The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska. Arbor Day is a special day dedicated to planting and nurturing trees, emphasizing the importance of forests…

The Statute of Anne, the first law regulating copyright, comes into force in Great Britain. The Statute of Anne, also known as the Copyright Act…

Halley’s Comet makes its closest approach to Earth at a distance equal to 0.0342 AU (5.1 million kilometres/3.2 million miles) Halley’s Comet is one of…

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald is first published in New York City, by Charles Scribner’s Sons.

Ping-pong diplomacy: In an attempt to thaw relations with the United States, China hosts the U.S. table tennis team for a week-long visit.

Alcoholics Anonymous, A.A.’s “Big Book”, is first published. [rdp-wiki-embed url=’https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholics_Anonymous’]

The first Arbor Day is celebrated in Nebraska. The Spanish village of Mondoñedo held the first documented arbor plantation festival in the world organized by…

Paul McCartney announces that he is leaving The Beatles. The legendary rock band the Beatles spent the better part of three years breaking up in…

The People’s Republic of China hosts the USA table tennis team for a week-long visit in an attempt to thaw relations with the United States,