NASA launched the Gemini program’s tenth and final crewed spacecraft, Gemini 12.
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The much-anticipated Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim was released for PC, PS4, and Xbox 360.
German polymath Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz demonstrated integral calculus for the first time.
Washington became the 42nd state to join the United States of America.
The first college fraternity, The Flat Hat Society, was formed in the Raleigh Tavern at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia.
The Manchester Ship Canal started its construction in Eastham, England.