- 1872 E. D. Barbour of Boston is awarded the U.S. patent for a "calculator," the first adding machine with keys capable of printing totals and subtotals
- 1895 American inventor Frederick E. Blaisdell of Philadelphia patents the "self-sharpening" paper-sheathed pencil, commonly known as a china marker
Goldwyn Pictures
1916 Samuel Goldfish, Edgar and Archibald Selwyn establish Hollywood's Goldwyn Pictures; Goldfish later changes his name to Goldwyn
- 1952 The North American F-86D Sabre sets a world speed record of 1,124 km/h (698.5 mph)
Music Concert
1962 The Paul Winter Sextet performs the first jazz concert at the White House at the invitation of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy
- 1969 Apollo 12's Charles Conrad and Alan Bean become the 3rd and 4th humans on the Moon
This Song
1976 George Harrison releases his single "This Song" on the album "Thirty Three & 1/3" as a direct and humorous response to the "My Sweet Lord"copyright lawsuit
Jan Kurri
1983 Jari Kurri becomes the first Finnish ice hockey player to score five goals in a game
- 1990 Pop duo Milli Vanilli are stripped of their Grammy Award after it is learned they did not sing on their award-winning "Girl You Know It's True" album
- 1996 The 12.9 km Confederation Bridge, joining Borden-Carleton, Prince Edward Island, and Cape Jourimain, New Brunswick, is completed and becomes the longest bridge over ice-covered waters in the world
- 1997 McCaughey septuplets (all 7 of them!) are born to Bobbi and Kenny McCaughey in Des Moines, Iowa, as the first set of septuplets to survive infancy
Van Gogh Sale
1998 Vincent van Gogh's "Portrait of the Artist Without Beard" sells at auction for $71.5 million
- 2017 ʻOumuamua, 400 meters long and reddish, the first known interstellar object in our solar system, is first detected by scientists and is initially thought to be of possible alien origin (since thought to be a slice of a small planet)
LeBron's Triple-Double
2019 LeBron James records 25 points, 11 rebounds, and 10 assists as the LA Lakers beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 112-107 to become the first player in NBA history to achieve a triple-double against all 30 franchises
- 2021 Longest partial lunar eclipse since 1440, lasting 3 hours, 28 minutes, and 23 seconds
- 2021 Rare original copy of the U.S. Constitution is sold to Ken Griffin, head of hedge fund Citadel, for $43.2 million, setting a world record price for a book, historical document, or manuscript [1]
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