Newton's 1st Optics Paper
1672 Isaac Newton reads his first optics paper before the Royal Society in London
- 1855 The Devil's Footprints, hoof-like marks mysteriously appear for over 60km after a snowfall in southern Devon, England
- 1855 The Smithsonian Institution Building 'The Castle' first opens to the public on the Mall in Washington D.C.
- 1883 Louis Waterman begins experiment to invent the fountain pen
- 1898 John Ames Sherman patents 1st envelope folding & gumming machine in Massachusetts
First 12-Reel Film
1915 "The Birth of a Nation" the first 12-reel film in America, directed by D. W. Griffith, starring Lillian Gish and Mae Marsh, premieres at Clune's Auditorium in Los Angeles
Walt Disney Studios
1926 Disney Brothers Cartoon Studio becomes Walt Disney Studios
- 1930 "Happy Days Are Here Again" by Benny Mereoff hits #1
- 1933 1st flight of all-metal Boeing 247
Stop In the Name of Love
1965 Motown Records release The Supremes' single "Stop In the Name of Love"
- 1968 Film "Planet of the Apes," based on Pierre Boulle's 1963 novel "La Planète des Singes," premieres in New York City
Zappa Concert Cancelled
1971 Royal Albert Hall cancels scheduled concert featuring Frank Zappa, due to concerns about indecent lyrics
- 1984 For the 1st time eight people are in space
- 1992 Ulysses spacecraft passes Jupiter
- 1996 The massive Internet collaboration "24 Hours in Cyberspace" takes place
Full Frontal with Samantha Bee
2016 Late-night talk show "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee" debuts on TBS in the US
