- 1566 Danish student and future astronomer Tycho Brache loses part of his nose in a sword duel over who is the better mathematician (he wore a prosthetic nose the rest of his life)
- 1782 The first Nautical Almanac in the US is published by Samuel Stearns in Boston
- 1845 Texas is admitted as the 28th state of the United States
- 1851 1st American Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) chapter opened in Boston, Massachusetts
- 1852 Emma Snodgrass is arrested in Boston for wearing trousers
- 1860 The first British seagoing ironclad warship, HMS Warrior, is launched
- 1862 The modern bowling ball is invented; made out of wood
- 1891 Edison patents his invention "Means for Transmitting Signals Electrically"; using induction rather than radio waves
- 1908 Patent granted for a 4-wheel automobile brake, Clintonville, Wisconsin
Sun Yat-sen Elected
1911 Chinese revolutionary Sun Yat-sen is elected the first President of the Republic of China
- 1911 Mongolia gains independence from the Qing dynasty
- 1952 1st transistorized hearing aid offered for sale (Elmsford NY)
- 1967 Star Trek's episode "Trouble With Tribbles" airs [1]
Bob Marley Stamp
1982 Jamaican Post issues commemorative postage stamp featuring reggae singer Bob Marley
- 1997 Hong Kong begins slaughtering all chickens to prevent avian influenza (bird flu)
- 2018 Record lowest temperature of -111C registered by American satellite Noaa-20 in the western Pacific at top of large storm [1]
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