1841 The first wagon train arrives in California after a five-and-a-half-month, 1,730-mile journey over the Sierra Nevada from Missouri [1]
- 1846 American inventor Benjamin Palmer from Meredith, New Hampshire, patents the artificial leg
- 1873 Dentist John Beers of San Francisco patents the gold crown
- 1879 James Ritty invents the first cash register to prevent his bartenders from stealing money from the till at his bar in Dayton, Ohio
- 1903 Harvard Stadium, the first stadium built specifically for American football, holds its first game
- 1914 Vogue holds its first model show, "Fashion Fete," in New York City
- 1930 Legendary New Zealand-Australian racehorse Phar Lap wins the Melbourne Cup with the shortest odds ever offered
- 1939 The first air-conditioned automobile (Packard) is exhibited in Chicago, Illinois
Rattle Your Jewelry
1963 John Lennon utters his famous quip at a Royal Variety Performance at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London: "For our last number, I'd like to ask your help. Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And for the rest of you, if you’ll just rattle your jewelry"
- 1965 Lee Breedlove sets the female land speed record in Utah (308.56 mph)
- 1973 The Netherlands introduces the first car-free Sunday in response to the oil crisis, resulting in deserted highways that are solely used by cyclists and roller skaters
- 1993 Elton John is awarded $518,700 by Sunday Mirror for a false report on his diet
- 2003 Most powerful solar flare observed by satellite instrumentation is recorded
- 2019 Largest mass commutation in US history when 462 non-violent inmates are freed from Oklahoma prisons as part of state prison reforms
- 2022 Astronomers announce the discovery of the closest known black hole to Earth, just 1,600 light-years away and 10 times bigger than the Sun [1]
- 2024 A new survey of Japanese teenagers reveals only a fifth of 15-18-year-old boys have experienced their first kiss, the lowest level since 1974 [1]
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