- 781 BC Oldest Chinese recording of a solar eclipse
- 1769 A transit of Venus is followed five hours later by a total solar eclipse, the shortest such interval in history
- 1783 Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier make the first public hot-air balloon flight (unmanned), covering 2 km and lasting 10 minutes with an estimated altitude of 1,600-2,000 m
- 1784 Madame Elizabeth Thible becomes the first female balloonist
- 1850 Self-deodorizing fertilizer patented in England
- 1876 Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, California, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after having left New York City
Henry Ford's 1st Drive
1896 Henry Ford drives his first Ford through the streets of Detroit
- 1917 American men begin registering for the draft
- 1917 Laura E. Richards and Maud Howe Elliott are awarded the first Pulitzer Prize for Biography (Julia Ward Howe), the story of the author's mother
- 1963 First broadcast of "Pop Go the Beatles" on BBC radio
- 1969 22-year-old man sneaks into wheel pod of a jet parked in Havana and survives 9-hr flight to Spain despite thin oxygen levels at 29,000 ft
- 1973 Patent for the ATM is granted to Don Wetzel, Tom Barnes and George Chastain
- 1974 Never repeated 10 cent Beer Night at Cleveland, unruly fans stumble onto field and cause Indians to forfeit the game to Rangers with score tied 5-5 in 9th
- 1975 Oldest animal fossils in US discovered in North Carolina
Born in the USA
1984 Columbia Records releases Bruce Springsteen's seventh studio album "Born in the USA," his biggest commercial success that topped the charts in 11 countries and sold over 30 million copies worldwide
Young Elvis Wins Stamp Vote
1992 USPS announces 1.2 million people voted to choose the artwork on their Elvis Presley stamp, with 75% preferring a portrait of young Elvis over old Elvis [1]
- 2019 Movement in Japan to end compulsory wearing of high heels in work places trends with hashtag #KuToo
- 2019 Professional gambler James Holzhauer's 32-game winning streak ends on "Jeopardy," just short of Ken Jenning's record $2.52M earnings
