The popular children’s book “Five on a Treasure Island” featuring the “Famous Five,” written by Enid Blyton, was published.
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NASA revealed that water vapor was discovered in the atmosphere of an Earth-size planet, the exoplanet K2-18b.
US Founding Father, Benjamin Franklin, wrote, 'There never was a good war or a bad peace,' in a letter to Josiah Quincy.
A Faucett PerĂș 727 airliner disappeared without a trace off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.
Janet Parker became the last person to die of smallpox in Birmingham, United Kingdom.
President George Washington appointed Alexander Hamilton as the first Secretary of the US Treasury.