- 1612 German astronomer Simon Marius is the first to observe the Andromeda Galaxy through a telescope
- 1792 First life insurance policy issued in US (Philadelphia)
- 1854 First street-cleaning machine in the US used in Philadelphia
- 1903 New York Wall Street vendor Italo Marchiony is granted a patent for a mound apparatus for making ice cream cones
- 1925 First hockey game at Madison Square Garden, New York City, with the Montreal Canadiens defeating the New York Americans 3-1
- 1954 US Scientists involved in secret Project Superpressure at GE Research Labs realize they have synthesized diamonds for the first time [1]
- 1970 Soviet Venera 7 is the first spacecraft to land on another planet (Venus)
Trivial Pursuit Developed
1979 Chris Haney and Scott Abbott develop the board game Trivial Pursuit
- 2001 The Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens after 11 years and $27,000,000 to fortify it without fixing its famous lean
- 2009 Boeing's new 787 Dreamliner makes its maiden flight from Paine Field in Everett, Washington, to Boeing Field in Seattle
- 2018 Egyptian archaeologists announce the discovery of a 4,400-year-old tomb of the Fifth Dynasty priest Wahtye in the Saqqara pyramid near Cairo
Springsteen Sells Back Catalogue
2021 Bruce Springsteen sells his music back catalogue to Sony Music Entertainment for an estimated $500 million in possibly the biggest deal ever for a single artist [1]
- 2023 American jazz vocal quartet "The Manhattan Transfer" marks their 50th anniversary with a farewell concert at Disney Hall in Los Angeles, California [1]
Tren Maya
2023 Mexico's Maya Train is inaugurated by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the first part of a $20 billion, 950-mile tourist train route around the Yucatan Peninsula [1]
