- 1307 William Tell reputedly shoots an apple off his son's head
Earliest English Printed Book
1477 "The Dictes & Sayengis of the Philosophers," the first dated printed book in England, is printed by William Caxton at his press in Westminster
- 1902 Brooklyn toymaker Morris Michtom names his stuffed teddy bear after US President "Teddy" Roosevelt [1]
- 1913 Lincoln Beachey becomes the first American pilot to perform an aircraft loop-the-loop in his Curtiss aeroplane near San Diego
- 1932 The Disney cartoon Flowers & Trees is the first cartoon to receive an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
- 1955 The Bell X-2 rocket plane has its first powered flight, reaching Mach 0.992 at Edwards Air Force Base
- 1960 The Copyright Office issues its 10 millionth registration
- 1963 The Dartford-Purfleet tunnel under River Thames opens
- 1966 US Roman Catholic bishops end the rule of abstaining from meat on Fridays
Pauling on Vitamin C
1970 American scientist Linus Pauling popularizes the idea that taking large doses of vitamin C can prevent or treat the common cold; the claim is largely unproven
Dawson's MVP
1987 Cubs Andre Dawson is the first player from a last-place club to win an MVP
- 1997 A rare black pearl necklace is auctioned for a record $902,000
Third Hit Single Under 18
2017 Shawn Mendes is the first singer under 18 to have three No. 1 singles on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart
The Young Men's Magazine
2019 Book written by Charlotte Brontë at age 14 for her toy soldiers "The Young Men's Magazine" is bought by the Brontë Society for €600,000 at auction in Paris
- 2022 International Bureau of Weights and Measures votes to abandon the leap second, to take effect in 2035, originally inserted in 1972 to reconcile atomic and astronomical time scales [1]
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