- 868 "The Diamond Sutra", the world's oldest surviving and dated printed book is printed in Chinese and made into a scroll
- 1752 First US fire insurance policy is issued in Philadelphia
- 1812 The Waltz is introduced into English ballrooms; some observers consider it disgusting and immoral
1st Bicycle World Record
1893 Henri Desgrange establishes world's 1st bicycle world record, travelling 35.325 km (21.95 miles) an hour
- 1926 Airship Norge leaves Ny-Ålesund on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen for the first air crossing of the Arctic Ocean
- 1928 General Electric opens the first TV station in Schenectady, New York
- 1951 American engineer Jay Forrester applies for a patent for magnetic core memory
- 1963 "Puff (The Magic Dragon)" single by Peter, Paul & Mary hits #2; Peter Yarrow adapted a poem that college classmate Lenny Lipton had left behind after borrowing Yarrow's typewriter
- 1967 The 100 millionth US telephone is connected
Cats
1981 Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "Cats," based on poetry by T. S. Eliot, and directed by Trevor Nunn, opens at the New London Theatre in the West End, London; runs for 8,949 performances
Deep Blue Defeats Kasparov
1997 Chess-playing computer Deep Blue developed by IBM defeats Russian grandmaster Garry Kasparov 3.5-2.5 in chess
- 2000 India's population officially reaches 1 billion - Astha Arora named India's billionth baby
- 2012 Chinese scientists break world record by transferring photons over 97 kilometers using quantum teleportation
- 2018 Most popular names in the US for 2017 revealed as Emma for girls, Liam for boys
- 2024 Rare strong solar storm reaches Earth prompting the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to issue a geomagnetic storm warning [1]
