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| 1811 | - | Nevill Maskelyne - 5th Astronomer Royal of England dies |
| 1877 | - | US Weather Service is founded |
| 1885 | - | 1st Japanese arrive in Hawaii |
| 1891 | - | 1st shipment of asparagus arrives in SF from Sacramento |
| 1893 | - | Canal builder De Lesseps & others sentenced to prision for fraud. |
| 1922 | - | Snow on Mauna Loa |
| 1943 | - | Japanese evacuated Guadalcanal - ending epic battle |
| 1953 | - | Superman TV series premiers |
| 1964 | - | 1st appearance of the Beatles on Ed Sullivan |
| 1969 | - | Boeing 747 makes its 1st coml flight |
| 1971 | - | Apollo 14 returns to Earth |
| 1975 | - | Soyuz 17 returns to Earth |
| 1986 | - | Halley\s Comet reaches perihelion (closest approach to sun) |
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