An LA judge ruled to end Britney Spears’ conservatorship, giving her control of her life after 14 years.
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Pudge Heffelfinger played his first paid game, making him the first professional American Football player.
English scientist Robert Hooke was appointed Curator of Experiments at The Royal Society, London, England.
Mayor of Paris Jean Sylvain Bailly was guillotined at Champ de Mars during the Reign of terror.
The Rosetta Philae became the first-ever probe to land on a moving comet.
A world record commercial railway train speed of 311 mph (500 kph) was achieved by Shanghai Transrapid Railway Systems.
