- 1862 Astronomer Alvan Graham Clark makes first observation of Sirius B (first known white dwarf star) in Cambridgeport, Massachusetts while testing his new telescope
- 1958 US launches its first artificial satellite, Explorer 1, which leads to the discovery of Earth's radiation belt by James Van Allen and his team at the University of Iowa
- 1961 Ham the chimpanzee becomes the first primate in space, traveling 158 miles aboard Mercury-Redstone 2
- 1966 USSR launches Luna 9 towards Moon
- 1971 Apollo 14 launches, first landing in lunar highlands
- 1978 "Elvis: The Legend Lives!" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 101 performances
- 1981 "The Tide Is High" by Blondie hits #1
- 1986 Mary Lund of Minneapolis, the first female recipient of an artificial heart, receives a donor heart
- 1990 1st ever all-sports daily "National" begins publishing
- 1990 1st McDonalds in the Soviet Union opens in Moscow
- 1997 "Final Fantasy VII" is released by Square and Sony Computer Entertainment to PlayStation
Ko Youngest No.1
2015 17-year-old Lydia Ko of New Zealand becomes the youngest golfer in men's or women's golf history to be ranked No. 1 in the world
- 2022 Online word puzzle Wordle bought for “low seven figure sum” by The New York Times
