- 404 Last known gladiator competition in Rome
- 1710 Parisian merchant Jean Marius obtains a five-year royal privilege for his invention of a folding umbrella, the first in Europe
- 1772 The London Credit Exchange Company issues the first traveler's cheques, which can be used in 90 European cities
- 1803 Emperor Gia Long orders all bronze wares of the Tây Sơn Dynasty to be collected and melted into nine cannons for the Royal Citadel in Huế, Vietnam
Frankenstein Published
1818 Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus" is published anonymously by the small London publishing house of Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones
- 1840 First recorded bowling match in the US takes place at Knickerbocker Alleys, New York
- 1842 New York Illustrated News, the first illustrated weekly magazine in the US, publishes its first issue in New York
- 1852 The first US public bath opens in New York City
Astro Boy
1963 Astro Boy, the first popular animated Japanese television series based on the manga series by Osamu Tezuka, premieres on Fuji TV in Japan
Top of the Pops
1964 "Top of the Pops," a British pop music television program, premieres with performances by Dusty Springfield, The Rolling Stones, Dave Clark Five, The Hollies, Swinging Blue Jeans, and The Beatles
- 1965 49-year-old former England international soccer forward Stanley Matthews is the only player to be awarded a knighthood while still playing for Stoke City
- 1976 NBC replaces its "peacock" logo with a large block "N"; the design of the new logo costs nearly $1 million and is subject to a copyright infringement suit costing NBC an additional $800,000
The Far Side
1980 Comic strip "The Far Side" by Gary Larson debuts in the San Francisco Chronicle
- 1999 Euro currency is introduced to world financial markets
- 1999 International Year of Older Persons (declared by the UN on October 1, 1998)
- 2000 Gisborne, New Zealand, with a population of approximately 32,754, is the first city in the world to welcome the new Millennium
- 2010 New FINA rules re competition swimsuits come into effect; all body-length swimsuits banned; men's suits to maximally cover from the waist to knee, and women's from shoulder to knee; fabric must be a "textile" or woven material
- 2022 Chicago Bulls forward DeMar DeRozan becomes the first player in NBA history to hit buzzer-beaters on consecutive days; he hits 3-pointers to beat the Washington Wizards 120-119 and the previous night the Indiana Pacers 108-106
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