- 1630 Fork introduced to American dining by Governor Winthrop
- 1638 A lunar eclipse is the first astronomical event recorded in the American colonies
- 1867 First barbed wire patented by Lucien B. Smith of Ohio
- 1900 Dunhuang manuscripts, including the Diamond Sutra, the world's oldest surviving dated printed book, are discovered by Daoist monk Wang Yuanlu in the Mogao Caves, China
- 1934 Previously unknown Winchester Manuscript of Sir Thomas Malory's "Le Morte d'Arthur" (1485) is announced as discovered in the library of Winchester College, England
Anne Frank's Diary
1947 First version of Anne Frank's diary "Het Achterhuis" is published in the Netherlands
Long-Haired Hare
1949 Warner Bros. Cartoons releases "Long-Haired Hare" an animated short film directed by Chuck Jones, featuring Bugs Bunny disguised as conductor Leopold Stokowski tormenting an opera singer
1st Color TV Broadcast
1951 First color TV broadcast, Arthur Godfrey hosts a musical variety special titled "Premiere" from CBS NYC to a network of five East Coast cities
- 1953 First passenger to fly commercially around the world in less than 100 hours
- 1967 First global satellite television program: "Our World" broadcasts and features 19 acts representing 19 nations, including The Beatles singing "All You Need Is Love"
- 1978 First use of the rainbow flag, symbol of gay pride, made by Gilbert Baker at a march in San Francisco
Purple Rain
1984 Warner Bros Records releases the sixth studio album by Prince, "Purple Rain"; his commercial peak, the film soundtrack album sells over 25 million copies, tops the charts in five countries, and wins two Grammy Awards and an Academy Award
- 1990 Quantum Leap Week: NBC airs episodes of "Quantum Leap" for five days straight
- 2019 Mirazur on the French Riviera crowned the world's best restaurant at ceremony in Singapore
- 2021 New species of ancient human is announced after finding a massive fossilized skull, the Homo longi "Dragon Man" from North East China [1]
- 2021 New type of ancient human, "Nesher Ramla Homo," that lived 140,000-120,000 years ago exhibits a blend of Neanderthal and archaic human traits, is uncovered in Ramla, Israel-Palestine [1]
- 2022 30,000-year-old intact remains of a baby wooly mammoth found frozen in permafrost in Klondike gold fields in the Yukon, Canada [1]
- 2024 China’s Chang’e 6 mission is the first to return samples from the far side of the moon, landing in its Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region [1]
- 2024 Huge aerial survey across South Sudan's Boma and Badingilo national parks reveal the world's largest mammal migration, including 6 million antelopes [1]
