- 1861 – Pakistan Railways opens the country’s first railways line, from Karachi to Kotri.
- 1880 – In Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Edison performs the first test of his electric railway.
- 1939 – The first commercial FM radio station in the United States is launched in Bloomfield, Connecticut. The station later becomes WDRC-FM.
- 1958 – The trade mark Velcro is registered.
