George Bruce received the first US design patents for typefaces and bordering.
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Facebook's parent company, Meta, laid off 11,000 employees amid a weak advertising market.
King Edward VII was gifted with The Cullinan Diamond (the world's largest diamond) on his 60th birthday.
Italian opera singer Andrea Bocelli released his sixth album, 'Sacred Arias,' which sold over 5 million copies, making it the highest-selling classical album ever by a solo singer.
NASA launched the Apollo 4 test spacecraft to test the Saturn V rocket for the first time.
Paul Rudd was named People Magazine's 2021 Sexiest Man Alive.