- 1586 Sir Thomas Harriot introduces potatoes to England from Colombia
- 1689 The first recorded successful separation of conjoined twins Elisabet and Catherina Meijerin is carried out by Swiss surgeon Johannes Fatio in Basel [1]
- 1910 Neon lights are first publicly displayed at the Paris Auto Show
- 1952 First TV broadcast in Hawaii
1st Non-Japanese Judo Champion
1961 Dutchman Anton Geesink becomes the first non-Japanese judo world champion
- 1962 Edith Sampson is sworn in as the first Black female judge in the state of Illinois
- 1967 Final run of "20th Century Limited," famed New York-Chicago luxury train
First Human Heart Transplant
1967 South African surgeon Dr. Christiaan Barnard performs the world's first human-to-human heart transplant, on Louis Washkansky, at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town; he survives for 18 days
- 1979 Christie's in Geneva auctions a thimble for a record $18,400
Do They Know It's Christmas
1984 The single "Do They Know It's Christmas," written by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure and sung by an all-star cast under the banner of Band Aid, is released in the UK
- 2017 First pizza party in space is held by astronauts on the International Space Station
- 2018 Dutch court in Arnhem rejects a man's request to be legally recognized as 20 years younger
- 2018 Seven-year old Ryan of Ryan Toysreview is the year's highest-paid YouTube star, earning $22 million
Spotify's Most Streamed
2019 Spotify announces Drake as the most streamed star of the 2010s with 28 billion streams, while Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You" is the most streamed track with 2.4 billion streams
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