- 1714 People riot due to a beer tax in Alkmaar, Netherlands
- 1816 First double-decked steamboat, Washington, arrives in New Orleans
- 1870 Léon Gambetta flees Paris in a balloon during the Franco-Prussian War
- 1900 The term "orienteering" is first used for an event
Georgia Tech Crushes Cumberland 222-0
1916 Georgia Tech, coached by John Heisman, defeats Cumberland 222-0, achieving the most lopsided score in the history of US college football
- 1957 "How to Marry a Millionaire," the first movie to become a TV sitcom, premieres
- 1965 A 50 mph (80 km/h) gust helps Robert Mitera ace the 447-yard 10th hole at Miracle Hills, Omaha, Nebraska, to score the world's longest straight hole-in-one
- 1965 Charles Linster performs 6,006 consecutive push-ups
- 1966 Rolling Stones record four songs for their first live LP "Got Live If You Want It!" at a concert at Colston Hall in Bristol
- 1985 Lynette Woodard is chosen as the first woman in the Harlem Globetrotters
- 2000 The last competitive soccer match at Wembley Stadium sees England defeated 1-0 by Germany, with the only goal scored by Liverpool's Dietmar Hamann. The match is Tony Adams' 60th at Wembley, setting the record for most appearances at the stadium
- 2008 Music, podcast, and video streaming service Spotify is launched by Daniel Ek and Martin Lorentzon
Carl Gustav Jung's Red Book
2009 A digital version of psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung's 'Red Book' is published 48 years after his death and contains personal notes on his subconscious during the period when he develops his principal theories
- 2018 Jodie Whittaker debuts in her first full episode as the 13th and first female Doctor Who on BBC television
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