1932

Photo: Modern Mechanix

http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/16/blows-glass-globe-around-cats/

1932 Modern Mechanix:

"TO WIN a bet, Dick Manley, California glass blower, performed an unprecedented glass blowing stunt. He placed three kittens in a glass tube and within three minutes fashioned it into a perfect 26-inch globe with the kittens inside and unharmed. A small hole admitted air."

Unknown. "Blows glass globe around cats." January 1932, Modern Mechanix. Posted on blog July 16, 2006. accessed November 5, 2009. http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2006/07/16/blows-glass-globe-around-cats/

HAha: the commenters on the blog point out that there are four cats not three.