- 1888 John J. Loud patents the ballpoint pen
- 1954 First use of 24-second shot clock in professional basketball (Rochester vs. Boston)
- 1960 Michael Woodruff performs the first successful kidney transplant at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary in the United Kingdom
Dress Halts Australia
1965 British model Jean Shrimpton causes a sensation at Derby Day at the Melbourne races wearing a white shift dress (four inches above the knee)
1973 The Bosphorus Bridge in Istanbul, Turkey, is completed, connecting the continents of Europe and Asia over the Bosphorus for the first time
- 1973 Tom Seaver becomes the first non-20-game winner to win the Cy Young Award
A 100 mph Fastball
1974 California Angel Nolan Ryan throws the fastest recorded pitch at 100.9 mph
- 1977 Pan Am 747SP lands after a polar flight around Earth in a record time of 54 hours and 7 minutes
- 1978 Laura Nickel and Curt Noll find the 25th Mersenne prime, 2^21701 - 1
- 1989 Smith Dairy in Orrville, Ohio, makes the largest milkshake, holding 1,891.69 gallons (7,158 liters)
- 2020 New DNA study of dogs suggests they were humans' first domesticated animal 11,000 years ago at the end of the Bronze Age [1]
- 2021 Grand Ole Opry broadcasts its 5000th Saturday night radio program from Nashville, Tennessee [1]
No comments: