- 1935– Dr. Robert Smithtakes his last drink, and Alcoholics Anonymousis founded in Akron, Ohio, United States, by him and Bill Wilson.
- 1944– In baseball, 15-year old Joe Nuxhallof the Cincinnati Redsbecomes the youngest player ever in a major-league game.
- 1947– Saabproduces its first automobile.
- 1977– Appleships its first Apple IIpersonal computer.
- 2002– The first direct electronic communication experiment between the nervous systems of two humans is carried out by Kevin Warwickin the United Kingdom.