- 1919 First transatlantic flight ends after an 11-day journey by a US Navy flying boat
Chrysler Building Opens
1930 The 1,046-foot (319-meter) Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public
- 1931 Swiss Auguste Piccard and Paul Kipfer make the first flight into the stratosphere by balloon from Augsburg, Germany
- 1933 Walt Disney's short film "3 Little Pigs" is released (Academy Award Best Animated film 1934)
- 1937 Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco opens to pedestrians
Imagine
1971 John Lennon records the song "Imagine" at his Ascot Sound home studio at Tittenhurst Park, England
God Save the Queen
1977 The Sex Pistols release "God Save the Queen," sparking major controversy and leading to a ban on the song by the BBC
- 1997 First all-female team of 20 British women reaches the North Pole
- 2013 The largest flag ever made at 5 tons with 44 miles of thread is unveiled in Romania
BTS Tops the Billboard 200
2018 South Korean boy band BTS are the first K-pop group to top the US Billboard 200 with their album "Love Yourself: Tear"
Friends: The Reunion
2021 "Friends: The Reunion" premieres with the original cast 17 years after the TV sitcom series ended
- 2021 English playwright William Shakespeare is reported to have died after receiving the COVID-19 vaccine by Argentine news channel Canal 26 (case of mistaken identity, the Bard died in 1616)
Top Gun Maverick
2022 "Top Gun: Maverick," the sequel starring Tom Cruise, Miles Teller, and Jennifer Connelly, is released 36 years after the original film
