- 1797 André-Jacques Garnerin makes the first parachute descent from a balloon in Paris
- 1875 First telegraphic connection in Argentina
- 1878 The first rugby match under floodlights takes place between Broughton and Swinton in Salford, England
- 1884 International Meridian Conference in Washington, D.C. adopts Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) worldwide and creates 24 international time zones with longitude zero at the Greenwich Meridian
- 1938 Chester Carlson conducts the first successful experiment in electrophotography and later sells it to the Haloid Company, now known as Xerox Corporation, which names it xerography
- 1964 EMI rejects an audition by "High Numbers;" they go on to become "The Who"
Sartre Refuses Nobel Prize
1964 French philosopher and author Jean-Paul Sartre refuses the Nobel Prize for Literature, saying he doesn't want to be "institutionalized"
- 1979 Walt Disney World's 100 millionth guest
- 1988 Elton John sells out Madison Square Garden in New York City for a record 26th time
- 1994 Tony Rominger breaks the world hour record in cycling, achieving a distance of 53.832 km
- 2004 Discovery and isolation of new wonder material Graphene announced in paper by Andre Geim and Konstantin Novoselov (Nobel Prize 2010). Incredibly they used scotch tape to peal layers off Graphite. [1]
- 2013 "Lego Marvel Super Heroes" first released in North America for some formats including Xbox and Wii - Lego's best-selling video game
- 2024 Construction of the cube-shaped Mukaab skyscraper, designed to be the world's largest building, standing 400 meters tall and wide, begins in Saudi Arabia's capital, Riyadh [1]
1st Father-Son NBA Duo
2024 LeBron and Bronny James become the first father-son duo in NBA history to appear in a game together as the LA Lakers beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 110-103 at Crypto.com Arena [1]
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