- 1886 Victoria Street cable tram line opens in Melbourne, Australia, connecting Richmond to the city center via Victoria Street and Collins Street
- 1898 Construction begins on the Simplon Tunnel through the Alps, linking Italy and Switzerland; it becomes the world's longest railway tunnel
- 1910 Arthur Knight patents steel-shafted golf clubs
- 1927 The first snowmobile patent is granted to Carl Eliason of Sayner, Wisconsin
- 1935 Flying boat "China Clipper" takes off from Alameda, California, carrying 100,000 pieces of mail on the first trans-Pacific airmail flight
Bells Ring for JFK
1963 Queen Elizabeth II orders the ringing of the bell at Westminster Abbey for John F. Kennedy after his assassination, first time the bells are rung for someone outside the royal family [1]
Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees
1965 "Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees" is broadcast on CBS and watched by 25 million viewers, bringing Jane Goodall to international attention
- 1968 First interracial kiss on TV (Star Trek, Captain Kirk and Uhura)
- 1977 Regular Concorde supersonic jet passenger service between New York City's JFK airport and Europe begins (Air France from Paris; British Airways from London) [1]
Youngest Heavyweight Champion
1986 20-year-old Mike Tyson becomes youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history when he stops titleholder Trevor Berbick in round 2 at Las Vegas Hilton to earn the WBC title
Toy Story
1995 "Toy Story," the first feature-length film created completely using computer-generated imagery, directed by John Lasseter and starring Tom Hanks and Tim Allen, is released
- 2016 Spirit Cave Mummy, North America's oldest at 10,600 years old, is returned to the Fallon Paiute Shoshone tribe for reburial after DNA sequencing proved he is an ancestor of contemporary tribes [1]
Craig Coley Pardoned
2017 Governor Jerry Brown of California pardons Craig Coley, who had been wrongfully convicted of a 1978 double murder and served 39 years in prison, the longest prison term to be overturned in the state
- 2017 Vanellope Wilkins, born with her heart outside her body, is the first UK baby to survive birth and surgery to reposition her heart
- 2018 The Leaning Tower of Pisa's tilt is reduced by 4 cm in a 20 year project to stabilize it
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