Mormon Church Forms
1830 Joseph Smith and five others officially organize the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church) in Fayette, New York
- 1896 First modern Summer Olympic Games open in Athens, Greece; American athlete James Connolly becomes the first modern Olympic champion when he wins the triple jump (then 2 hops and a jump); later places 3rd in long jump and 2nd in high jump
- 1903 The Kishinev pogrom in Bessarabia begins, forcing tens of thousands of Russian Jews to seek refuge in Palestine and Western countries
1906 World's first animated cartoon is released, "Humorous Phases of Funny Faces" by J. Stuart Blackton
- 1909 First US credit union, St. Mary's Cooperative Credit Association, opens in Manchester, New Hampshire
- 1924 Four airplanes leave Seattle on the first successful around-the-world flight
- 1925 "The Lost World" is the first film shown on an airplane (British Airway)
- 1930 Hostess Twinkies invented by bakery executive James Dewar
- 1931 First broadcast of "Little Orphan Annie" on NBC Radio
- 1938 Teflon invented by American chemist Roy J. Plunkett at DuPont [1]
1st Tony Awards
1947 1st Tony Awards: Arthur Miller, David Wayne & Patricia Neal win for theatrical achievements
- 1973 America launches the Pioneer 11 (Pioneer G) probe to study Jupiter and Saturn
Mamma Mia!
1999 Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus' musical "Mamma Mia!", featuring the songs of ABBA, opens at the Prince Edward Theatre in London's West End; transfers twice to other venues and its run is interrupted by COVID-19 in March of 2020
Star Trek Premieres
2009 "Star Trek" film reboot directed by J.J. Abrams, starring Chris Pine and Zachary Quinto premieres in Austin, Texas
- 2016 First baby born with DNA from three parents through mitochondrial transfer in Mexico
- 2019 First ever "Marsquake" seismic event on planet Mars detected by NASA's InSight lander
- 2021 Record-breaking price of $3.25 million for a comic book as Action Comics #1, which introduces Superman for the first time, sells at auction [1]
- 2022 Scientists claim to have found dinosaur remains killed on the actual day a giant asteroid struck earth 66 million years ago beginning their extinction, at Tanis fossil site, North Dakota [1]
- 2023 Guinness world record for largest afro at 5ft 5in (165cm) set for the third time by Aevin Dugas of Reserve, Louisiana [1]
