- 781 The oldest recorded eruption of Mt. Fuji (Traditional Japanese date: July 6, 781)
Defoe Pelted With Flowers
1703 Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet but is pelted with flowers
- 1790 First US patent is granted to Samuel Hopkins for a potash process
- 1809 First practical US railroad track, made of wood and designed for horse-drawn cars, is laid in Philadelphia
First Surgery Under Kerosene Lamp
1853 First nighttime surgery performed at Lychakiv Hospital in Lemberg (now Lviv, Ukraine) using new kerosene oil lamps invented by Ignacy Łukasiewicz [1]
- 1899 Albert Trott hits a ball from Monty Noble over the pavilion at Lord's Cricket Ground
- 1912 The US government censors movies and photos of boxing prizefights; this remains in place until 1940
- 1964 American glider pilot Al Parker glides 644 miles without a motor
- 1965 Cigarette advertising is banned on British TV
- 1969 Mariner 6 makes its closest approach to planet Mars at 3,410 km
1970 Black Tot Day: the last day of the officially sanctioned rum ration in the Royal Navy, which started in 1740
- 1971 Apollo 15 astronauts take a 6½-hour electric car ride on the Moon
- 1981 Arnette Hubbard is installed as the first woman president of the National Bar Association
- 2004 Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel close their second reunion tour with a free concert in front of the Colosseum in Rome; an estimated 600,000 fans attend, making it their largest crowd
- 2012 Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band perform their longest show to date at Olympiastadion in Helsinki, Finland, lasting 4 hours and 6 minutes
Rihanna's Vogue Cover
2018 Rihanna becomes the first Black woman to appear on the cover of British Vogue when she appears on the September cover
- 2024 5,000-year-old large-scale farming settlement is discovered at Oued Beht in Morocco, confirming North Africa's significance during the Neolithic [1]
