- 1794 Louvre opens to the public (although officially opened since August)
- 1866 First ambulance goes into service
- 1891 First World Weightlifting Championship is won by Edward Lawrence in London
1910 First seaplane takes off from water under its own power, piloted by Henri Fabre from the Étang de Berre lagoon in Martigues, France
- 1922 First microfilm device is introduced
- 1949 English astronomer Fred Hoyle coins the term "Big Bang" in a BBC radio talk while actually arguing for the alternative "steady-state" theory [1]
Music History
1964 Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in London unveils figures of The Beatles; the waxworks later appear on the Sgt. Pepper album cover
Film & TV History
1971 Last original edition of "The Ed Sullivan Show" broadcasts on CBS-TV
Burning Love
1972 Elvis Presley records his final Top Ten hit, a cover of "Burning Love", a song written by Dennis Linde, and first recorded by Arthur Alexander
- 1994 BBC Radio Five Live broadcasts for first time in United Kingdom
Event of Interest
2013 Pope Francis becomes the first Pope to wash the feet of women in the Maundy Thursday service
- 2017 World's largest dinosaur footprint, measuring 1.7 meters, is found in Kimberley, Western Australia
Film & TV History
2022 Actor Will Smith issues an apology on Instagram to Oscars host Chris Rock for slapping him live on stage during the ceremony [1]
