- 1783 - Jean-François Pilâtre de Rozier and François Laurent made the first untethered hot air balloon flight.
- 1877 - Thomas Edison announced his invention of the phonograph.
- 1969 - The first ARPANET link was established.
- 2002 - NATO invited Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia to become members.
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