- 1378 Earliest record in Durham, England of 'Plough Monday', the first Monday after the Feast of Epiphany (Jan 6) when agricultural work could restart
1569 The first recorded lottery in England is drawn at St Paul's Cathedral in London; the first prize is £5,000, and other prizes include silver plate, tapestries, and fine linen cloth
- 1759 First American life insurance company is incorporated in Philadelphia
Morse Code Demonstrated
1838 First public demonstration of telegraph messages sent using dots and dashes at Speedwell Ironworks in Morristown, New Jersey, by Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail
- 1897 Martha Hughes Cannon takes office as the first woman state senator in the US in Utah after defeating her own husband
- 1913 First sedan-type car, a Hudson, goes on display at the 13th Auto Show in New York City
- 1915 Jacob Ruppert and Colonel Tillinghast Huston purchase the New York Yankees for $460,000, Ruppert pays his portion in cash
1st Insulin Injection
1922 Insulin is first used on humans when Frederick Banting injects 14-year-old Canadian Leonard Thompson to treat his diabetes
- 1978 Soyuz 27 links with Salyut 6 and Soyuz 26 (first time three spacecraft link)
- 1993 Howard Stern Radio Show begins transmitting to Buffalo, New York on WKBW
Rowling Finishes Harry Potter
2007 Author J. K. Rowling finishes the 7th and last Harry Potter novel in room 552 of the Balmoral Hotel, Edinburgh
- 2024 Huge ancient city discovered in the Amazon, in Upano area of eastern Ecuador, capable of supporting 10,000 people with sophisticated roads and canals [1]
- 2024 Rare copy of 'mint' first issue of "The Amazing Spider-Man" sells for $1.38 million and "Superman #1", goes for $2.34m at auction [1]
