- 1479 BC Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt, although power effectively shifts to Hatshepsut (according to the Low Chronology of the 18th Dynasty)
- 1184 BC The Greeks enter Troy using the Trojan Horse (traditional date)
- 1066 Halley's Comet sparks English monk to predict country will be destroyed
- 1704 First continuously published newspaper in America, The Boston News-Letter, is published in Boston by John Campbell [1]
- 1833 Jacob Evert and George Dulty patent the first soda fountain
World Record 100km
1894 French cyclist Henri Desgrange rides 100km in a world record time of 2:39:18
- 1909 Harry Hillman and Lawson Robertson run a 100-yard three-legged race in 11 seconds
- 1928 Fathometer, which measures underwater depth, is patented
1961 17th century Swedish warship Vasa, which sunk on her maiden voyage in 1628, is salvaged
- 1962 Massachusetts Institute of Technology sends a TV signal by satellite for the first time from California to Massachusetts
Shoemaker Wins #8,000
1981 Bill Shoemaker wins his 8,000th horse race, 2,000 more than any other jockey
- 1986 Film "Crocodile Dundee" starring Paul Hogan and Linda Kozlowski premieres in Australia (highest grossing film of the year in the US)
- 1989 Massachusetts declares today "New Kids on the Block Day"
- 2018 Streaming music services overtake worldwide sales of CDs and vinyl for the first time according to IFPI
- 2023 India surpasses China as the worlds most populous country according to UN estimates, with 1,425,775,850 people (estimated to reach 1.7 billion by 2064) [1]
