1878 Whistler v. Ruskin, the most famous trial in art history, ends with artist James McNeill Whistler being awarded a token farthing in compensation after suing the writer and critic John Ruskin for libel, accusing Whistler of "flinging a pot of paint in the public's face" [1]
1893 New Zealand women vote for the first time in a national election [1]
- 1922 RAF Captain Cyril Turner performs the first skywriting exhibition in New York City, spelling out "Hello USA Call Vanderbilt 7200"; 47,000 people call
- 1986 Hilbert van der Duim skates the one-hour world record with 39.4928 km
Acrobat & Harlequin
1988 Picasso's "Acrobat and Harlequin" sells for $38.45 million
- 2022 Canadian scientists announce the discovery of two new minerals, elaliite and elkinstantonite, within a 70-gram sample of the El Ali meteorite found in Somalia [1]
- 2022 London's Horniman Museum becomes the first UK museum to return items, including Benin Bronzes, to Nigeria, originally looted from Benin City by British troops in 1897 [1]
- 2022 Merriam-Webster's word of the year is "gaslighting," while Collins Dictionary's is "permacrisis" [1]
- 2024 Archaeologists reveal the first evidence of two different early human species, Homo erectus and Paranthropus boisei, coexisting in the same location in Kenya [1]
- 2024 Australia becomes the first country to pass legislation banning children under 16 from using social media [1]
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