German engineer Gottlieb Daimler unveiled the world’s first motorcycle, referred to as the Daimler Reitwagen.
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Colombia began a campaign to sterilize Pablo Escobar's wild hippos.
The musical comedy 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' was first performed at the Minskoff Theatre, New York City, US.
The Soviet Union's Luna 17 uncrewed space mission launched.
The International Money Fund loaned Mexico $3.8 billion to prevent its insolvency.
Iran claimed to have found over 50 billion barrels of oil in the country's Khuzestan province.