- 1780 Samuel Williams and the first US astronomical expedition record an eclipse of the sun at Penobscot Bay
- 1904 The first section of the New York subway, running from Lower Manhattan to Broadway Harlem for a fare of one nickel and built by the Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT), opens
- 1925 Water skis are patented by Fred Waller
- 1938 DuPont announces its new synthetic polyamide fiber will be called "nylon"
Rock's New Sensation
1975 Covers of both Time ("Rock's New Sensation") and Newsweek ("Making of a Rock Star") magazines feature rock singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen after the release of his breakthrough album "Born to Run"
- 1980 American Dave Gryllis sets world bicycle speed record of 94.37 km/h
- 1982 China announces its population has reached over 1 billion people
- 1992 Great Britain issues a postage stamp on the 100th anniversary of J.R.R. Tolkien
- 1992 Tipper Gore, wife of future Vice President Al Gore, admits to covering the clock on her VCR with black tape so she doesn't have to watch it blink
- 2011 Royal Australian Navy announces the discovery of the wreck of a World War II submarine, likely Japanese, in Simpson Harbour, Papua New Guinea, during Operation RENDER SAFE
- 2017 Indian surgeons successfully separate conjoined twins joined at the head in New Delhi, India
Lost Chopin Waltz
2024 A long-lost waltz by Frédéric Chopin is reportedly rediscovered after 200 years at the Morgan Library & Museum in Manhattan [1]
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