- 1673 First recorded wine auction held in London
- 1824 First description of a dinosaur published: ‘Megalosaurus or Great Fossil Lizard of Stonesfield’ to the Geological Society of London by William Buckland, beginning dinosaur mania [1]
- 1872 New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art opens
- 1872 Silas Noble and J.P. Cooley patent a toothpick manufacturing machine
- 1935 Dane Caroline Mikkelsen is the first woman to land on Antarctica
- 1944 Batman & Robin comic strip premieres in newspapers
- 1949 First International Pancake Race is held in Liberal, Kansas
- 1952 Emmett Ashford is certified to be first black umpire in organised baseball; has to wait until 1966 for MLB debut
1962 John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit Earth aboard Friendship 7
- 1987 David Hartman quits ABC's "Good Morning America" after 11 years
- 1991 Programming language Python is released by Guido van Rossum [1]
- 2012 Scientists successfully regenerate the flowering plant Silene stenophylla from a 31,800-year-old piece of fruit, greatly surpassing the previous record of 2,000 years
- 2013 Estonia becomes the first country to establish a national system of fast chargers for electric cars
Film & TV History
2015 Kristen Stewart is the first American actress to win a French César Award as Best Supporting Actress for "Clouds of Sils Maria"
London Fashion Week
2018 Queen of England, Elizabeth II makes surprise appearance at London fashion week
- 2022 Hannah Green of Australia becomes first woman to win a mix-gender golf tournament over 72 holes; closes with 5-under 66 for a 4-stroke win in TPS Murray River on the PGA Tour of Australasia
Beyoncé Tops Country Chart
2024 Beyoncé’ is the first Black female artist to top Billboard's Hot Country Songs Chart, with her country single “Texas Hold ’Em” [1]
