- 1882 SS Dunedin leaves New Zealand for Britain with the first cargo of frozen meat
- 1903 First teddy bear introduced in America, made by Morris and Rose Michtom
Silent Film "It"
1927 Silent film "It" is released in the US starring Clara Bow
1936 Adolf Hitler announces construction of the Volkswagen Beetle (the People's Car, aka the Käfer/Beetle)
1943 Wartime propaganda poster "We Can Do It!" produced by J. Howard Miller and posted on the walls of Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company's plants in the Midwest
Cinderella Premieres
1950 Walt Disney's animated film "Cinderella" premieres in Boston, Massachusetts
- 1955 First pilot plant to produce synthetic man-made diamonds is announced
- 1964 The Beatles' "Meet the Beatles!" album goes #1 & stays #1 for 11 weeks
- 1965 Red Maple Leaf Flag becomes the official flag of Canada
- 1967 Longest dream (REM sleep) on record is experienced by Bill Carskadon in Chicago lasting 2 hours and 23 minutes
- 1979 Paul Shirley (21) of Australia, sucked a lifesaver for 4 hrs 40 mins
- 1985 Teen film "The Breakfast Club" is released, written and directed by John Hughes, starring Molly Ringwald, Judd Nelson, Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall and Ally Sheedy
- 1992 100th episode of "Cops" airs on Fox
- 2001 First draft of the complete human genome is published in the journal "Nature"
- 2011 Stray tabby cat Larry becomes Chief Mouser to the Cabinet Office at 10 Downing Street, the official resident of the UK Prime Minister, from Battersea Dogs & Cats Home [1]
- 2018 First known case of transgender woman breastfeeding reported in "Transgender Health Journal" in US
