Cartier Discovers Prince Edward Island
1534 French explorer Jacques Cartier is the first European to discover Prince Edward Islands, Canada
- 1806 Orkney woman Isobel Gunn sets sail for Prince Rupert's Land disguised as a man to work for the Hudson Bay Company - her true identity only revealed when she gives birth December 1807 [1]
- 1888 First known recording of classical music is made, Handel's "Israel in Egypt" on wax cylinder
- 1904 Two prehistoric bones are found in Weerdingerveen, Drenthe in the Netherlands
- 1929 First high-speed jet wind tunnel is completed at Langley Field, Virginia
- 1936 NY's Empire State Building broadcasts high-definition TV with 343 lines
Ford-Ferguson 9N Tractor
1939 Ford introduces the revolutionary Ford-Ferguson 9N tractor incorporating Harry Ferguson's three-point hitch system
- 1963 Beatles' 1st song "From Me to You" hits UK charts
Film & TV History
1964 NBC approves Gene Roddenberry's script for the pilot episode of "Star Trek" titled "The Cage"
- 1979 Mascot San Diego Chicken is reborn at Jack Murphy Stadium
Sports History
1984 Pitcher Orel Hershiser begins string of making every scheduled start until 1990 for Los Angeles Dodgers
Music History
2000 Eminem's mother goes to court claiming defamation of character in a $10 million civil suit, after taking exception to the line "My mother smokes more dope than I do" from her son's single 'My Name Is'
- 2008 Thomas Beatie, the world's first pregnant man, gives birth to a daughter
- 2015 Beijing Times reports 30% of the Great Wall of China has disappeared due to natural forces and stealing of bricks
- 2021 World's first known plague victim identified in the remains of a 5,000-year-old hunter-gatherer in Latvia [1]
- 2022 Earth records its shortest day ever, 1.59 milliseconds faster than a standard day [1]
