- 1820 — A Russian expedition led by Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen and Mikhail Petrovich Lazarev discovers the Antarctic continent approaching the Antarctic coast.
- 1855 — The first locomotive runs from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean on the Panama Railway.
- 1878 — Yale Daily News becomes the first daily college newspaper in the United States.
- 1896 — Walter Arnold of East Peckham, Kent became the first person to be convicted of speeding. He is fined 1 shilling, plus costs, for speeding at 8Â mph (13 km/h), thus exceeding the contemporary speed limit of 2Â mph (3.2 km/h).
- 1934 — The first ski tow in the United States begins operation in Vermont.
- 1958 — The Lego company patents the design of its Lego bricks, still compatible with bricks produced today. via