1843 An alligator falls from the sky during a thunderstorm in Charleston, South Carolina
- 1922 Ralph Samuelson (18) rides the world's first water skis on Lake Pepin in Lake City, Minnesota, after previous attempts riding a board [1]
- 1928 The Jenkins Television Corporation (owned by Charles Jenkins) goes on air with W3XK, the first television broadcasting station in the USA
- 1951 Leiden astronomers discover a radio signal from outside the Milky Way system
- 1982 Larry Walters rises to 16,000 feet over Los Angeles using a lawn chair and 42 helium balloons [1]
- 1990 TV cooking competition show "MasterChef" presented by Loyd Grossman, and created by Franc Roddam, first airs in the UK
- 2002 Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in a balloon
Christie Hits Closed Beach
2017 New Jersey Governor Chris Christie causes an uproar by having a day at the beach during his government's shutdown of the beaches
2019 Newly rediscovered Lewis chess piece sells at auction for £735,000 in London
- 2022 Earliest evidence for the use of opium from 14th century BCE found in burials at Tel Yehud, ancient Canaan (now Israel) [1]
- 2022 Largest ever exhibition on African fashion "Africa Fashion" opens at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London [1]
