Events
- Yuri’s Night [Yuri's Night]
- Fire TV released by Amazon [2014]
- Facebook acquires Instagram [2012]
- First commercial mass spam posted [1994]
- First flight of Space Shuttle [1981]
- Ronald Wayne sells his 10% Apple stock for $800 [1976]
- First human into space [1961]
- Broughton Suspension Bridge collapses to marching men [1831]
Important Celebrations and Functions
Birthdays
- Tadao Kasami [1930]
Japanese information theorist - Evelyn Berezin [1925]
Designer of the first computer-based word processor
Death Anniversaries
- Harvey Ball [2001]
Creator of the 'Smiley' - Charles Messier [1817]
French astronomer known for an astronomical catalogue on star clusters and nebulae