- 1653 An athlete from Croydon is reported to have run 20 miles from St Albans to London in less than 90 minutes
- 1903 First Western film "The Great Train Robbery" is released, starring Justus D. Barnes and G. M. Anderson
- 1913 First drive-up gasoline station opens in Pittsburgh
1913 Ford Motor Company institutes the world's first moving assembly line for the Model T Ford
- 1929 The game of Bingo is invented by American toy salesman Edwin S. Lowe
- 1940 Four sets of brothers play in one NHL game as the Chicago Blackhawks beat the NY Rangers 4-1: Lynn & Muzz Patrick and Neil & Mac Colville (Rangers); Max & Doug Bentley and Bob & Bill Carse (Chicago)
- 1959 The first color photograph of Earth received from outer space
Happy Xmas (War is Over)
1971 John Lennon and Yoko Ono release the single "Happy Xmas (War is Over)" in the US, becoming a Christmas classic despite its initial modest commercial success
Rotten Punks
1976 Punk rock band the Sex Pistols use profanity on TV, getting them branded as "rotten punks"
1990 British and French workers meet in the middle of the Channel Tunnel 40 meters under the English Channel, achieving a major engineering feat and the long-held dream of linking Britain to Europe
19th-Century Auction Record
1994 Manuscript by Robert Schumann of his 2nd Symphony sells for $2.3 million at auction in London, setting a record for any 19th-century work
Thank U Next
2018 Ariana Grande releases the music video to her single "Thank U, Next," the biggest YouTube premiere with over 829,000 simultaneous viewers and the fastest music video to reach 55.4 million views in its first 24 hours
- 2018 Syrian shadow puppetry is added to UN's list of intangible cultural heritage in urgent need of safeguarding
- 2019 A newly developed apple that can last a year, the Cosmic Crisp, goes on sale in the US in Washington State
Spotify's Most Streamed
2020 Spotify's most streamed artist of 2020 is Bad Bunny, and its most streamed song is "Blinding Lights" by The Weeknd
- 2021 Turner Art Prize awarded to activist group Array Collective for installation including mock Irish pub - first Northern Irish artists to win [1]
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