1541 Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto and his expedition are the first Europeans to discover the Mississippi River
Andersen's Fairy Tales
1835 First installment of Hans Christian Andersen's "Fairy Tales" is published by C. A. Reitzel in Copenhagen, Denmark
- 1847 Scottish inventor Robert Thompson patents his pneumatic tyre in the US
- 1877 First Westminster Dog Show is held
Carbon Microphone
1878 David Edward Hughes' paper on the idea for a microphone is read before the Royal Society of London by Thomas Henry Huxley
- 1879 George Selden files the first patent for a gasoline-powered automobile
- 1886 Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta sells the first Coca-Cola (contained cocaine)
Alpha and Beta Rays
1899 Ernest Rutherford publishes his discovery of two different kinds of radiation (Alpha and Beta Particles)
- 1912 Film and television production and distribution studio Paramount Pictures is founded
Pacifica 231
1924 Arthur Honegger's orchestral tribute to steam locomotives "Pacifica 231" premieres
- 1936 Jockey Ralph Neves unexpectedly revived after being declared dead after a fall. His wife faints when he returns to the track.
Little Caesars Pizza
1959 Little Caesars Pizza is founded by Mike Ilitch and his wife Marian Ilitch in Garden City, Michigan
Dr. No
1963 First James Bond film, "Dr. No," starring Sean Connery, premieres in the US
1st Hit Out of Memorial Park
1966 Only HR ever hit out of Baltimore's Memorial Park, by Oriole outfielder Frank Robinson
- 1993 Sixteen-year-old Keron Thomas disguises himself as a motorman and takes a NYC subway train with 2,000 passengers on a three-hour ride
- 1994 Erling Kagge becomes the first person to complete the Three Poles Challenge by foot, reaching the North Pole, South Pole, and the summit of Mount Everest
- 2010 Last piece of Yankee Stadium falls in the Bronx, New York, marking the end of the two year demolition process
World's Oldest Astrolabe
2014 The world's oldest astrolabe (mariner's navigation tool) from circa 1498 is found near Al Hallaniyah Island, Oman, from a Portuguese shipwreck of explorer Vasco da Gama
- 2018 Largest-ever wave at 23.8m recorded in the South Hemisphere at Campbell Island by New Zealand scientists
- 2019 UK goes a week without using a coal-fired power station for first time in 137 years due to use of more renewable energy
- 2020 11-year-old Brazilian skateboarder Gui Khury creates a world record by performing the first 1080-degree turn on a vertical ramp
