- 438 Theodosian Code of Roman laws is proclaimed in the Western Empire (first law reforms since 295)
- 1493 Georg Alt's German translation of Hartmann Schedel's "The Nuremberg Chronicle" is published
- 1672 Giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, Saturn's second-largest moon
Flamsteed Fails to Recognize Uranus
1690 English astronomer John Flamsteed observes Uranus without realizing it's undiscovered
- 1852 First Chinese theater opens in the US, the Celestial John in San Francisco
Van Gogh Cuts Off Ear
1888 Vincent van Gogh cuts off part of his left ear with a razor after an argument with fellow painter Paul Gauguin and sends it to a female courtesan for safekeeping
Federal Reserve Act
1913 President Woodrow Wilson signs the Federal Reserve Act, establishing the modern central banking system of the United States to manage the money supply and promote financial stability
- 1938 Discovery of the first modern coelacanth in South Africa
- 1946 Highest daily ridership in NYC subway history - 8.8 million fares
- 1954 First successful human kidney transplant is performed by Dr. Joseph E. Murray at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts
- 1968 First US case of space motion sickness
First People to Orbit the Moon
1968 Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and William Anders become the first people to orbit the Moon aboard Apollo 8
- 1986 Experimental airplane Voyager, piloted by Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, completes the first nonstop, round-the-world flight without refueling and lands at Edwards Air Force Base in California's Mojave Desert 9 days after taking off from the same location
- 1996 Four women are ordained as priests in Jamaica, the first in 330 years of Anglican history
- 1997 A Chanukah candle is officially lit in Vatican City for the first time to celebrate Hanukkah and reconcile Roman Catholics and Jews [1]
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