The Oakland Athletics win their 20th consecutive game, an American League record, until the Cleveland Indians surpassed it in 2017.
Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two PhD students at Stanford University.
In Leipzig, East Germany, the first of weekly demonstration for the legalisation of opposition groups and democratic reforms takes place.
The discovery of Buckminsterfullerene, the first fullerene molecule of carbon.
Mark Spitz becomes the first competitor to win seven medals at a single Olympic Games.
Salvador Allende is elected President of Chile.
The first live transcontinental television broadcast takes place in San Francisco, United States, from the Japanese Peace Treaty Conference.
Darlington Raceway is the site of the inaugural Southern 500, the first 500-mile NASCAR race.
Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands abdicates for health reasons.
World War II: The British 11th Armoured Division liberates the Belgian city of Antwerp.
World War II: Finland exits from the war with Soviet Union.
World War II: A German submarine makes the first attack of the war against a United States warship, the USS Greer.
World War II: William J. Murphy commands the first Royal Air Force attack on Germany.
Maiden flight of the first U.S. airship, the USS Shenandoah.
Albanian rebels succeed in their revolt when the Ottoman Empire agrees to fulfill their demands
George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
American Indian Wars: After almost 30 years of fighting, Apache leader Geronimo, with his remaining warriors, surrenders to General Nelson Miles in Arizona.
The Pearl Street Station in New York City becomes the first power plant to supply electricity to paying customers.
Emperor Napoleon III of France is deposed and the Third Republic is declared.
Battle of Kowloon: British vessels open fire on Chinese war junks enforcing a food sales embargo on the British community in China in the first armed conflict of the First Opium War.