The United Nations General Assembly adopts the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Bonanza, the first regularly scheduled TV program is presented in color.

Melbourne hosts World Economic Forum which where disrupted by the S11 protests.

The Large Hadron Collider built by the European Organization for Nuclear Research is started in Geneva, Switzerland.

John Herschel takes the very first glass plate photograph.

The Pledge of Allegiance of the USA is first recited.

British troops defeat the US troops in the Battle of Groton Heights.

New York City hold the first United States Labor Day parade.

Mark Spitz becomes the first athlete to win seven medals at the one Olympic Games.