- 1842 First US design patent for typefaces and borders is issued to George Bruce of New York City
- 1861 First documented Canadian football game is held at the University of Toronto
- 1904 First airplane flight to last more than 5 minutes, when Wilbur Wright flies the Wright Flyer II for 5 minutes and 4 seconds, covering 2.75 miles (4.4 km)
1907 The Cullinan Diamond, the largest ever discovered and weighing 8.8 carats, is presented to King Edward VII on his 66th birthday
- 1930 First nonstop airplane flight from New York to Panama, piloted by Roy W. Ammel
- 1936 American fashion designer Ruth Harkness captures a panda cub named Su Lin in China to fulfill her late husband's dream of bringing a panda to the US; it becomes the first live panda cub to enter the US
1960 American bass baritone Paul Robeson gives the first performance at the Sydney Opera House, singing to workers from the scaffolding during construction of the building
- 1961 The X-15 rocket plane under USAF Major Robert M. White achieves a world record speed of 4,093 mph (Mach 6.04) and reaches 101,600 feet (30,970 m or over 19 miles) altitude
- 1965 Jay DeFeo's monumental painting "The Rose" (1958-66), layered with over 2,000 pounds (907 kg) of paint, is removed from the artist's San Francisco apartment [1]
A Nightmare on Elm Street
1984 Wes Craven's horror film "A Nightmare on Elm Street" premieres in the US
1985 Russia's Garry Kasparov, at 22, becomes the youngest World Chess Champion with a 13-11 win over fellow countryman Anatoly Karpov
1989 East Berlin opens its borders at the Bornholmer Strasse crossing when thousands arrive after East German government official Günter Schabowski mistakenly announces that restrictions on travel to the West will be lifted "immediately, without delay"
- 1994 Darmstadtium, chemical element 110, is discovered at GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research near Darmstadt, Germany
- 2009 Joe Cada becomes the youngest winner of the World Series of Poker at the age of 21
- 2014 Celebrations held in Germany to mark the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall; white balloons marking a stretch of the wall symbolize its disappearance
- 2021 105-year-old Julia Hawkins sets a world record as the first woman and first American of her age to run 100 meters at Louisiana Senior Olympic Games [1]
- 2022 Archaeologists announce the discovery of the oldest decipherable sentence on an ivory comb from Tel Lachish, Israel, with the inscription “May this tusk root out the lice of the hair and the beard” in 1,700 B.C. Canaanite script [1]
Beyoncé Most Nominated
2024 Beyoncé becomes the most nominated artist in Grammy history, 99 in total, after receiving 11 nominations for 2025, including record, song and country song of the year [1]
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