- 1677 First medical publication in America, a pamphlet on smallpox, is published in Boston
- 1789 The first American novel, William Hill Brown's "The Power of Sympathy," is published by Isaiah Thomas
- 1813 First reference to pineapple cultivation in Hawaii in diary entry by Francisco de Paula Marin
Houdini Escapes
1903 Harry Houdini escapes from Halvemaansteeg police station in Amsterdam
- 1908 Sullivan Ordinance passes in New York City, making it illegal for women to smoke in public; Mayor George B. McClellan Jr. vetoes it two weeks later
Agatha Christie's First Novel
1921 British crime writer Agatha Christie publishes her first novel, "The Mysterious Affair at Styles," introducing the character Hercule Poirot
- 1927 First networked opera broadcast from a US opera house; Chicago Civic Opera presents selections from Charles Gounod's "Faust" from the Auditorium Theatre over 18 stations
- 1935 The Wilderness Society is founded by conservationists
- 1942 Bronx magistrate rules all pinball machines illegal
- 1976 Supersonic Concorde has its first commercial flights
1978 Bee Gees' album "Saturday Night Fever" goes #1; stays on top for 24 weeks
- 1987 B.B. King donates his 7,000 record collection to the University of Mississippi
- 2020 World's oldest asteroid impact at 2.2 billion years old found in Yarrabubba, Western Australia, may have ended an ice age, reported in "Nature Communications"
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