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| 1643 | - | Isaac Newton baptized in St. John\s Church in Colsterworth England |
| 1801 | - | Giuseppe Piazzi discoved 1st asteroid later named Ceres |
| 1801 | - | United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland established |
| 1804 | - | Haiti gains independence from France (National Day) |
| 1808 | - | Congress prohibits importation of slaves |
| 1848 | - | Britain takes Mosquito Coast from Nicaragua |
| 1863 | - | Emancipation Proclamation issued by Lincoln |
| 1892 | - | Brooklyn merges with NY to form present City of NY - Ellis Island became reception center for new immigrants |
| 1894 | - | Manchester Ship Canal in England opened to traffic |
| 1898 | - | Lightship replaces whistling buoy at mouth of SF Bay |
| 1899 | - | Cuba liberated from Spain by US (National Day) |
| 1901 | - | Commonwealth of Australia established |
| 1902 | - | 1st Rose Bowl game held in Pasadena California |
| 1912 | - | "1st running of SF\s famed \""Bay to Breakers\"" race (763 miles)" |
| 1913 | - | Post office begins parcel post deliveries |
| 1934 | - | Alcatraz officially becomes a Federal Prison |
| 1934 | - | Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (US bank guarantees) effective |
| 1936 | - | 1st newspaper to microfilm its current issues NY Herald Tribune |
| 1946 | - | Emperor Hirohito of Japan announces he is not a god |
| 1948 | - | 1st newsreel in color Pasadena Ca |
| 1954 | - | Rose & Cotton Bowl are 1st sport colorcasts |
| 1956 | - | Sudan gains independence from Britain (National Day) |
| 1957 | - | International Geophysical Year begins; ends 6/30/1958 |
| 1958 | - | European Economic Community (Common Market) starts operation |
| 1960 | - | Cameroon gains independence from France |
| 1962 | - | Beatles Decca audition |
| 1962 | - | Western Samoa gains independence from New Zealand |
| 1965 | - | International Cooperation Year |
| 1971 | - | Cigarette advertisements banned on TV |
| 1972 | - | International Book Year |
| 1973 | - | Britain Ireland & Denmark join Common Market |
| 1974 | - | World Population Year |
| 1975 | - | International Women\s Year |
| 1978 | - | Pres. Ford signs 1st major revision of copyright law since 1909 |
| 1979 | - | International Year of the Child |
| 1980 | - | Decade of Water & Sanitation |
| 1981 | - | International Year for Disabled |
| 1981 | - | Palau (Trust Territory of Pacific Is.) becomes self-governing |
| 1983 | - | World Communications Year |
| 1984 | - | AT & T broken up into 8 companies |
| 1984 | - | Brunei gains complete independence from Britain |
| 1985 | - | International Youth Year |
| 1986 | - | International Peace Year |
| 1986 | - | Spain & Portugal become 11th & 12th members of Common Market |
| 1987 | - | Internat\l Year of Shelter |
| 1988 | - | NY Carnegie Deli\s owner Leo Steiner dies |
| 2304 | - | Mid- CALENDAR day |
| 4713 | - | B.C. Julian calendar begins at Greenwich mean noon |
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