- 1792 "Old Farmer's Almanac" is first published and edited by Robert Thomas
- 1792 Cornerstone laid for the Executive Mansion (White House) in Washington
- 1860 First aerial photo of Boston taken from a balloon in the US
- 1896 First public screening of a motion picture in New Zealand
- 1914 American inventor Garrett Morgan patents his safety hood device, which is later refined into the gas mask [1]
- 1917 70,000 people gather to see the "Miracle of the Sun," solar visions reportedly by the Virgin Mary in Fátima, Portugal, after prophecies by local children
- 1963 The term "Beatlemania" is coined after Beatles appear at the London Palladium
- 1984 John Henry becomes the first thoroughbred to win $6 million
- 1987 First military use of trained dolphins (US Navy in Persian Gulf)
- 2012 Gerhard Richter's Abstraktes Bild sells for $34 million, the highest-selling artwork by a living artist
- 2018 Oldest known human remains from Poland, dated to 115,000 years ago, are revealed to be a Neanderthal child from Ciemna Cave consumed by a large bird
Sports History
2019 Simone Biles becomes the most decorated gymnast in history when she wins her record 25th medal at the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany
Film & TV History
2021 William Shatner becomes the oldest person to reach space, traveling aboard Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket on a 10-minute flight
SpaceX Recaptures Rocket
2024 SpaceX completes the first recovery of a rocket as its Starship rocket booster is caught by a giant pair of mechanical arms in a test flight near Brownsville, Texas [1]
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