The 10,000,000th United States Patent is issued.
Following a series of Michelin tire failures during the United States Grand Prix weekend at Indianapolis, and without an agreement being reached, 14 cars from seven teams in Michelin tires withdrew after completing the formation lap, leaving only six...
The current international law defending indigenous peoples, Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989, is ratified for the first time by Norway.
Members of the Revolutionary Party of Central American Workers, dressed as Salvadoran soldiers, attack the Zona Rosa area of San Salvador.
Garfield's first comic strip, originally published locally as Jon in 1976, goes into nationwide syndication.
Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.
Charlotte Motor Speedway holds its first NASCAR race, the inaugural World 600.
The Philadelphia Eagles and Pittsburgh Steelers of the NFL merge for one season due to player shortages caused by World War II.
The first Father's Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
The Herzegovinian rebellion against the Ottoman Empire begins.
Maximilian I of the Second Mexican Empire is executed by a firing squad in Querétaro, Querétaro.
President Abraham Lincoln signs the Territorial Slavery Act of 1862, which prohibits slavery in all current and future United States territories.
The first officially recorded, organized baseball game is played under Alexander Cartwright's rules on Hoboken, New Jersey's Elysian Fields with the New York Base Ball Club defeating the Knickerbockers 23–1. Cartwright umpired.
War of the Second Coalition Battle of Höchstädt results in a French victory over Austria.
The Boston King's Chapel adopts James Freeman's revised prayer book, without the Nicene Creed, establishing it as the first Unitarian congregation in the United States.
English colonists leave Roanoke Island, after failing to establish England's first permanent settlement in North America.
The original Nicene Creed is adopted at the First Council of Nicaea.