 - Hawaiian vocalist Israel Kamakawiwoʻole's official music video for his rendition of Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg's "Over the Rainbow" reaches a billion views on YouTube More Historical Events »