- 1866 Work begins on the first US underwater highway tunnel in Chicago
- 1886 First commercially successful AC electric power plant opens in Buffalo, New York
- 1924 The first transatlantic radio photo facsimile is transmitted, when a photograph of President Calvin Coolidge is sent from New York to London via the Radio Corporation of America (RCA)
Patterson vs. Moore
1956 At 21 years, 10 months, 3 weeks, and 5 days, Floyd Patterson becomes the youngest world heavyweight boxing champion by knocking out Archie Moore in the 5th round in Chicago, becoming the first Olympic gold medalist to win a professional heavyweight title
- 1956 The first use of videotape on TV for a broadcast of "Douglas Edwards with the News"
The Wall
1979 Pink Floyd's album "The Wall" is released and sells six million copies in two weeks
- 1982 Ottumwa, Iowa, is declared the "Video Game Capital of the World" by Mayor Jerry Parker
Jeopardy Champion Finally Loses
2004 Longtime "Jeopardy!" champion Ken Jennings from Salt Lake City, Utah, finally loses, leaving him with $2,520,700, television's all-time biggest game show haul
- 2016 UNESCO adds Belgian beer to its Cultural Heritage List
- 2017 World's longest recorded rainbow lasts for 8 hours and 58 minutes in Taipei's Yangmingshan Mountain Range
- 2020 DeepMind's AlphaFold AI program achieves a scientific breakthrough by accurately predicting the 3D structures of proteins from their amino acid sequences, a task that had challenged scientists for 50 years
- 2020 Newly discovered rock art is announced in the Serranía La Lindosa, Colombian Amazon, dating back 12,600 to 11,800 years ago, with thousands of paintings of now-extinct Ice Age animals [1]
Josephine Baker Honored
2021 Josephine Baker becomes the first Black woman inducted into the Panthéon in Paris, France's highest honor
- 2022 Artificial intelligence chatbot ChatGPT prototype is released by AI lab OpenAI and is able to answer complex questions, write poetry, and mimic some human emotions [1]
Spotify Most Streamed
2022 Harry Styles' single "As It Was" is the most-streamed song globally on Spotify in 2022, with Bad Bunny as the most-listened-to artist [1]
- 2022 UNESCO announces new additions to its Intangible Cultural Heritage list, including the French Baguette, oral traditions of calling camels in the Middle East, and tea practices in China [1] [2]
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