- 1804 Napoleonic Code is adopted in France, stressing clearly written and accessible law
String Quartet No. 13
1826 Beethoven's "String Quartet No. 13" in B flat major (Op 130) premieres in Vienna
- 1844 The original date predicted by William Miller of Massachusetts for the return of Christ and the end of the world
- 1925 Tennessee Governor Austin Peay passes the "Butler Act," making Tennessee the first state to outlaw teaching the theory of evolution (repealed in 1967)
First Rock & Roll Concert
1952 20,000 people attempt to attend the first-ever rock & roll concert when Alan Freed presents "The Moondog Coronation Ball" at the old 12,000-seat Cleveland Arena; performers include Paul Williams and the Hucklebuckers, Tiny Grimes and the Rocking Highlanders, The Dominoes, and Varetta Dillard
- 1958 Dr. Ernest Lawrence, nuclear scientist and Nobel laureate, receives first West Point Sylvanus Thayer Award, presented to an outstanding US citizen whose service in the national interest exemplifies devotion to ideals of West Point motto: "Duty, Honor, Country"
- 1962 Yogi the bear becomes the first creature ejected at supersonic speeds by the US military during testing of ejection seats
- 1964 Beatles' single "She Loves You" goes to #1 in the US and stays at #1 for two weeks
- 1973 First Met Gala held with a theme honoring designer Balenciaga in New York
- 1975 Ethiopia abolishes its monarchy after 3,000 years
- 1983 Only known typo on Time Magazine cover (control=contol), all recalled
- 1984 NFL owners pass the infamous anti-celebration rule
- 1999 Swiss aviator Bertrand Piccard and British aviator Brian Jones become the first to circumnavigate the Earth in a hot air balloon
- 2000 NSYNC release their 4th studio album “No Strings Attached” (2000 Billboard Album of the Year)
Event of Interest
2006 First ever tweet sent out by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey: "just setting up my twttr"
- 2013 European Space Agency reveals new data indicating that the universe is 13.82 billion years old
- 2019 Bangladeshi woman with two uteruses safely gives birth to twins 26 days after giving birth to another child
Brain-Chip Patient Plays Chess
2024 Elon Musk's Neuralink company posts a video of a patient playing chess online using a brain implant [1]
- 2024 Social media company Reddit makes it's debut on the New York Stock Exchange, it's shares rising 48% [1]
